Government Would Function Better if IGs and Congress Worked Together
Government Executive | January 17, 2018
Since fiscal 2015, the federal government’s 73 inspectors general have identified $87 billionin potential savings that could be realized if agencies eliminated questionable expenditures and made more efficient use of federal funds. While agencies have adopted many of these findings and addressed issues of waste, fraud and abuse revealed in IG audits and investigations, thousands of recommendations issued every year are not implemented.