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OIG Governing Legislation

The NRC's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) was established as a statutory entity on April 15, 1989, in accordance with the 1988 amendments to the Inspector General Act of 1978. A summary and the text of this law, as well as other key laws that govern OIG's operations, are provided below.

Inspector General Act of 1978, 5 U.S.C. App. 3, as amended by the Inspector General Act Amendments of 1988 (Summary below, full text version )
Executive Order 12625 establishing the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency (PCIE) (Summary below, full text version )

Inspector General Act (5 U.S.C. App. 3)

This Act established the NRC's Office of the Inspector General. The IG Act states that the purpose of offices of Inspector General is to provide independent and objective units to conduct and supervise audits and investigations relating to agency programs and operations. Under the statute, the OIG is also directed to provide leadership and coordination and to recommend policies to prevent and detect fraud and abuse in agency programs and operations.

To accomplish these objectives, the OIG establishes policy for audits and investigations relating to all NRC programs and operations and conducts, supervises, and coordinates these audits and investigations. Further, the OIG reviews existing and proposed statutes, regulations and policies to evaluate their effect on economy and efficiency in the agency and on the prevention of fraud and abuse and recommends changes as appropriate. (Full text version )

Executive Order 12625 President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency (PCIE)

In 1988, Executive Order 12625 provided the current guidance for the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency (PCIE), which is an interagency council headed by the Deputy Director for Management of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). PCIE is composed of presidentially appointed IGs and is charged with coordinating and enhancing governmental efforts to promote integrity and efficiency and to detect and prevent fraud, waste, and abuse in Federal programs. In 1992, Executive Order 12805 established the Executive Council on Integrity and Efficiency (ECIE) for IGs not included in the PCIE.

The PCIE seeks to continually identify, review, and discuss areas of government-wide weakness and vulnerability to fraud, waste, and abuse and develop plans for coordinated government-wide activities that attack fraud and waste and promote economy and efficiency in government programs and operations. These plans typically include interagency audit and investigation programs and projects to deal efficiently and effectively with those problems concerning fraud and waste that exceed the capability or jurisdiction of an individual agency. PCIE oversight responsibility includes development of policies to support professionalism in Federal OIGs. (Full text version )