Monitoring Government: Inspectors General and the Search for AccountabilityBrookings Institution Press, 01 հնվ, 1993 թ. - 274 էջ Until the Department of Housing and Urban Development scandal in 1989, the public knew little about federal inspectors general (IGs). Suddenly, Congress, the press, and the public were seeking answers to a scandal that challenged the role of the IGs in ensuring government accountability. Within days, the IGs were front-page news, and greater emphasis was placed on fraud, waste, and abuse as a measure of whether government could be held accountable. Monitoring Government offers the first systematic evaluation of the offices of inspector general OIGs and examines the government-wide investment in the IG concept. Despite their increasingly prominent, often controversial, role in the internal oversight of government, very little is known about their institutional or operational problems. To some in the executive branch, OIGs exercise too much discretion at the expense of executive control. To others in Congress, they do not have enough autonomy and responsibility. Overall the question is not only how the OIGs have functioned, but also what role they soundly play in our system of separation of powers. Paul Light begins with a brief history of the IG concept, from the passage of the 1978 IG Act to the changes in mission with new administrations. He explains the different approaches to accountability, discusses the nature of monitoring the political incentives surrounding findings and recommendations made by IGs, and looks at the dominance of compliance monitoring as the front line against fraud, waste, and abuse. The book addresses a number of specific issues regarding the policing of government. Using detailed interviews with past IGs and senior-level officials across government, as well asa case study of the Housing and Urban Development scandal, Lights examines a series of specific operational issues. Envisioning a broader role for the IG in the future, he offers recommendations to strengthen the search for accountability. |
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The Newest Monitors | 11 |
PATHS TO ACCOUNTABILITY | 12 |
MONITORING TOWARD ACCOUNTABILITY | 16 |
AN ERA OF LIMITS | 21 |
The Rise of the IG Concept | 23 |
A BRIEF HISTORY | 25 |
A STATUTORY PROTOTYPE | 28 |
A NONSTATUTORY ALTERNATIVE | 31 |
A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN? | 118 |
Backlash | 121 |
FINETUNING | 128 |
INTO THE BUSH YEARS | 131 |
UNCERTAIN FUTURES | 145 |
Organizing for Accountability | 147 |
A Drift toward Investigation | 149 |
AUDITORS AND INVESTIGATORS | 150 |
A BARBED WIRE FENCE | 35 |
Designing the Concept | 37 |
Why Congress Acted | 39 |
THE POLITICS OF FRAUD BUSTING | 43 |
THE INFORMATION IMPERATIVE | 48 |
THE CHOICE OF COMPLIANCE | 57 |
Creating a Strong Right Arm | 58 |
WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN | 59 |
THE IG JOB DESCRIPTION | 61 |
INSTITUTIONALIZED AMBIVALENCE | 68 |
Implementing the Act | 79 |
The Class of 1979 | 81 |
CARTERS CHOICES | 82 |
AN ABBREVIATED TERM | 90 |
TOO MUCH TO DO TOO LITTLE TIME | 100 |
Glory Days | 102 |
FEAR OF FIRING | 103 |
GETTING STARTEDAGAIN | 104 |
THE SEEDS OF ALLIANCE | 111 |
THE INVESTIGATORY IMPULSE | 160 |
PROTECTING IGS | 169 |
The Organizational IGs | 175 |
AN ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY OF THE OIGS | 177 |
THE ORGANIZATIONAL FUTURE | 189 |
THE IGS AS INSTITUTIONAL MEMORY | 200 |
Questions of Effectiveness | 201 |
Measuring the Impact of IGs | 203 |
MEASURES OF EFFECTIVENESS | 204 |
QUESTIONS OF PERFORMANCE | 220 |
The Future of the IG Concept | 224 |
THE IG ACT INNOVATIONS | 225 |
A REPRISE ON REFORM | 229 |
A SAFE HARBOR FOR ANALYSIS | 234 |
Interview Contacts | 236 |
NOTES | 241 |
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Monitoring Government: Inspectors General and the Search for Accountability Paul Charles Light Դիտել հնարավոր չէ - 1993 |
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