The Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) is an independent entity within the executive branch of the federal government of the United States established in October 2008 by the Inspector General Reform Act of 2008. The council addresses

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, and

effectiveness Effectiveness or effectivity is the capability of producing a desired result or the ability to produce desired output. When something is deemed effective, it means it has an intended or expected outcome, or produces a deep, vivid impression. Et ...

issues that transcend individual government agencies; and increase the

professionalism Professionalism is a set of standards that an individual is expected to adhere to in a workplace, usually in order to appear serious, uniform, or respectful. What constitutes professionalism is hotly debated and varies from workplace to workplac ...

and effectiveness of personnel by developing policies,

technical standard A technical standard is an established Social norm, norm or requirement for a repeatable technical task which is applied to a common and repeated use of rules, conditions, guidelines or characteristics for products or related processes and producti ...

s, and approaches to aid in the establishment of a well-trained and highly skilled workforce in the

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Composition

The CIGIE is composed of all federal U.S. Inspectors General whose offices are established under section 2 or section 8G of the

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(5 U.S.C. App.), those that are presidentially-appointed with Senate confirmation and those that are appointed by agency heads (designated federal entities). This includes the inspector general of federal agencies such as the

U.S. Department of Defense The United States Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD, or DOD) is an executive department of the U.S. federal government charged with coordinating and supervising the six U.S. armed services: the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Space Force, t ...

, the

U.S. Department of Labor The United States Department of Labor (DOL) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government. It is responsible for the administration of federal laws governing occupational safety and health, wage and hour standards, unem ...

, and the U.S. Agency for International Development. The 2008 Inspector General Reform Act combined the former PCIE and ECIE into CIGIE. As of 2012, the CIGIE consisted of 73 Federal Offices of Inspector General. In March 2020, the

Pandemic Response Accountability Committee The Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC) is an independent oversight committee within the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, created by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 20 ...

(PRAC) was created within the CIGIE to oversee the $2.2 trillion in government funds designated for response to the

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. In January 2025, a bipartisan group of six senators launched the Inspector General Caucus to reinforce the work of the inspectors general.

Council Executive

The Deputy Director for Management of the

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(OMB) is the executive chair of the council. The chair of the council is elected by the council members to serve a two-year term. The chair appoints a vice chair from other than the category from which the chair was elected. Other statutory members of the CIGIE include: the inspectors general of the

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and the

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, the controller of the

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, a senior-level official of the

Federal Bureau of Investigation The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic Intelligence agency, intelligence and Security agency, security service of the United States and Federal law enforcement in the United States, its principal federal law enforcement ag ...

(FBI) designated by the Director of the FBI, Director of the

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(OGE) Special Counsel of the Office of Special Counsel (OSC), the deputy director of the

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(OPM), the inspectors general of the

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(GPO),

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(GAO), and the

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. Prior to the establishment of the CIGIE, the federal inspectors general operated under the auspices of two councils, The President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency (PCIE) and the Executive Council on Integrity and Efficiency (ECIE) from the time they were established by Executive Order 12805, May 11, 1992, until the signing of P.L. 110–409.

Methodology

To accomplish its mission, the CIGIE: # continually identifies, reviews, and discusses areas of

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i
Federal programs
and operations with respect to

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waste Waste 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 Value (economics), economic value. A wast ...

, and

abuse Abuse is the act of improper usage or treatment of a person or thing, often to unfairly or improperly gain benefit. Abuse can come in many forms, such as: physical or verbal maltreatment, injury, assault, violation, rape, unjust practices, ...

; # develops plans for coordinated, Government wide activities that address these problems and promote

and

efficiency Efficiency is the often measurable ability to avoid making mistakes or wasting materials, energy, efforts, money, and time while performing a task. In a more general sense, it is the ability to do things well, successfully, and without waste. ...

in Federal programs and operations, including interagency and inter-entity

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, investigation,

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, and

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programs and projects to deal efficiently and effectively with those problems concerning

and

that exceed the capability or

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of an individual agency or entity; # develops policies that will aid in the maintenance of a corps of well-trained and highly skilled

personnel; # maintains an

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and other electronic systems for the benefit of all Inspectors General; maintain 1 or more academies] as the council considers desirable for the

professional A professional is a member of a profession or any person who work (human activity), works in a specified professional activity. The term also describes the standards of education and training that prepare members of the profession with the partic ...

training Training is teaching, or developing in oneself or others, any skills and knowledge or fitness that relate to specific useful competencies. Training has specific goals of improving one's capability, capacity, productivity and performance. I ...

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s, investigators,

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s, evaluators, and other

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of the various offices of inspector general;History of the IG Academy
. ''Inspector General Criminal Investigator Academy''. Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency. Archived fro

on December 10, 2008. # submits recommendations of individuals to the appropriate appointing authority for any appointment to an

office of Inspector General In the United States, Office of Inspector General (OIG) is a generic term for the oversight division of a federal or state agency aimed at preventing inefficient or unlawful operations within their parent agency. Such offices are attached to man ...

described under subsection (b)(1)(A) or (B); and # makes such reports to the

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as the

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determines are necessary or appropriate; and perform other duties within the

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and

of the council, as appropriate.

References

External links

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C-SPAN ''Q&A'' interview with Phyllis Fong, September 22, 2013

All federal inspector general reports in one place
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