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Inspectors General: Independence of Legal Services Provided to IGs

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date March 1, 1995
Report No. OGC-95-15
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Summary:

Inspectors General (IG), which audit and investigate their agencies' programs and operations, are authorized to hire employees, including attorneys, to help them carry out their duties. Most presidentially appointed IGs initially obtained legal services from their agencies' Office of General Counsel, and five IGs continue to do so. These arrangements have raised questions about whether attorneys from an agency's Office of General Counsel can provide the independent legal services needed by officials who must independently review that agency's programs and operations. This report compares the independence of legal services provided by IGs by attorneys in agencies' Office of General Counsel with those provided by attorneys in Offices of Inspector General.

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