United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Office of the General Counsel author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1995-03-01 monographic deposited born digital 29 p. GA 1.13:OGC-95-15 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-OGC-95-15 P0b002ee1803970a2 f:og95015 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-OGC-95-15 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-OGC-95-15 OGC-95-15 Legal opinions Legal research Federal employees Inspectors General Conflict of interest Lawyers Personnel management Investigations into federal agencies Letter Report OGC Inspectors General (IG), which audit and investigate their agencies' programs and operations, are authorized to hire employees, including attorneys, to help them carry out their duties. Most presidentially appointed IGs initially obtained legal services from their agencies' Office of General Counsel, and five IGs continue to do so. These arrangements have raised questions about whether attorneys from an agency's Office of General Counsel can provide the independent legal services needed by officials who must independently review that agency's programs and operations. This report compares the independence of legal services provided by IGs by attorneys in agencies' Office of General Counsel with those provided by attorneys in Offices of Inspector General. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-OGC-95-15/html/GAOREPORTS-OGC-95-15.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-OGC-95-15/pdf/GAOREPORTS-OGC-95-15.pdf GAO/OGC-95-15 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-OGC-95-15 Letter Report GAO/OGC-95-15; Inspectors General: Independence of Legal Services Provided to IGs; Legal opinions Legal research Federal employees Inspectors General Conflict of interest Lawyers Personnel management Investigations into federal agencies Public Law 103-355