Watchdogs : inspectors general and the battle for honest and accountable government / Glenn A. Fine.

By:

Fine, Glenn A, 1956-

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Miller center studies on the presidency | Miller center studies on the presidencyPublisher: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2024Description: viii, 222 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780813952468 (hardcover)

Other title:

Inspectors general and the battle for honest and accountable government

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Additional physical formats: Online version:: WatchdogsLOC classification:

HJ 9801 F495w 2024

Contents:

Foreword (by General Jim Mattis) Introduction Part I: Joining the Inspector General Community The Game Was Fixed: My Road to Becoming an Inspector General Who’s Your Boss? The History, Role, and Responsibilities of Inspectors General Part II: Inspector General of the Justice Department Faulty Science: Investigating the FBI Laboratory Congratulations and Merry Christmas: Confirmation as the Department of Justice Inspector General The Most Damaging Spy in FBI History: How Robert Hanssen Evaded Detection for More Than Two Decades “Don’t Ever Let This Happen Again”: The September 11 Attacks “You Are Already Doing Enough Work in the FBI”: Oversight of the FBI Maintaining Trust and Credibility: Reviews of Politicized Hirings and Firings in the Justice Department Death of a Hero: Investigating Corruption in the Federal Bureau of Prisons Part III: Acting Inspector General of the Defense Department “Out of the Frying Pan into the Fire”: Becoming the Acting Department of Defense Inspector General The Worst Corruption Scandal in Navy History: The Fat Leonard Case Deterring Waste and Abuse: Audits and Evaluations in the Defense Department Flying into War Zones: Overseas Contingency Operations The COVID‑19 Crisis and the “Slow‑Motion Friday Night Massacre of Inspectors General” Part IV: Supporting and Improving Inspector General Oversight Recommendations for Strengthening Inspector General Oversight Ten Key Principles for Effective Inspectors General Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Index

Summary: "Glenn Fine, who served as the Inspector General for the Department of Justice from 2000 to 2011 and the Acting Inspector General of the Department of Defense from 2016 to 2020, highlights the importance of inspectors general to safeguarding our democracy by drawing on his own experiences in several high-profile investigations during his tenure, from 9/11 through COVID"-- Provided by publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Ciencias Sociales	Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso)	HJ 9801 F495w 2024 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	00000191299

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword (by General Jim Mattis)
Introduction
Part I: Joining the Inspector General Community
The Game Was Fixed: My Road to Becoming an Inspector General

Who’s Your Boss? The History, Role, and Responsibilities of Inspectors General

Part II: Inspector General of the Justice Department
Faulty Science: Investigating the FBI Laboratory
Congratulations and Merry Christmas: Confirmation as the Department of Justice Inspector General

The Most Damaging Spy in FBI History: How Robert Hanssen Evaded Detection for More Than Two Decades
“Don’t Ever Let This Happen Again”: The September 11 Attacks
“You Are Already Doing Enough Work in the FBI”: Oversight of the FBI
Maintaining Trust and Credibility: Reviews of Politicized Hirings and Firings in the Justice Department
Death of a Hero: Investigating Corruption in the Federal Bureau of Prisons
Part III: Acting Inspector General of the Defense Department
“Out of the Frying Pan into the Fire”: Becoming the Acting Department of Defense Inspector General
The Worst Corruption Scandal in Navy History: The Fat Leonard Case
Deterring Waste and Abuse: Audits and Evaluations in the Defense Department
Flying into War Zones: Overseas Contingency Operations
The COVID‑19 Crisis and the “Slow‑Motion Friday Night Massacre of Inspectors General”
Part IV: Supporting and Improving Inspector General Oversight
Recommendations for Strengthening Inspector General Oversight
Ten Key Principles for Effective Inspectors General
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index

"Glenn Fine, who served as the Inspector General for the Department of Justice from 2000 to 2011 and the Acting Inspector General of the Department of Defense from 2016 to 2020, highlights the importance of inspectors general to safeguarding our democracy by drawing on his own experiences in several high-profile investigations during his tenure, from 9/11 through COVID"-- Provided by publisher.

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