The Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) addresses

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, and

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issues that transcend individual Government agencies; and increase the

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and effectiveness of personnel by developing policies,

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s, and approaches to aid in the establishment of a well-trained and highly skilled workforce in the Office of Inspector General. CIGIE was established in October 2008 as an independent entity within the United States

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by the Inspector General Reform Act (IGRA).

Composition

The CIGIE is composed of all federal U.S. Inspectors General whose offices are established under section 2 or section 8G of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (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

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, 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

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

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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

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(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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Federal programs
and operations with respect to

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, and

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

and

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in Federal programs and operations, including interagency and interentity

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, investigation,

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, and

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programs and projects to deal efficiently and

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ly 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

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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

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s, investigators,

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s, evaluators, and other

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of the various offices of

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;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

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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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