Director of National Intelligence Swears In New Inspector General of the Intelligence Community

Director of National Intelligence Swears In New Inspector General of the Intelligence Community

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Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats swore in Michael K. Atkinson as Inspector General of the Intelligence Community after the Senate confirmed his nomination the prior week. As Inspector General, Mr. Atkinson oversees a workforce of special agents, auditors, inspectors, attorneys, and support staff whose mission is to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in the administration and implementation of programs and activities within the responsibility and authority of the Director of National Intelligence and to prevent and detect fraud and abuse in such programs and activities. He also serves as the Chair of the Intelligence Community Inspectors General Forum, which consists of the twelve inspectors general with oversight responsibility for elements of the Intelligence Community. The Forum serves as a mechanism for informing its members of the work of individual members of the Forum that may be of common interest and discussing questions that may involve or be of assistance to more than one of its members.