inspector general
noun
: a person who heads an inspectorate or a system of inspection (as of an army)
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The inspector general’s recommendations have not yet been implemented by the Police Department.
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Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 22 Jan. 2025
The inspector general’s job is to identify efficiencies, detect, investigate and prevent fraud, waste, mismanagement, misconduct and abuse of power in the city.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2025
Fifty-one congressional committees and subcommittees have jurisdiction over various aspects of the EPA, and both the Government Accountability Office and EPA’s own inspector general regularly review the agency’s work.
—Stan Meiburg, The Conversation, 10 Jan. 2025
Two years ago, the state's top attorney and inspector general, Debbie Inglis and Kelly Young, were fired following an independent review that found the state had not complied with its lethal injection process.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
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Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 22 Jan. 2025
The inspector general’s job is to identify efficiencies, detect, investigate and prevent fraud, waste, mismanagement, misconduct and abuse of power in the city.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2025
Fifty-one congressional committees and subcommittees have jurisdiction over various aspects of the EPA, and both the Government Accountability Office and EPA’s own inspector general regularly review the agency’s work.
—Stan Meiburg, The Conversation, 10 Jan. 2025
Two years ago, the state's top attorney and inspector general, Debbie Inglis and Kelly Young, were fired following an independent review that found the state had not complied with its lethal injection process.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Inspector general.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inspector%20general. Accessed 26 Jan. 2025.
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