inspector general
noun
: a person who heads an inspectorate or a system of inspection (as of an army)
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The Artemis program, barely off the ground, has already seen long delays, and the program faces significant problems, laid out in a recent audit from NASA’s office of the inspector general.
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Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
Reality check: Emergency response times have been difficult to track over the last decade because of consistently inadequate data collection by the Chicago Fire Department, according to multiple reports by the city's inspector general.
—Monica Eng, Axios, 10 Sep. 2024
The Department of Homeland Security's inspector general has opened an investigation into the Secret Service's handling of security for the Trump rally on July 13.
—Brooke Singman, Fox News, 23 July 2024
Trump also had reduced U.S. troop levels to the lowest point in the 20-year war, and Afghan forces weren't prepared to take over, according to the inspector general.
—Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2024
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Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
Reality check: Emergency response times have been difficult to track over the last decade because of consistently inadequate data collection by the Chicago Fire Department, according to multiple reports by the city's inspector general.
—Monica Eng, Axios, 10 Sep. 2024
The Department of Homeland Security's inspector general has opened an investigation into the Secret Service's handling of security for the Trump rally on July 13.
—Brooke Singman, Fox News, 23 July 2024
Trump also had reduced U.S. troop levels to the lowest point in the 20-year war, and Afghan forces weren't prepared to take over, according to the inspector general.
—Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2024
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“Inspector general.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inspector%20general. Accessed 9 Oct. 2024.
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