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In a recent article on the independence and accountability of Inspectors General, former government official Don Upson makes a great point.  Because federal IGs oversee Executive Branch agencies but...

There are a lot of reasons to be hesitant about making a major purchase when working inside a government agency.  The procurement process can be cumbersome and time consuming.  High-cost items...

Investigators don’t get many opportunities to make lives easier for the agency staff they oversee.  When an opportunity does come along to do a favor without compromising oversight or independence,...

Only half of Fortune 500 companies say their organization does a good job with the information gained through employee surveys to make positive change.  Is your agency using the employee surveys it...

The primary goal of most agency investigators (including all Inspectors General offices) is to find and report negative activities – those contributing to fraud, waste and abuse.  That’s why...

As investigative agencies prepare to replace aging software with new software, they are often aiming to accomplish three major goals. They want software that is faster, more stable or more...

Depending on where an agency sits within government, the difficulty of navigating a funding request through the procurement process ranges from moderately straightforward to extremely complex.  And...

In the last year, the federal government has faced an unprecedented number of security challenges, including theft of employee data, national security secrets, and insecure voting machines.  While...

If your team is overworked or facing budget shortfalls, it can be easy to push training off until a later time.  After all, a lack of training is unlikely to directly and immediately lead to a...