I thought IG reports were more accounting oriented, including things like budget items they lost track of. DoD typically can’t account for about 20% of it’s funds. That sounds bad but it is actually one of the better agencies. HHS misses over 40%. There used to be an simple report published w/those overall numbers by agency but I haven’t seen it in awhile.
If that’s all it is, it should be public, though it doesn’t have to go into infinite detail. I’d find it hard to believe it’d include screw ups like “A box of stinger missiles fell off a truck somewhere along a bouncy road between Bagram and Kabul. We haven’t found it yet” or “None of the electronic security measures in the Nigerian Embassy are working yet and the Ambassador is still using mannequins instead of actual guards.”
Right. The IGs are independently authorized by law, answer to Congress, and not technically a part of the agencies they ‘inspect’.
IGs are mostly financial account auditors, but also evaluate what in corporations would be called ‘ISO 9001’; do they follow their own procedures and guidelines?