Grassley, Johnson Inquire About FCC, FTC, Commerce IGs
Two Senate Republicans want information on many agencies’ inspectors general, including those of the FCC, FTC and Commerce Department. Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, sent letters to 72 agencies’ inspectors…
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general Friday. “Congress often hears when an agency stonewalls an inspector general but not always,” Grassley said in a statement. “This letter gives every inspector general the chance to weigh in on problems. If an inspector general doesn’t have interference problems, Congress ought to know that, too.” The senators wanted to know of any agency attempts to interfere with the independence of agency IGs.