inspector general
noun
: a person who heads an inspectorate or a system of inspection (as of an army)
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Multiple candidates, including Qualls, criticized legislation passed this year creating an office of inspector general to address fraud in Minnesota.
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Jake Przytarski, Twin Cities, 29 May 2026
After publication, the DHS inspector general's office said in a statement to USA TODAY that any characterization that its agents participated in Castro's arrest is inaccurate.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 29 May 2026
The inspector general’s analysis, which focused on data from 2019 through 2023, found that while overall payments for vascular procedures have decreased in recent years, the procedures have shifted from hospitals to physicians’ offices.
—Annie Waldman, ProPublica, 29 May 2026
Yet signs of progress emerged in January, when Orrick lauded Lee and her decision to install the city’s former inspector general, Michelle Phillips, as an official in the department’s top ranks who reports directly to the mayor.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
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Jake Przytarski, Twin Cities, 29 May 2026
After publication, the DHS inspector general's office said in a statement to USA TODAY that any characterization that its agents participated in Castro's arrest is inaccurate.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 29 May 2026
The inspector general’s analysis, which focused on data from 2019 through 2023, found that while overall payments for vascular procedures have decreased in recent years, the procedures have shifted from hospitals to physicians’ offices.
—Annie Waldman, ProPublica, 29 May 2026
Yet signs of progress emerged in January, when Orrick lauded Lee and her decision to install the city’s former inspector general, Michelle Phillips, as an official in the department’s top ranks who reports directly to the mayor.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
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“Inspector general.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inspector%20general. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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