1、CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i OMB Issues New Guidance on Agency Engagement with Inspectors General February 23, 2022 The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has issued new guidance directing agency leaders and staff to “cooperate with their respectiv
2、e IG inspector general offices as they fulfill their statutory opportunities.” The memorandumapparently the first public guidance in decades on cooperation with IG officeswas issued on December 3, 2021 (OMB memorandum M-22-04; “Promoting Accountability through Cooperation among Agencies and Inspecto
3、rs General”). It echoes and reinforces the language of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (IG Act; 5 U.S.C. Appx.). Specifically, the memorandum requests that agency leaders regularly communicate key information about the role and authority of IGs to their staff and identifies seven “general guidelin
4、es to enhance cooperation” between agencies and IGs: 1. Routine meetings between agency leadership and IGs, 2. Open discussion about IG office resources, 3. Designation of a senior agency official as liaison to the IG office, 4. Collaboration with IG staff when developing new programs or changing ex
