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Office of Counsel
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The Counsel to the Inspector General serves as the senior legal and policy
adviser to the Inspector General, Deputy Inspector General, and the Assistant
Inspectors General. The Counsel has responsibility for all legal work in the
Office of the Inspector General. The Office of Counsel, which is located in
Washington, D.C., is staffed with an Assistant Counsel, a paralegal, and an office manager.
The Office of Counsel provides legal advice on issues
arising during the statutorily mandated investigative,
oversight, and audit activities conducted by the Offices
of Investigations and Audit. In addition, the Office
of Counsel provides legal advice on issues concerning
government contracts, appropriations, budget formulation
and execution, disclosure, records retention, tax
information safeguards, equal employment opportunity, and
personnel law. The office represents the OIG in
administrative proceedings before the Merit Systems
Protection Board and the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission and provides support to the Department of
Justice in OIG-related litigation.
The office is also responsible for managing the OIG
ethics program, which includes financial disclosure,
training, and advice on the governing law and
regulations. In the area of disclosure law, the Office of Counsel manages the OIG’s Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) and Privacy Act programs. The Office of Counsel
also coordinates information requests from Congress,
other agencies, the media and public, as well as
responding to Giglio requests from the Department of
Justice for information on Treasury personnel.
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