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Should inspector-general model be expanded to other Texas state agencies?

Will more Texas state agencies in the future have an Office of Inspector General modeled on the ones at TYC and in the adult prison system? The House Committee on Government Reform today focused on the role of inspectors general and issues of independence from the agency they're monitoring. I didn't get to watch the hearing, but may go back later to listen to what was said. Reported the Statesman:State Rep. Dan Gattis, R-Georgetown, who is pushing for more independent inspectors general, said it helps to have them embedded in agencies so they're familiar with how things work but said inspectors general should report to someone outside the agency. "I have serious concerns about whether or not an inspector general can actually do their job when they have to answer to or pass things through the agency which they're supposed to be having oversight of," Gattis said...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on July 16, 2008 (boomark / email).