CIA internal report details abuse and crimes against children
Most important government agencies have inspectors general, whose job is to guard against the unholy trinity of waste, fraud and abuse. Even the Central Intelligence Agency has an inspector general…
Too late? Fed puts tough new ethics rules in placing to curb officials’ stock trades
There are now colliding narratives in the ongoing Federal Reserve trading scandal. One has the Fed instituting tough new rules on how and when – if at all – senior…
Federal Reserve Inspector General to investigate officials’ trades for ethics breaches
The Federal Reserve’s inspector general will be conducting an investigation into the stock and bond trades of senior Fed officials to see if ethics laws were broken. According to CNBC,…
Inspector General again scolds FBI over its faulty FISA warrants
A report from the Justice Department’s Inspector General shows the FBI has real problem filling out the paperwork required for it to conduct secret wiretaps on Americans. According to Reason’s…
Time to give inspectors general the independence and tools they need to fight corruption
Executive branch agencies have never liked having inspectors general looking over their bureaucratic shoulders to make sure they are spending taxpayer money wisely, and operating efficiently. That’s why agencies, and…
