Michael Horowitz

Senators seek ‘guardrails’ on expanded subpoena power for inspectors general

Agency inspectors general are getting closer to gaining the authority to question former federal employees and contractors as part of their investigations.

Agency Oversight

Incarceration in the Age of COVID

Agency Oversight

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House committee passes bill to prevent another Schedule F executive order from happening

Workforce

Top challenges for IGs with the new administration

Agency Oversight

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FILE - This March 27, 2020 file photo shows the signature of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act after it passed in the House on Capitol Hill in Washington. Since the pandemic began, Congress has set aside trillions of dollars to ease the crisis. A joint KHN and Associated Press investigation finds that many communities with big outbreaks have spent little of that federal money on local public health departments for work such as testing and contact tracing. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Congress approved CARES Act money, but how was it dished out?

Agency Oversight

The American flag flies outside of the Justice Department building, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

DOJ investigators have mixed reviews of agency’s COVID-19 response, IG says

Workforce

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Pandemic board gets first permanent chair after Trump’s watchdog shakeup

Agency Oversight

Department of Justice Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz

Search for Accountability

Federal prisons are facing threats from drones dropping contraband, surveilling facilities

Agency Oversight

IGs on pandemic oversight board warn job well done still means billions in fraud

Agency Oversight

Undercover money laundering ops help DEA fight illegal drugs but have risks

Agency Oversight

A man wearing a mask depicting American flags jogs past the U.S. Capitol Building, Tuesday, April 28, 2020, in Washington. The U.S. House of Representatives has canceled plans to return next week, a reversal after announcing it a day earlier. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Latest pandemic spending bill grants IG protections, USPS funding, 2020 census extensions

The latest coronavirus spending bill introduced in the House would increase the independence of inspectors general, provide financial assistance to the…

Congress

Person using a futuristic head up display (HUD) interface screen with data and key performance indicators (KPI) for business intelligence (BI) analytics, concept about financial dashboard, technology and virtual reality (VR)

Pandemic board launches spending tracker, but with little for oversight groups to parse

While a governmentwide IG council promises regular updates to the website, government transparency advocates say the platform, in its current state, gives…

Agency Oversight

DoJ and NSF IGs discuss challenges faced by their respective agencies

Federal Drive

Being an inspector general for a federal agency comes with a large number of challenges that often come with a lot of pressure.