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Who’s Watching the Watchdogs? House Demands Answers After Scathing Audit of Inspectors General

Congress is demanding answers after a review found that inspectors general—the federal officials charged with weeding out agency waste and fraud—are failing to police their own.

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is asking the body with oversight of inspectors general across multiple agencies, the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE), to provide additional documents after the Government Accountability Office found that the council missed deadlines in completing investigations, discarded complaints that should be investigated, and failed to properly monitor potential conflicts of interest.

The Daily Signal reported in June 2024 on allegations that the CIGIE Integrity Committee—an unelected body—was selectively investigating complaints against Trump-appointed Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Joseph Cuffari. This came after Cuffari issued numerous reports citing problems with the Biden administration’s border security policies.

In September 2024, the House Oversight Committee sought a GAO investigation into the matter.

Last week, House Oversight Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., along with subcommittee chairmen Reps. Pete Sessions, R-Texas; Clay Higgins, R-La.; and Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., signed a letter to CIGIE Chairwoman Cheryl Mason, also the inspector general for the Department of........

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