Sen. Chuck Grassley today asked the State Department and a lead agency watchdog group to provide all records that would document how and why the State Department went more than five years without a permanent inspector general. Grassley cited several examples in which a later, permanent inspector general found the lapse compromised agency oversight.
“Every agency needs a permanent, independent inspector general,” Grassley said. “The position is too important to assign to a placeholder. An acting inspector general doesn’t have the mandate to lead, and he or she might not be able to withstand pushback from an agency that doesn’t want to cooperate with oversight.”
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