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Fewer Watchdogs, Fewer Reports, and a Bill to Kill the Council
You cannot audit what nobody is auditing. August 11, 2026 Cabinet-level OIG workforces are down an average of 19% since December 2024, investigative reports are down 25%, and a new House bill would disband CIGIE outright and hand its functions to OMB. Two items from the oversight lane, and they point the same direction. On 22 July 2026, Rep. Clay Higgins introduced H.R. 9725, the Restoring Integrity and Efficiency to Inspector General Oversight Act, which would disband th
Dan Lewis
Aug 11
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