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While many of the best tips to investigators come from employees of the agency they oversee, external tips are valuable as well.  This is especially true with fraud cases, where parties outside of...

One recent major impediment for Federal IGs completing their jobs is an opinion from the Office of Legal Counsel stating that IGs can’t access information that’s protected by privacy laws.  This...

  One of the most important traits of an IG office is its independence.  It can be very difficult to provide oversight for an agency if they have the ability to retaliate by cutting an IG’s...

A recent survey of Inspectors General offices by the Association of Government Accountants highlighted just how much agencies are being hindered by the federal hiring process.  Among the challenges...

This news might be good job security for Inspectors General, but it’s a distressing fact: US citizens see our government as more corrupt than statistics indicate it actually is.  Gallup’s most...

From time to time, it’s helpful to take a step back from day-to-day investigative work and consider how some of the more significant criminology theories should impact decision-making.  One of the...

The Association of Inspectors General’s Annual Conference is coming up in just two short weeks!  The conference is taking place in Boston from November 16th- 18th.  We’ve sponsored this conference...

Investigators juggle many cases, and each of those cases involve many steps.  Depending on the agency and on outside involvement, more than a dozen people can be involved in a single case from...

Inspector Generals have wide latitude to investigate and report on wrongdoing, but little power to enforce their findings and recommendations.  Because of this, the ability to influence without...