Federal inspectors general have launched a new website that will serve as a centralized public library for IG reports.

The Oversight.gov website provides “a ‘one stop shop’ to follow the ongoing oversight work of all IGs that publicly post reports,” said the announcement from the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency. “It also enables users to access more than 5,800 previously-issued IG reports, a number that will continue to grow as IGs issue new reports.”

The public – and journalists and non-governmental watchdogs – will particularly like the website’s search box. For example, the term “whistleblowers” appears in 781 reports, “cybersecurity” in 446 reports, “disaster recovery” in 335 and “terrorism” in 292, according to CIGIE. “In addition, the site features a user-friendly map to find reports based on geographic location and contact information for each IG’s whistleblower hotline.”

“The public should have easy access to information about their government, and Oversight.gov is a big step in this direction,” said CIGIE head and Department of Justice IG Michael Horowitz. “This new website makes the work of the IG community more accessible, and it demonstrates the critical role inspectors general play in combating waste, fraud, and abuse, and holding government officials accountable for their management of taxpayer money.”


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