Department of the Interior watchdog Mark Lee Greenblatt has more than one house to guard.
Interior’s inspector general since August of 2019, Greenblatt is also now wrapping up his two-year term as the elected chair of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE). The independent executive branch body sets policies and oversees the 74 federal inspectors general.
With the upcoming transition to the new Trump administration, Greenblatt and his colleagues will face myriad challenges.
Some are long-standing issues, such as the nagging vacancies in inspector general positions. The council’s dashboard shows 11 vacant inspector general positions, with the Treasury Department’s inspector general spot having been left open for more than 1,990 days and the National Security Agency’s inspector general position likewise unfilled for more than 740 days.
