Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency News
Release
October 19, 2010
Washington, DC - Eighty-five individuals and groups will be receiving
awards from the IG community for outstanding accomplishments. The
Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE),
which is bestowing the awards, will hold the ceremony on October 19,
2010. Pierre Thomas, ABC News Senior Justice Department Correspondent,
will deliver the keynote address.
The Honorable Jeffrey Zients, CIGIE Executive Chair and Deputy Director
for Management and Chief Performance Officer, Office of Management and
Budget, will present the IG community's most prestigious awards. The
Honorable Phyllis K. Fong, CIGIE Chair, and Mr. Carl A. Clinefelter,
CIGIE Vice Chair, will present the Awards for Excellence.
The 2010 Alexander Hamilton Award goes to the Department of Defense in
recognition of exceptional performance on a series of audits to
determine whether the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund was properly
accounted for and whether goods and services purchased with the fund
were properly delivered to the security forces. The award acknowledges
achievements in improving the integrity, efficiency, and effectiveness
of executive branch operations. It is considered the highest form of
recognition that the IG community can bestow.
Other special awards include the following:
* The Gaston L. Gianni, Jr., Better Government Award goes to the
Bernard L. Madoff Ponzi Scheme Investigative Team, Securities and
Exchange Commission, for their extraordinary efforts in expeditiously
conducting this investigation, which was critical to the improvements of
financial regulation and the protection of investors.
* The Glenn/Roth Award for Exemplary Service goes to the 2010
Census Oversight Team, Department of Commerce, for outstanding service
to Congress and the United States through exemplary planning,
coordination, and execution of a comprehensive review of the 2010
Decennial Census.
* The Sentner Award for Dedication and Courage goes to the
Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, in recognition of
dedication and courage in identifying, interdicting, and mitigating
potential threats directed at the Internal Revenue Service and its
employees. The award was named for William "Buddy" Sentner, III, a
special agent who was fatally shot in the line of duty
* The June Gibbs Brown Career Achievement Award goes posthumously
to Laurence A. Froehlich, Federal Reserve Board, in recognition of over
33 years of sustained exemplary service and dedication to the IG
community that enhanced the community's mission and values.
* The Award for Individual Accomplishment goes to Mark D. Jones,
Department of Agriculture, in recognition of outstanding service to
CIGIE for work in building a unified IG Council.
* The Barry R. Snyder Joint Award goes to the Introductory
Auditory Training Team for outstanding cooperative efforts in developing
and executing Introductory Auditor Training for the Inspector General
community.
*The Oveta Culp Hobby Award goes to Beverly Tran for her outstanding
dedication and exemplary work in bringing Medicaid fraud in child
welfare to the national agenda.
In fiscal year 2009, the Inspector General community identified
potential savings of almost $44 billion as well as program efficiencies
and enhancements. Could have been more if they went after Medicaid fraud in
child welfare.
It successfully investigated individuals and entities
that threatened Government integrity and the public trust. It is just now scraping the surface of Medicaid fraud in child welfare.
Cumulatively, these efforts resulted in $34.9 billion in potential
savings from audit recommendations; $8.9.billion from investigative
recoveries and receivables; more than 5,900 successful criminal
prosecutions; 6,201 indictments and criminal informations; 1,102
successful civil actions; more than 7,000 audit, inspection, and
evaluation reports issued; 4,485 suspensions or debarments; and 417,349
hotline complaints processed. Everyone knows you do not get prosecuted and never contractually debarred for Medicaid fraud in child welfare, you just keep the money. If you enter into a settlement agreement, those penalties are paid off the illegal profit of the Medicaid fraud in the first place. So, any Corporate Integrity Agreement, in actuality, is nothing but a kiddy kickback through the DOJ because they stay in business, doing the same ol' thing, under a different name. It's the too big to nail, too big to fail syndrome.
The Inspector General Act of 1978 established units within many Federal
agencies to combat fraud, waste, and abuse and to improve the economy
and efficiency of program operations. The IG community has more than
12,600 audit, investigation, inspection, and other professionals at 69
OIGs. Bring back the junkyard dogs!
CIGIE is composed of all IGs whose offices are established under section
2 or section 8G of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.),
those that are Presidentially appointed/Senate confirmed, and those that
are appointed by agency heads (designated Federal entities). Prior to
the establishment of CIGIE, the Federal IGs operated under the auspices
of two councils, the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency and
the Executive Council on Integrity and Efficiency.
The ceremony will take place at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium, 13th
Street and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC, at 10 am. The public
is invited; there is no charge to attend. My award ceremony needs to take place next year.
For more information on the IG community, visit http://www.ignet.gov .
To obtain additional information on the awards or the ceremony or to
arrange interviews, please contact Don White, Office of Inspector
General, Department of Health & Human Services at 202-619-0088 or
donald.white@oig.hhs.gov .
For more information on the child welfare industry, visit Legally Kidnapped.
For more information on Medicaid fraud in child welfare, keep coming back...
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