Senate Keeps Own Counsel on IGs

The White House and members of the Senate are still at odds over legislation that is designed to strengthen federal inspectors general. The bill, CongressDaily noted yesterday, "aims to increase the independence of IGs through measures such as requiring notification of Congress 30 days before an IG is removed and mandating that all have their own legal counsel instead of using agency lawyers."

Umm, the senators might want to look at how well that provision about legal counsel is working out at the General Services Administration.