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2013 Summer Institute: August 19 – 23, 2013

2013 Summer – Jacksonville, FL:  The next Certification Program offered is for the 2013 Certified Inspector General Auditor, Certified Inspector General Investigator and the Certified Inspector General. The Application Forms must be completed, signed and mailed to the association. We are currently accepting applications. 
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ANNOUNCING NEW DIRECTORY OF STATE AND LOCAL OVERSIGHT AGENCIES

We are pleased to announce that we are posting a directory of state and local oversight agencies on our website. We sometimes receive inquiries for this information, and to the best of our knowledge, until now, no such listing has been available. The list was created by members of the Association’s Online Training Committee,...
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President’s Message

President’s Message

I hope you all are well and enjoying the holidays. I am so pleased to report that 2012 has been a terrific year for the Association of Inspectors General.  Our conferences in Anaheim and Clearwater were incredibly successful, as were our Florida-based Certified Inspector General Institute. There is no question that the Inspector General...
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President’s Message

President’s Message

Hello Association Members, I am pleased to report that after a difficult week of contending with the effects of Hurricane Sandy, the Association’s offices at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City are now open and operational. On behalf of the Board of Directors and all Association members, I want to...
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2011 Summer Inspectors General Institute

Inspector General InstituteTM Professional certification programs offered; Certified Inspector General (CIG) Certified Inspector General Auditor (CIGA) Certified Inspector General Investigator (CIGI) 2011 Summer – Williamsburg VA, DC – August 15-19, 2011 The next Certification Program offered is for the 2011 Certified Inspector General Auditor and the Certified Inspector General Investigator. The Institute will take...
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Fed Regulations: Expanded State/Local IG Role in Prison Rape Prevention

Fed Regulations: Expanded State/Local IG Role in Prison Rape Prevention

By Ned Benton January 2011 The U.S. Department of Justice (USDOJ) is proposing new national standards to prevent prison rape. The standards propose options for the involvement of Federal, State and local Inspectors General in incident reporting and compliance auditing. Required by the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA),  PREA Notice of Proposed...
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Time for Virginia to Have an Independent Inspector General

Editorial by the WashingtonExaminer.com In a Richmond federal courtroom yesterday, Justin French pleaded guilty to illegally obtaining between $7 million to $20 million worth of state and federal tax credits to rehab historic Richmond real properties. He could spend up to 30 years behind bars. Justice is done, and everyone is happy.  But not...
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US Inspector General for Afghanistan quits

From the Boston Globe WASHINGTON — Retired Major General Arnold Fields, the US official in charge of rooting out corruption in Afghanistan, announced his resignation yesterday, just days after firing two of his top deputies. Key members of Congress urged President Obama to dismiss Fields, saying he failed to oversee the $56 billion that...
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AIG President Miguel Reappointed as FL IG

AIG President Miguel Reappointed as FL IG

Governor Rick Scott announced the re-appointment of Melinda Miguel as Chief Inspector General of Florida.
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Kenya Mann Faulkner is New PA IG

Kenya Mann Faulkner is New PA IG

From Philly.com Kenya Mann Faulkner was a vocational high school student in New York City when she confessed a secret to a guidance counselor: She wanted to go to college, maybe even become a lawyer. “That’s not going to happen for you,” the counselor told her, according to Faulkner. The woman instead suggested stenography...
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