Comments on: Sniffing Out A RAT http://www.jasetaro.com/blog/2009/02/19/sniffing-out-a-rat/ Welcome To My Personal Web Log Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:41:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: John http://www.jasetaro.com/blog/2009/02/19/sniffing-out-a-rat/comment-page-1/#comment-451 John Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:29:19 +0000 http://www.jasetaro.com/blog/?p=1542#comment-451 The Board cannot direct any inspector general to conduct or refrain from conducting an audit or investigation. Your post seriously misrepresents the content of the law. Here is the relevant language. SEC. 1527. INDEPENDENCE OF INSPECTORS GENERAL. (a) Independent Authority.--Nothing in this subtitle shall affect the independent authority of an inspector general to determine whether to conduct an audit or investigation of covered funds. (b) Requests by Board.--If the Board requests that an inspector general conduct or refrain from conducting an audit or investigation and the inspector general rejects the request in whole or in part, the inspector general shall, not later than 30 days after rejecting the request, submit a report to the Board, the head of the applicable agency, and the congressional committees of jurisdiction, including the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives. The report shall state the reasons that the inspector general has rejected the request in whole or in part. The inspector general's decision shall be final. Please note the last sentence. The Board cannot direct any inspector general to conduct or refrain from conducting an audit or investigation. Your post seriously misrepresents the content of the law. Here is the relevant language.

SEC. 1527. INDEPENDENCE OF INSPECTORS GENERAL.
(a) Independent Authority.–Nothing in this subtitle shall affect the independent authority of an inspector general to determine whether to conduct an audit or investigation of covered funds.

(b) Requests by Board.–If the Board requests that an inspector general conduct or refrain from conducting an audit or investigation and the inspector general rejects the request in whole or in part, the inspector general shall, not later than 30 days after rejecting the request, submit a report to the Board, the head of the applicable agency, and the congressional committees of jurisdiction, including the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives. The report shall state the reasons that the inspector general has rejected the request in whole or in part. The inspector general’s decision shall be final.

Please note the last sentence.

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