The Search for Accountability

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The Search for Accountability

The Search for Accountability is a monthly half-hour broadcast to increase public knowledge and visibility of how the federal Offices of the Inspector General (OIG) and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) work to improve the performance, accountability, and integrity of government. The show is hosted by Michael Binder, Director, Government Audit Training Institute and Federal Financial Management Programs at Graduate School USA. As a federal auditing thought leader, Binder will interview federal inspectors general and others to discuss their work behind the scenes, in providing oversight for accountability, improvements, and enforcement. The program raises awareness of the good work federal inspectors general do, tells great stories, and highlights the importance of integrity of, and public trust in, governmental operations ? aligning with the IG Act intent of “promoting economy, efficiency and effectiveness, and preventing and detecting fraud, waste, and abuse.”

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    Dr. Daniel Lucas, Inspector General for the District of Columbia

    In this episode of the Search for Accountability, host Michael Binder speaks with Dr. Daniel Lucas, who has served as the Inspector General for the District of Columbia since 2014.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    Meryl Kornfield, Reporter for the Washington Post

    This episode, host Michael Binder speaks with Meryl Kornfield, reporter for the Washington Post. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    Todd Turner, Chief Accountability Office of Prince Georges County, Maryland

    In this episode, host Michael Binder speaks to Todd Turner, from the Chief Accountability Office of Prince Georges County, Maryland.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    Michael Horowitz, Inspector General for the Federal Reserve Board and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

    This episode, host Michael Binder from MCI speaks with Michael Horowitz, Inspector General for the Federal Reserve Board and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    Viktoria Vyshnivska, Senior Researcher at the Independent Anti-Corruption Commission

    In this episode, host Michael Binder speaks with Viktoria Vyshnivska, Senior Researcher at the Independent Anti-Corruption Commission out of Kiev, Ukraine. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    Gene Dodaro, Comptroller of the United States, Head of the Government Accountability Office

    This week, Michael Binder speaks to Gene Dodaro, who is the eighth Comptroller of the United States and leads the Government Accountability Office.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    Mark Greenblatt, fmr. Inspector General, Department of State

    In this episode, Michael Binder speaks to Mark Greenblatt, who is a former Inspector General for the State Department.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Mary.)

    On today's episode of The Search for Accountability, host Michael Binder from Graduate School USA speaks with Maryland Representative Jamie Raskin (D-Mary.)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    Mike Ware, Inspector General, Small Business Administration

    On this episode of the Search for Accountability, host Michael Binder speaks with Mike Ware, Inspector General for the Small Business Administration.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    Rich Brady, CEO of The Society of Defense Financial Management

    In this episode, Michael Binder from Graduate School USA speaks to Rich Brady, Chief Executive Officer of The Society of Defense Financial Management.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    Heather Hill, Acting Inspector General, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration

    In this episode of The Search for Accountability, Michael Binder speaks with Heather Hill who serves as Acting Inspector General for the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, or TIGTA.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    Sandra Bruce, Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Education

    In this week's episode, host Michael Binder speaks with Sandra Bruce, who is the Inspector General for the Department of Education.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    Megan Limarzi, Inspector General of Montgomery County, MD

    On this episode of The Search for Accountability, host Michael Binder speaks to Megan Limarzi, who has been Inspector General of Montgomery County, Maryland since September 2019.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    Roderick Anderson, Acting Inspector General, U.S. Department of Commerce

    On this episode of The Search for Accountability, host Michael Binder speaks with Roderick Anderson, who has been Acting Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Commerce since January 2024.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    Richard Delmar, Deputy Inspector General, Department of the Treasury

    In today's episode, Michael Binder speaks with Richard Delmar, Deputy Inspector General for the Department of the Treasury.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    Kevin Winters, Inspector General, Amtrak Office of Inspector General

    In today's episode, Michael Binder speaks with Kevin Winters, who has been the Inspector General of Amtrak since January 2019.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    Bob Westbrooks, former Inspector General and Executive Director of Pandemic Response Accountability Team

    In today's episode, Michael Binder interviews Bob Westbrooks, who is a former IG, Executive Director of the IG Pandemic Response Accountability Team and author of the book "Left Holding the Bag - A Watchdog's Account of How Washington Fumbled its COVID Test".See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    Robert Storch, Inspector General of the Department of Defense

