Inspector General Act of 1978

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United States federal law statute

The Inspector General Act of 1978 is a U.S. federal law that created independent Offices of Inspector General across government agencies to combat waste, fraud, and abuse and to promote efficiency and accountability.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Inspector General Act of 1978 canonical 15
Inspector General Act of 1978 as amended 7
Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal law ⓘ
statute ⓘ
amendedBy Inspector General Act of 1978 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Inspector General Reform Act of 2008
appliesTo executive branch agencies ⓘ
major federal departments and agencies ⓘ
classification public law of the United States ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creates Office of Inspector General ⓘ
defines authority of inspectors general ⓘ
duties of inspectors general ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
establishes statutory inspectors general ⓘ
grants access to agency records for inspectors general ⓘ
subpoena power to inspectors general ⓘ
influenced development of inspector general offices in additional agencies ⓘ
jurisdiction United States government ⓘ
surface form: federal government of the United States
language English ⓘ
legalArea administrative law ⓘ
government ethics ⓘ
public administration law ⓘ
presidentAtEnactment Jimmy Carter ⓘ
providesFor appointment of inspectors general ⓘ
removal of inspectors general ⓘ
purpose to combat abuse in federal programs ⓘ
to combat fraud in federal programs ⓘ
to combat waste in federal programs ⓘ
to create independent Offices of Inspector General in federal agencies ⓘ
to promote accountability in federal agencies ⓘ
to promote economy in federal operations ⓘ
to promote effectiveness in federal operations ⓘ
to promote efficiency in federal operations ⓘ
regulates relationship between inspectors general and agency heads ⓘ
relatedTo Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency ⓘ
federal audit standards ⓘ
requires independence of inspectors general ⓘ
inspectors general to conduct audits ⓘ
inspectors general to conduct investigations ⓘ
inspectors general to keep agency heads and Congress informed ⓘ
inspectors general to prevent and detect fraud and abuse ⓘ
inspectors general to promote economy and efficiency ⓘ
semiannual reports to Congress by inspectors general ⓘ
sector public sector oversight ⓘ
signedBy Jimmy Carter ⓘ
subject anti-fraud measures ⓘ
government oversight ⓘ
internal audit ⓘ
public accountability ⓘ
yearEnacted 1978 ⓘ

Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Office of Inspector General → legalBasis → Inspector General Act of 1978 ⓘ
subject surface form: Office of Inspector General (U.S. Department of Transportation)
Office of Inspector General → legalBasis → Inspector General Act of 1978 ⓘ
subject surface form: Office of Inspector General (U.S. Department of Labor)
Office of Inspector General → legalBasis → Inspector General Act of 1978 ⓘ
subject surface form: Office of Inspector General (U.S. Department of the Interior)
Office of Inspector General → legalBasis → Inspector General Act of 1978 ⓘ
Office of the Inspector General → legalBasis → Inspector General Act of 1978 ⓘ
subject surface form: Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
this entity surface form: Inspector General Act of 1976
Office of the Inspector General → legalBasis → Inspector General Act of 1978 ⓘ
subject surface form: Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
this entity surface form: Inspector General Act Amendments of 1988
Office of Inspector General of USAID → legalBasis → Inspector General Act of 1978 ⓘ
Inspector General Act of 1978 → amendedBy → Inspector General Act of 1978 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inspector General Reform Act of 2008
Inspector General of the Intelligence Community → legalBasis → Inspector General Act of 1978 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inspector General Act of 1978 as amended
Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Labor → legalBasis → Inspector General Act of 1978 ⓘ
Inspector General is appointed by the President of the United States → legalBasis → Inspector General Act of 1978 ⓘ
subject surface form: Office of Inspector General (U.S. Department of Labor)
Office of Investigations → legalAuthority → Inspector General Act of 1978 ⓘ
subject surface form: Office of Investigations (DOL OIG)
this entity surface form: Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended
TIGTA → legalAuthority → Inspector General Act of 1978 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inspector General Act of 1978 as amended
Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community → legalBasis → Inspector General Act of 1978 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inspector General Act of 1978 as amended
Inspector General of the U.S. Department of the Interior → legalBasis → Inspector General Act of 1978 ⓘ
Inspector General of the U.S. Department of the Interior → legalBasis → Inspector General Act of 1978 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inspector General Act Amendments
Office of Inspector General → legalBasis → Inspector General Act of 1978 ⓘ
subject surface form: Office of Inspector General (NASA)
Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Education → legalBasis → Inspector General Act of 1978 ⓘ
Department of Defense Inspector General → legalBasis → Inspector General Act of 1978 ⓘ
Department of Defense Inspector General → legalBasis → Inspector General Act of 1978 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inspector General Act Amendments of 1982
Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services → legalBasis → Inspector General Act of 1978 ⓘ
Office of Audit → legalBasis → Inspector General Act of 1978 ⓘ
Office of Audit → legalBasis → Inspector General Act of 1978 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inspector General Act of 1978 as amended
Office of Investigations → usesAuthorityFrom → Inspector General Act of 1978 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended
IC IG → legalBasis → Inspector General Act of 1978 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inspector General Act of 1978 as amended
Inspections and Evaluations Division → legalBasis → Inspector General Act of 1978 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inspector General Act of 1978 as amended
Investigations Division → legalBasis → Inspector General Act of 1978 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inspector General Act of 1978 as amended
Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of the Interior → legalBasis → Inspector General Act of 1978 ⓘ
DOI OIG → legalBasis → Inspector General Act of 1978 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended
Office of the Inspector General of the Treasury Department → legalBasis → Inspector General Act of 1978 ⓘ