#InspectorGeneral

2025-06-05

“Having a senior official placed in any #InspectorGeneral’s office who reports to the agency head, in this case #DNI, would undermine the entire construct of #independence that is integral to the IG’s #oversight mission,” said Mark Greenblatt, a former #Trump-appointed Interior Department inspector general & former chairman of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity & Efficiency [#CIGIE].

#law #corruption #Project2025 #USpol

2025-06-05

The latest apparent political installation in the #intelligence community #InspectorGeneral’s office comes amid broader concerns about the #independence of government watchdogs. #Trump purged most inspectors general at Cabinet-level agencies in January, & in recent weeks has nominated 6 new inspectors general, including 3 with clearly #partisan backgrounds.

#law #corruption #Project2025 #USpol

2025-06-05

The adviser, Dennis Kirk, was placed within the #watchdog office on May 9, but reports to the #DNI, acc/to one of the officials….

Rep. Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), the leading #House #Oversight #Democrat, sent a letter to Acting #Intelligence Community #InspectorGeneral Tamara A. Johnson Thurs, demanding information about the appointment of Kirk, who was an adviser in the Office of Personnel Management during #Trump’s first term & co-author of a #Project2025 chapter on the federal workforce.

#law

2025-06-05

#Gabbard placed top adviser inside the #ODNI’s watchdog office, officials say

Director of National Intelligence #TulsiGabbard installed one of her top advisors within the office of the #InspectorGeneral of the #intelligence community while it is investigating the March leak of a #Signal chat among top #Trump ofcls about the Houthi bombing campaign, compromising the #watchdog office’s integrity, officials & lawmakers say.

#law #corruption #Project2025
washingtonpost.com/politics/20

Antisap' 🖤 🏴 🎶Antisap@kolektiva.social
2025-05-31

Elon Musk emphasizes the vital persistence in combating fraud, as revealed in Amtrak's largest employee conspiracy, involving 119 staff members defrauding the health care plan. The investigation has led to multiple convictions and highlights how data analytics can transform oversight in government. By enhancing collaboration with Inspectors General, accountability can significantly improve. Explore more about this critical issue. [The Daily Beast](thedailybeast.com/the-tools-do) #ElonMusk #Amtrak #FraudPrevention #InspectorGeneral #DataAnalytics #GovernmentOversight #Accountability

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬BenjaminHCCarr@hachyderm.io
2025-05-21

#Wyden: #ATT, #TMobile, and #Verizon weren't notifying senators of #surveillance requests, despite a contractual requirement to do so.
Wyden’s letter in wake of report last year by #InspectorGeneral, which revealed Trump in 2017 and 2018 secretly obtained logs of calls and text messages of 43 congressional staffers and 2 serving House lawmakers.
Wyden said in one unnamed carrier “confirmed that it turned over #Senate data to #lawenforcement without notifying the Senate.”
techcrunch.com/2025/05/21/wyde

2025-05-05

“The earliest steps were to impose severe restrictions on all public-facing agency activity, fire the #independent #InspectorGeneral, rescind job offers, & institute a hiring freeze,” the #states’ lawsuit said. “The next steps were to remove the existing key leaders within the agencies unsympathetic to Secretary Kennedy’s favored views, & fire tens of thousands of the rank & file. This coordinated dismantling has stopped crucial work that plaintiff states relied upon.”

#Trump #RFKJr #law

2025-03-27

#Senate #ArmedServices Cmte requests #Pentagon's acting #InspectorGeneral to investigate #Signal chat

Senate Armed Services Cmte Chair #RogerWicker, R-MS, & ranking member #JackReed, D-RI, sent a letter today requesting the #Defense Dept’s acting IG to launch an investigation into the leaked Signal chat about US #military strikes in #Yemen.

#law #NationalSecurity #Trump #SignalGate #idiocracy #kakistocracy
nbcnews.com/politics/trump-adm

2025-03-19

Joseph Rillotta, a senior #IRS lawyer, wrote that “no one” at the IRS had taken into account the performance of the probationary workers set to be fired. Rillotta urged that the language be struck from the draft termination letter.

