Inspector General firings

Inspectors general are statutory watchdogs embedded in executive agencies. Their independence rests on the practical constraint that firing them invites scrutiny, and on the legal protections Congress has enacted around their removal. The publication tracks firings that obstruct ongoing investigations, removals not accompanied by the cause and notice the law requires, and the use of acting officials to neutralize IG offices. The standard is whether the removal pattern correlates with ongoing inquiries inconvenient to leadership — not the partisan label of the IG or the administration.