OMB action follows previous release of PRAC funding also requested by Senators Collins, Grassley
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Chairs of the U.S. Senate Committees on Appropriations and Judiciary, respectively, welcomed the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) decision to apportion $4,287,000 for the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE). This decision will ensure that CIGIE can operate through January 30, consistent with the current Continuing Resolution. OMB will simultaneously be conducting a programmatic review of CIGIE’s activities. OMB’s actions follow Senators Collins and Grassley’s recent letter to OMB Director Russell Vought urging the prompt release of funding for CIGIE and the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC), and Grassley’s call last year for CIGIE to clarify its reporting of spending records.
“We are pleased that following our continued outreach, OMB is releasing the funding that Congress provided for CIGIE to continue its vital work,” said Senators Collins and Grassley. “This action, building on OMB’s earlier decision to release funding for PRAC, ensures that these important oversight entities can remain focused on delivering the accountability American taxpayers deserve. Our oversight of the Administration’s actions, and CIGIE’s work, will continue.”
Senators Collins and Grassley were leading proponents of the Inspector General Reform Act of 2008, which established CIGIE to address integrity, economy, and effectiveness issues that transcend government agencies and to increase the professionalism and effectiveness of inspectors general (IG) personnel by helping to establish well-trained and highly skilled IG office workforces.
Click HERE to read the Senators’ letter to OMB.
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