Several websites for inspector general offices have gone down after the Trump administration ended funding for the oversight council that polices the agency watchdogs.
The Office of Management and Budget decided not to apportion funds to the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE), upending not only the group’s online presence but several agency inspector generals.
Consequentially, the public has been left in the dark, unable to access investigations and audits by the inspectors general, who root out waste, fraud and abuse across the federal government, as well as file whistleblower complaints that could expose misconduct at many agencies.
“Due to a lack of apportionment of funds, this website is currently unavailable,” said the homepage for the Department of the Interior’s inspector general on Thursday.
