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Office of Inspector General
Our Mission
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) promotes the economy, efficiency and
effectiveness of NCUA programs and operations, and detects and deters fraud,
waste and abuse, thereby supporting NCUA’s mission of monitoring and promoting
safe and sound federally insured credit unions. The OIG conducts independent
audits, investigations and other activities, and keeps the NCUA Board and U.S.
Congress fully and currently informed of their work.
Our History
The NCUA Board established the NCUA Office of Inspector General (OIG) on March
20, 1989 by Board Action Memorandum in response to the Inspector General (IG)
Act amendments of 1988. The law required the NCUA and 32 other smaller Federal
agencies, known as the "designated Federal entities", to establish and maintain
such offices. The NCUA Board substituted the Inspector General’s office for the
existing Office of Internal Audit.
In another action, the Board transferred to the OIG all the functions, powers
and duties of the Office of Internal Audits, except for the processing of
appeals from Regional Office decisions which was transferred to the Office of
General Counsel. This action was required by the IG Act, which prohibits
agencies from transferring to OIGs any "program operating responsibilities" (5
USC Section 9(a)(2)). Title 12 CFR Part 790(a)(6), regarding the General
Organization of NCUA, was revised to describe the new OIG.
OIG Organizational Chart