Biden Draws Bipartisan Ire for Leaving 3 Key Watchdog Jobs Vacant for More Than 2 Years
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) wants to know why President Joe Biden has failed to appoint Inspectors-General (IGs) at the departments of Treasury and State, as well as the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Why three highly visible watchdog jobs remain unfilled in Biden’s third year in the Oval Office is a bipartisan issue as Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) is raising the same concerns. Hassan is chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.
“The Inspector General (IG) community conducts essential oversight of federal agencies and programs, safeguarding taxpayer funds and shining the light on waste, fraud, and abuse. That essential oversight function is undermined by prolonged vacancies of IGs responsible for carrying out that mandate,” Comer told Biden in a June 5 letter….