The U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Inspector General (Treasury OIG) is one of the
Inspector General offices created by the Inspector General Act Amendments of 1988.
The Inspector General for the
Department of the Treasury is charged with investigating and auditing department programs to combat
waste
Waste (or wastes) are unwanted or unusable materials. Waste is any substance discarded after primary use, or is worthless, defective and of no use. A by-product, by contrast is a joint product of relatively minor economic value. A waste prod ...
,
fraud, and
abuse.
History of Inspectors General
References
Treasury Office of Inspector General, Department of
United States Department of the Treasury
United States Department of the Treasury agencies
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