CompiledAct INSPECTOR GENERAL ACT OF 1978  


§ 1. Short title
§ 2. Purpose and establishment of Offices of Inspector General; departments and agencies involved
§ 3. Appointment of Inspector General; supervision; removal; political activities; appointment of Assistant Inspector General for Auditing and Assistant Inspector General for Investigations
§ 4. Duties and responsibilities; report of criminal violations to Attorney General
§ 5. Semiannual reports; transmittal to Congress; availability to public; immediate report on serious or flagrant problems; disclosure of information; definitions
§ 6. Authority of Inspector General; information and assistance from Federal agencies; unreasonable refusal; office space and equipment
§ 7. Complaints by employees; disclosure of identity; reprisals
§ 8. Additional provisions with respect to the Inspector General of the Department of Defense
§ 8A. Special provisions relating to the Agency for International Development
§ 8B. Special provisions concerning the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
§ 8C. Special provisions concerning the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
§ 8D. Special provisions concerning the Department of the Treasury
§ 8E. Special provisions concerning the Department of Justice
§ 8F. Special provisions concerning the Corporation for National and Community Service
§ 8G. Requirements for Federal entities and designated Federal entities
§ 8H. Additional provisions with respect to Inspectors General of the Intelligence Community
§ 8I. Special provisions concerning the Department of Homeland Security
§ 8J. Rule of construction of special provisions
§ 8K. Repealed. Pub. L. 111–259, title IV, § 405(d), Oct. 7, 2010, 124 Stat. 2719
§ 8L. Special Provisions Concerning Overseas Contingency Operations
§ 8M. Information on websites of Offices of Inspectors General
§ 9. Transfer of functions
§ 10. Omitted
§ 11. Establishment of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency
§ 12. Definitions
§ 13. Effective date