Office Of Inspector General (Noun)
Meaning
The investigative arm of the Federal Trade Commission.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The Office of Inspector General was created to serve as an independent oversight entity, examining and evaluating the efficiency and effectiveness of FTC operations and programs.
- In carrying out this responsibility, the Office of Inspector General reviewed all facets of FTC activities to prevent or minimize fraud, waste, abuse, or mismanagement in its programs and operations.
- To conduct an evaluation, the Office of Inspector General will randomly select FTC investigative matters from different industry categories, geographic locations, and agency regional offices.
- OIG provides assistance and resources to aid Commission management and employees in addressing management and operational issues by furnishing reviews and appraisals to enable senior leaders to identify management deficiencies.
- Upon a recommendation by the Inspector General or any referral to OIG that Commission programs are experiencing instances of wrongdoing or program problems, investigations of specific acts are opened, identifying fact, describing programs at fault and pursuing claims in selected and pursued subjects under general Inspector oversight authorities and determinations that violate other stated Acts as otherwise unlawful within IG broad defined coverage investigative audit in field defined task execution plans conducted so required review needs standards operations metHeaderCode.scalablytyped