St. Joseph News-Press, June 29th, 2007
Claire McCaskill wants the government's inspectors general on her team.
Missouri's freshman U.S. senator on Thursday introduced the Improving Government Accountability Act, a measure aimed at providing federal agency inspectors with greater independence in their oversight work.
"They're in a position to see the nonsense that's going on," the Democratic lawmaker said. "They are my best co-conspirators in terms of trying to get at bad things going on in government when it comes to taxpayer money.
Inspectors general, present in 64 federal agencies, are charged with promoting economy and effici...
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