If the falsehood wasn’t removed, Rillotta said he would file a report w/the #InspectorGeneral for the IRS.

#FactCheck #TrumpLies #law #DOGE #Musk #TrumpPurge #Congress #PowerOfThePurse #FederalAgencies #SeparationOfPowers #judiciary #ConstitutionalCrisis #autocracy

Excerpt of an email written by IRS lawyer Joseph Rillotta
2025-02-13

#Trump fired the #InspectorGeneral for #USAID on Tues after he released a blistering report saying $489M in #food assistance was at risk of spoilage or potential diversion because of the funding freeze & work stoppage.

#USpol #USAID #aid #SoftPower #ForeignPolicy #TheCrueltyIsThePoint

2025-02-13

BREAKING: 8 Ousted Inspectors General Sue Over Firings
Eight inspectors general fired by President Donald Trump sued the administration Wednesday, asking a D.C. to declare their terminations "legal nullities" and to order their reinstatement.

[via email from Law360]

The Onetuckfrump
2025-02-12

“Eight inspectors general whom Donald Trump fired from their federal agency watchdog posts are suing for their jobs back, adding to the legal scrutiny over Trump’s first weeks of decisions in the White House and raising questions about his political intentions.”

cnn.com/2025/02/12/politics/in

OUR COMMON GROUNDJaniceOCG@mstdn.social
2025-02-10

Every day we need to fortify our understanding of what is happening here. #ElonMusk bailed #DonaldTrump 2024 campaign; promised to pay all his legal and court-ordered debt; and let him be the President in his interest. Much more than the $250M. The real deal we know . . . remember that.
#InspectorGeneral #TRump #coup

Zhi Zhu 🕸️ZhiZhu@newsie.social
2025-02-07

Musk’s rats:
They’re burrowing into every #data system in the federal govt, although many wouldn’t pass a #security test
robertreich.substack.com/p/dog

"Sure, there’s some waste & fraud in #government. That’s why every department had an #InspectorGeneral to find & stop it — until #Trump fired most of them. In addition, before Musk’s rats tunneled into the General Services Administration, accountants oversaw every department’s & agency’s spending.

In other words, the #coup continues."

#Musk #News

Headline:
Musk’s rats

They’re burrowing into every data system in the federal government, although many wouldn’t pass a security test

by Robert Reich
Feb 07, 2025
2025-02-04

#TSA facial recognition technology faces audit probe • The Register

Senators ask, #HomelandSecurity #watchdog answers: Is it worth the money?
The Department of Homeland Security's #InspectorGeneral has launched an audit of the Transportation Security Administration's use of facial recognition technology at US #airports , following criticism from lawmakers and #privacy advocates.
#ig #dhs #tsa #facialrecognition

theregister.com/2025/02/03/tsa

OUR COMMON GROUNDJaniceOCG@mstdn.social
2025-01-29

“Security agents escorted the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture [Phyllis Fong] out of her office on Monday after she refused to comply with her firing by the Trump administration.”
#InspectorGeneral #DonaldTrump

reuters.com/world/us/usda-insp

2025-01-29

[Newly “confirmed”] #Defense Sec #PeteHegseth has decided to remove retired Gen #MarkMilley’s #security detail, revoke his security clearance, & order an #InspectorGeneral [lol are any left?] inquiry into his “behavior” as the #Pentagon’s top officer,…taking extraordinary action against a frequent target of #Trump.
#military #NationalSecurity #jcs #honor #integrity #IG #RevengePolitics #law #USpol

2025-01-29

#DrunkRapist #PeteHegseth readies *actions* against #Trump “foe” Retired General & former chairman of the #JointChiefsOfStaff #MarkMilley

The retired general, a frequent target of #Trump, will lose his #security detail & face an #InspectorGeneral [apparently there’s one left] investigation, said a senior #defense official.

#military #jcs #honor #integrity #IG #RevengePolitics #law #USpol
washingtonpost.com/national-se

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