Duties & Functions

Inspector General

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The Inspector General Act of 1978, Public law 95-452, established Offices of Inspector General in many departments and agencies in the federal government. In 1988, with Public Law 100-504, Congress created the Office of Inspector General in the Department of the Treasury as an independent and objective unit to:

1. conduct and supervise audits and investigations relating to Treasury programs and operations;

2. provide leadership and coordination and recommend policies for activities designed to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in the administration of, and to prevent and detect fraud and abuse in, such programs and operations; and

3. provide a means for keeping the head of the establishment and the Congress fully and currently informed about problems and deficiencies relating to the administration of such programs and operations and the necessity for and progress of corrective action.