Legislative and Regulatory Review
The Inspector General Act mandates that our office monitor and review legislative and regulatory proposals for their impact on the Smithsonian's programs and operatoins and with an eye toward promoting economy, effectiveness, efficiency, and preventing fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement.
Outreach
Presentations on fraud awareness throughout the Institution are a cornerstone of our efforts to prevent and detect waste, fraud, and abuse and promote economy, efficiency and effectiveness at the Smithsonian.
OIG Special Agents also make these presentations at bi-weekly new employee orientations held by the Institution's Office of Human Resources.
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Involvement with Other Organizations
The OIG is actively involved with the Washington Metro Electronic Crimes Task Force, the Metropolitan Area Fraud Task Force, the Security Association of Financial Institutions workgroup, and the Interagency Fraud Risk Data Mining Group.
The Inspector General serves as the Co-Chair of the Strategic Planning committee of the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) and the CIGIE Integrity Committee, which receives and reviews allegations of misconduct against federal Inspectors General and senior Inspector General staff.
Recovery Act Oversight
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) of 2009 provided the Smithsonian Institution $25 million for Facilities Capital Improvements for the repair and revitalization of existing facilities. The Office of the Inspector General was responsible for oversight over the use of these funds.
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