Joanna Derman

FILE - The U.S. Capitol building is seen before sunrise on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, March. 21, 2022. With an urgent funding request stuck in Congress, the Health Resources and Services Administration says it can no longer cover medical bills for COVID tests and treatments for uninsured people and will stop taking claims at midnight Tuesday. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe, File)

When inspectors general fail, the backstop itself seems to fail

There’s a special committee of the Council of Inspectors General that’s supposed to take action when inspectors general fail to the exercise of good conduct.

Agency Oversight