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Inspector-general oversight
Removals, vacancies, and statutory-notice compliance across the federal inspector-general system.
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- Jul 11, 2026
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- The record on inspector-general oversight, January 2025–July 2026 — 2025-01-24 (contested)
The record on inspector-general oversight, January 2025–July 2026
From January 2025 to mid-2026, the federal inspector-general and internal-watchdog system saw a concentrated round of removals: inspectors general at more than a dozen agencies and the Office of Special Counsel head on January 24, 2025, followed by DOJ internal-accountability officials and DHS oversight-office cuts. The January IG removals were executed without the Inspector General Act's required notice to Congress, and a court in March 2025 upheld for-cause protection for the Special Counsel.