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A federal official who reports to Congress and to certain heads of administrative agencies on the activities of those agencies. This “watchdog” post is typically created by statute. Agencies also have their own IGs who carry out similar functions with respect to the internal functions of the agency and outside programs which the agency funds.<\/p>\n

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A federal official who reports to Congress and to certain heads of administrative agencies on the activities of those agencies. This “watchdog” post is typically created by statute. Agencies also have their own IGs who carry out similar functions with respect to the internal functions of the agency and outside programs which the agency funds. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-i"],"yoast_head":"\nInspector general - Definition of Inspector general<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A federal official who reports to Congress and to certain heads of administrative agencies on the activities of those agencies. This "watchdog" post is typically created by statute. 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