Senior Staff Biographies
Inspector General
Patrick E. McFarland
Patrick McFarland has been the Inspector General of the Office of Personnel Management since August 1990. He provides
leadership that is independent, non-partisan and objective in the pursuit of waste, fraud, abuse and mismanagement in
programs administered by OPM. McFarland is a member of the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency and chairman
of the council's Investigations Committee. In 22 years with the U.S. Secret Service, he coordinated protective activities
for six U.S. Presidents. Other law enforcement positions include service as a police officer and detective in St. Louis
and special agent with the Federal Bureau of Narcotics in Chicago.