7 entries in the ledger
The Labor Department's Office of Inspector General released a report on September 3 finding that former Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer violated department policy on several fronts. Investigators interviewed 53 current and...
A newly released whistleblower complaint shows that a unit chief in ICE's Office of Professional Responsibility warned the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general in an August 2025 memo that the agency was...
Democratic leaders of the House Natural Resources Committee wrote to Dennis Kirk, President Trump's nominee to lead the Interior Department's inspector general office, on Aug. 18, 2026, telling him that 'any direction to...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Rep. Robert Garcia, Sen. Richard Blumenthal and Sen. Tammy Duckworth wrote to the Defense Department Inspector General in a letter dated Aug. 4, 2026, and released Aug. 5, asking for an...
The Partnership for Public Service published a report on July 29, 2026 finding that inspector general offices at Cabinet departments produced an average of 6% fewer audits and 25% fewer investigative reports in the first...
A federal judge ruled that the administration's mass dismissal of inspectors general in January violated statutory notice requirements that Congress had established to protect the independence of these oversight...
On January 24, 2025, Trump abruptly dismissed at least 17 inspectors general across major federal departments without providing the 30-day advance notice and detailed, case-specific reasons to Congress that federal law...