IGs Tackle Tough Problems

An October Federal Diary column about the annual awards ceremony for Inspectors General had some quotes from attendees that give a flavor for the type of work they do:

Award winner Crystal L. Johnson said "the public's biggest misconception about inspectors general is that "we're really just out to get people." Instead, she said, "We don't assume anybody's guilty, we look at the facts, and then we tell the facts after that."...

"You're not called in for the easy problems, you're called in for the hard problems," Jeffrey Zients, White House chief performance officer and CIGIE executive chairman, told the crowd Tuesday. "You're oftentimes not the most popular person in the room, and I'm sure at times that's very lonely." Regardless, he added: "We are in a period of urgency. This is not a period of business-as-usual or incremental change."