    In today's episode, Michael Binder interviews Robert Storch, who has been inspector general of the Department of Defense since December 2022.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    John Sopko, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction

    This episode, Michael Binder speaks to John Sopko, who served as Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction since 2012.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    Diane Shaw, Acting IG, U.S. Department of State

    This episode, Michael Binder speaks to Diana Shaw, who serves as the Deputy Inspector General Performing the Duties of the Inspector General for the U.S. Department of State.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    Phyllis Fong, Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Agriculture

    This episode, Michael Binder speaks to Phyllis Fong, who has served as Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Agriculture since 2002.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    Christi Grimm, HHS Inspector General

    On this episode of The Search for Accountability, Michael Binder speaks with Christi Grimm, who was sworn in in February as the inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    National Aeronautics and Space Administration Inspector General Paul Martin

    This week, Michael Binder spoke to NASA Inspector General Paul Martin, who has been IG at the agency since 2009.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    Department of Energy Inspector General Teri Donaldson

    This week, Michael Binder of Graduate USA interviews Teri Donaldson, Inspector General for the Department of Energy.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery Brian Miller

    This week, Michael Binder spoke with Brian Miller, Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    Department of Transportation Inspector General Eric Soskin

    This week, Michael Binder spoke with Eric Soskin, Inspector General for the Department of Transportation.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    Former Department of Defense Inspector General Glenn Fine

    This week, Michael Binder spoke with Glenn Fine, former inspector general of the Departments of Justice and Defense.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Inspector General Jay Lerner

    This week, Michael Binder of Graduate USA interviews Jay Lerner, inspector general of the FDIC.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    Department of Housing and Urban Development Inspector General Rae Oliver Davis

    This week, Michael Binder spoke with Rae Oliver Davis, who was sworn in as inspector general for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on January 23, 2019.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    National Security Inspector General Robert Storch

    This week, Michael Binder spoke with Robert Storch, who assumed the duties as Inspector General of the National Security Agency (NSA) in January 2018, and was the first IG at NSA to be appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate,See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    National Science Foundation Inspector General Allison Lerner

    This week, Michael Binder spoke with Allison Lerner, who assumed the duties as Inspector General of the National Science Foundation (NSF) in April 2009.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    Small Business Administration Inspector General Mike Ware

    This week, Michael Binder spoke with Mike Ware, who has been Inspector General for the Small Business Administration since 2018.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    Department of the Interior Inspector General Mark Greenblatt

    This week, Michael Binder spoke with Mark Greenblatt, who has been Inspector General for the Department of the Interior since 2019.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    Comptroller General Gene Dodaro

    This week, Michael Binder spoke with Comptroller General Gene Dodaro, with the Government Accountability Office.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    U.S. Postal Service Inspector General Tammy Whitcomb

    This week, Michael Binder spoke with Tammy Whitcomb, USPS' third Inspector General, who was appointed in 2018See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    Department of Veterans Affairs Inspector General Michael Missal

    This week, Michael Binder spoke with Michael Missal, who has been Inspector General for the Department of Veterans Affairs since 2016.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    Department of Justice Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz

    This week, Michael Binder spoke with Michael E. Horowitz. He's the Inspector General of the US Department of Justice, the chair of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency and the acting Chair of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    Scholar on all things OIGs, Paul C. Light

    This week, Michael Binder speaks with Paul C. Light, a scholar on all things about OIGs and the search for government accountability to learn about their work and challenges in protecting the integrity and performance of our government.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

The Search for Accountability is a monthly half-hour broadcast to increase public knowledge and visibility of how the federal Offices of the Inspector General (OIG) and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) work to improve the performance, accountability, and integrity of government. The show is hosted by Michael Binder, Director, Government Audit Training Institute and Federal Financial Management Programs at Graduate School USA. As a federal auditing thought leader, Binder will interview federal inspectors general and others to discuss their work behind the scenes, in providing oversight for accountability, improvements, and enforcement. The program raises awareness of the good work federal inspectors general do, tells great stories, and highlights the importance of integrity of, and public trust in, governmental operations ? aligning with the IG Act intent of “promoting economy, efficiency and effectiveness, and preventing and detecting fraud, waste, and abuse.”

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