55 share
40 is our goal
Very high reader interest
The complaint letter, can be found in
the PDF,
here. The following are excerpts from that document and a
listing of the 47 Inspectors who signed the letter, including the Inspectors
for the Justice Department, the EPA, the Veterans Administration, the
Department of Treasury, the Inspector General over Afghanistan
information and the Peace Corps (pronounced "Core" for all you
Democrats who listen to Obama speeches). Add to this list USAID,
DIA, DHS, DOJ, NGA, NRO, NSA, DNI, SIGAR, TARP (yes, that 24 trillion transfer of wealth is still going on), and the State Department (for crying
out loud), and you have a rather harsh indictment of this Administration,
the most opaque in modern day history. In fact, never before
have there been this number of complaints against an Administration by
Inspector members of both parties. This is a stinging, comprehensive and bi-partisan
complaint.
From the letter:
"Refusing,
restricting, or delaying an Inspector General’s access to documents leads to
incomplete, inaccurate, or significantly delayed findings or recommendations,
which in turn may prevent the agency from promptly correcting serious problems
and deprive Congress of timely information regarding the agency’s
performance,"
This nation’s 35 years of experience since the
IG Act was passed has
demonstrated that effective and independent
oversight by Inspectors General saves taxpayers money and improves the operations
of the federal government. Because meaningful oversight depends on complete and
timely access to all agency materials and data, Section 6(a)(1) of the IG Act
expressly provides for such access. Agency
Therefore, we strongly and unequivocally
support our fellow Inspectors General at the Peace Corps, the Environmental
Protection Agency, and the Department of Justice in their efforts to gain
access to documents that are available to their agencies and that relate to
their ongoing investigations and reviews, without undue administrative burdens
and delays. Limiting access in this manner is inconsistent with the IG Act, at
odds with the independence of Inspectors General, and risks leaving the
agencies insulated from scrutiny and unacceptably vulnerable to mismanagement
and misconduct – the very problems that our offices were established
Section 6(a)(1) of the IG Act reflects the
clear intent of Congress that an Inspector General is entitled to timely and
unimpeded access to all records available to an agency that relate to that
Inspector General’s oversight activities. The constricted interpretations of
Section 6(a)(1) by these and other agencies conflict with the actual
Respectfully,
Michael G. Carroll, Acting Inspector General,
Agency for International Development
Hubert Sparks, Inspector General,
Appalachian Regional Commission
Kevin Mulshine, Inspector General,
Architect of the CapitolThe Honorable Thomas
R. Carper
(page 4)
The Honorable Todd J. Zinser, Inspector
General,
Department of Commerce
The Honorable Deborah Jeffrey, Inspector
General,
Corporation for National and Community Service
Mary Mitchelson, Inspector General,
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Kristi M. Waschull, Inspector General
Defense Intelligence Agency
David Sheppard, Acting Inspector General,
The Denali
The Honorable Arthur A. Elkins, Jr., Inspector
General,
Environmental Protection Agency
Milton Mayo, Inspector General,
Equal Employment Opportunity
Michael T. McCarthy, Acting Inspector General,
Export-Import Bank of the United States
Elizabeth Dean, Inspector General,
Farm Credit Administration
Michael P. Stephens, Acting Inspector General,
Federal Housing Finance Agency
Dana Rooney-Fisher, Inspector General,
Federal Labor Relations Authority
Jon Hatfield, Inspector General
Federal Maritime Commission
Kelly Tshibaka, Acting Inspector General,
Federal Trade Commission
The Honorable John Roth, Inspector General,
Department of Homeland Security
The Honorable David A. Montoya, Inspector
General,
Department of Housing and Urban Development
The Honorable Michael E. Horowitz, Inspector
General,
Department of Justice
The Honorable Scott Dahl, Inspector General,
Department of Labor
Jeffrey E. Schanz, Inspector General
Legal Services Corporation
The Honorable Paul K. Martin, Inspector General
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Archives and Records
AdministrationThe Honorable Thomas R. Carper
(page 5)
Jim Hagen, Inspector General
National Credit Union Administration
Tonie Jones, Inspector General,
National Endowment for the Arts
Laura Davis, Inspector General,
National Endowment for the Humanities
Dawn R. Eilenberger, Inspector General,
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
David Berry, Inspector General,
National Labor Relations Board
Adam G. Harris, Inspector General,
National Reconnaissance Office
Allison Lerner, Inspector General,
National Science Foundation
Dr. George Ellard, Inspector General,
National Security Agency
The Honorable Hubert T. Bell, Inspector
General,
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
The Honorable I.
General, Office of the Inspector General of the
Intelligence Community
The Honorable Patrick E. McFarland, Inspector
General
Office of Personnel Management
Kathy A. Buller, Inspector General,
Peace Corps
Deborah Stover-Springer, Acting Inspector
General,
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Jack Callender, Inspector General,
Postal Regulatory Commission
David Williams, Inspector General
The Honorable Martin J. Dickman, Inspector
General
Railroad Retirement Board
Carl W. Hoecker, Inspector General
Securities and Exchange Commission
John F. Sopko, Special Inspector General
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan
Reconstruction
(page 6)
Special Inspector General for the Troubled
Asset
Relief Program
The Honorable Steve A. Linick, Inspector
General,
Department of State
The Honorable Richard Moore, Inspector General,
The Honorable Eric M. Thorson, Inspector
General,
Department of the Treasury
The Honorable J. Russell George, Inspector
General,
Treasury Inspector General for Tax
Administration
Richard J. Griffin, Acting Inspector General,
Department of Veterans Affairs
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