# Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency *Independent entity within the executive branch of the federal government of the United States* The Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) is a federal body created in October 2008 by the Inspector General Reform Act of 2008. The act placed it inside the executive branch of the United States government as an independent entity.[^1] Wikipedia assigns the council two functions. The first is handling integrity, economy and effectiveness problems that cut across more than one agency. The second is raising the professionalism of staff in each [[Office of Inspector General]] through policies, technical standards and training approaches.[^1] As of 2026 the council brought together 70 federal Offices of Inspector General. It succeeded two earlier councils, which the 2008 act merged into it.[^1] Since March 2020 it has housed the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, set up to oversee $2.2 trillion in federal funds for the response to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].[^1] ## Composition Every federal inspector general whose office rests on section 2 or section 8G of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is a member. Membership covers both kinds of inspector general: those nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate, and those named by the heads of designated federal entities.[^1] Member offices include those of the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Agency for International Development.[^1] The council replaced the PCIE and the ECIE, which the 2008 act folded into it. By 2026 it counted 70 federal Offices of Inspector General.[^1] The Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC) was formed inside the CIGIE in March 2020. Its remit is oversight of $2.2 trillion in government money allotted to the COVID-19 pandemic response in the United States.[^1] In January 2025, six senators from both parties formed the Inspector General Caucus to support the work of inspectors general.[^1] ## Council Executive The Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Deputy Director for Management serves as the council's executive chair. Council members elect a chair for a two-year term. The chair then names a vice chair drawn from a different category than the chair's own.[^1] The council has further statutory members: - the inspectors general of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and of the Central Intelligence Agency; - the controller of the Office of Federal Financial Management; - a senior-level official of the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI), chosen by the FBI Director; - the Director of the United States Office of Government Ethics (OGE); - the Special Counsel of the Office of Special Counsel (OSC); - the deputy director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM); and - the inspectors general of the Library of Congress, the United States Capitol Police, the Government Printing Office (GPO), the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the Architect of the Capitol.[^1] Before the CIGIE existed, federal inspectors general worked under two bodies: the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency (PCIE) and the Executive Council on Integrity and Efficiency (ECIE). Wikipedia dates both to Executive Order 12805 of May 11, 1992. It states that they operated until P.L. 110–409 was signed.[^1] ## Methodology Wikipedia lists the council's working methods. The council identifies, reviews and discusses weak and vulnerable points in federal programs and operations with respect to fraud, waste and abuse. It also plans coordinated government-wide responses to those problems. These include interagency and inter-entity audit, investigation, inspection and evaluation projects for fraud and waste problems beyond the reach or jurisdiction of any single agency or entity.[^1] The council's other listed duties are to: - set policies for keeping a trained and skilled inspector-general workforce; - run a website and other electronic systems for all inspectors general; - maintain, where it sees fit, one or more academies to train auditors, investigators, inspectors, evaluators and other inspector-general staff; - recommend individuals to the relevant appointing authority for certain inspector-general posts; - report to the United States Congress as the chairperson judges necessary or appropriate; and - carry out other duties within its authority and jurisdiction.[^1] ## Notes [^1]: Wikipedia contributors, *Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency* (revision 1364154469, retrieved 2026-10-26) — establishment, composition, PRAC, Inspector General Caucus, executive structure, predecessor councils, and methodology. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_the_Inspectors_General_on_Integrity_and_Efficiency