inspector general
noun
: a person who heads an inspectorate or a system of inspection (as of an army)
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These included unsuccessful attempts to get state legislators to order an audit of the fund and to require the creation of an inspector general to oversee it, Brown said.
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Gretchen Morgenson, NBC news, 30 June 2025
Nathan Howard | Reuters The Federal Reserve's inspector general is reviewing the Trump administration's attempts to lay off nearly all Consumer Financial Protection Bureau employees and cancel the agency's contracts, CNBC has learned.
—Hugh Son, CNBC, 12 June 2025
Greenberg also hasn't committed to rehiring the city’s inspector general, who is charged with examining police misconduct and has butted heads with Louisville police since 2021.
—Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 27 May 2025
An inspector general’s report ordered by Pritzker was found to have focused too narrowly on the state Department of Veterans Affairs while largely ignoring Public Health’s role in the crisis.
—Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2025
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Gretchen Morgenson, NBC news, 30 June 2025
Nathan Howard | Reuters The Federal Reserve's inspector general is reviewing the Trump administration's attempts to lay off nearly all Consumer Financial Protection Bureau employees and cancel the agency's contracts, CNBC has learned.
—Hugh Son, CNBC, 12 June 2025
Greenberg also hasn't committed to rehiring the city’s inspector general, who is charged with examining police misconduct and has butted heads with Louisville police since 2021.
—Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 27 May 2025
An inspector general’s report ordered by Pritzker was found to have focused too narrowly on the state Department of Veterans Affairs while largely ignoring Public Health’s role in the crisis.
—Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2025
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“Inspector general.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inspector%20general. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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