Washington, D.C. -Today, Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney, Ranking Member James Comer, Government Operations Subcommittee Chairman Gerald E. Connolly, and Ranking Member Jody B. Hice sent letters to 23 agencies requesting their current policies for interacting with Inspectors General and cooperating with Inspector General investigations.
“The Inspector General Act of 1978 established the federal Inspectors General as independent watchdogs tasked with improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the federal government and investigating allegations of waste, fraud, and abuse," the Members wrote. “The law provides broad access for Inspectors General to conduct thorough investigations so that the agency and Congress-and by extension, the American people-are ‘fully and currently informed about problems and deficiencies.’"
In today’s letters, the Members requested the current operative agency policies for complying with requests from Inspectors General (IG) to provide information and testimony in IG investigations, as well as policies that determine whether an agency, an IG, or another entity conducts agency employee discipline or misconduct investigations.
The letters were sent to the following agencies and their respective Inspectors General:
Agency for International Development
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Department of Defense
Department of Education
Department of Energy
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of the Interior
Department of Justice
Department of Labor
Department of State
Department of Transportation
Department of the Treasury
Department of Veterans Affairs
Environmental Protection Agency
General Services Administration
National Science Foundation
National Security Agency
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Office of Personnel Management
Small Business Administration
