President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s offensive against federal waste, fraud, and abuse has exposed the antics of agencies whose acronyms had previously been known to few people, such as the U.S. Agency for International Development, with its slew of transgender and diversity programs, and the National Institutes of Health, funder of sex changes for mice, rats, and monkeys.
Less salacious but ultimately more momentous are the changes the new administration is pursuing against another set of acronyms, the IGs, or inspectors general — the officials at the forefront of combating waste, fraud, and abuse. Trump’s firing of 17 IGs during his first week in office was a crucial first step in restoring integrity and accountability. But in that vein, two more acronyms have yet to be fully addressed — CIGIE and its IC.
CIGIE stands for Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity…
