Effectively and with integrity. What does your background have to be . Well, the statute that created inspectors general stetz that iegs need to have generated expertise in a number of professions, any one of them, auditing, investigations, Law Enforcement, public management, and above all, be people of the integrity. How long have you been the Inspector General for the Agriculture Department. Since december of 2002. How would you drip this specific job at agriculture . At agriculture, my job is to oversee the operations of all of usd as programs to make sure that they are being delivered as effectively as possible. And so what that means on a daytoday basis is that we in the iags office conduct audits to make sure that programs are running effectively, that improper payments are not going out the door. And we also conduct investigations. When ever there are allegations of wrongdoing in a program, either by a Department Employee or by a person whos receiving benefits, its our jurts dic
Activities. How long have you been there . Since 2002. Who appointed you . The president. The president i believe it was president george bush appointed me to the agriculture position. What kind of autonomy do you e . Igsas you know by statute are considered to be officials who must operate independently. What that means is that although we are located within our own agencies and departments, we are under the general supervision of agriculture. We have professional independence to exercise our judgment as to what issues no ed to be looked at, how were going go about looking at them, and ultimately what we report to congress, the president , and the secretary. How many people work for you . Currently we have 530 employees at usaig. Where are they locate . Our staff is located around the country. We have a large presence for washington, d. C. We have a large presence in the major federal cities around the country, chicago, atlanta, california, San Francisco bay area, texas, and kansas ci
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