4 days ago · On January 24, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump announced the immediate firing of at least 17 inspectors general across various federal government agencies. The late-night mass dismissal has raised significant concerns about government oversight, accountability, and potential legal violations, and was called a "Friday night coup", "Friday night purge", "midnight purge" [1] or "illegal ...

In the United States, Office of Inspector General (OIG) is a generic term for the oversight division of a federal or state agency aimed at preventing inefficient or unlawful operations within their parent agency.

4 days ago · President Donald Trump fired the inspectors general from more than a dozen federal agencies in a Friday night purge, according to a Trump administration official, paving the way for him to install ...

1 day ago · Here are the responsibilities of an inspector general, according tothe Council of the Inspectors General and theInspectors General Act of 1978:. Conduct independent and objective audits ...

2 days ago · The Trump administration on Monday ordered former staff members for as many as 17 fired inspectors general to immediately arrange for the return of work laptops, phones, parking decals and ID ...

4 days ago · The inspectors general at the Department of Justice, Office of Personnel Management, the Federal Communications Commission, the Export-Import Bank and the Department of Homeland Security remain in ...

1 day ago · Inspectors general received an email Friday night alerting them of their removal, with Mark Greenblatt, whom Trump nominated as inspector general for the Department of Interior, saying his email ...

1 day ago · Updated: 3:30 p.m., Jan. 28 President Donald Trump’s firing late Friday of multiple federal agency inspectors general has led to questions about the continued independence and credibility of the ...

1 day ago · Mark Lee Grenblatt has worked as a federal inspector general for more than five years. He was also the chairman of the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE). And until Friday, he was the IG for the Interior Department. He’s one of more than a dozen IGs the Trump administration let go on Friday.

3 days ago · Trump also replaced multiple key inspectors general in 2020, including those leading the Defense Department and intelligence community, as well as the inspector general tapped to chair a special ...