Eric M. Thorson was the Inspector General for the

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Career

* Thorson is a graduate of the

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. * He served in the

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as Acting Assistant Secretary and twice as Deputy Assistant Secretary. * Special Assistant to the

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, Chief Investigator for the

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and Chief Investigator for the

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. *

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(worked as a senior advisor to the

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) * Inspector General for the

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Inspector General of the Treasury

Thorson was nominated to be Inspector General of the Department of the Treasury by President

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on November 15, 2007, and confirmed by the

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on August 1, 2008. He was sworn into office on August 12, 2008. He retired in June 2019 and was replaced by Acting Inspector General Richard K. Delmar.

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