Inspector General of the Department of State

Inspector General of the; United States Department of State
	Seal of the United States Department of State
	Incumbent; Matthew Klimow; Acting; since August 31, 2020
Reports to	United States Secretary of State
Inaugural holder	Raymond C. Miller
Formation	1957
Website	Official Website

The inspector general of the Department of State heads the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of State and is responsible for detecting and investigating waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in the United States Department of State. In the department, the inspector general has a rank equivalent to assistant secretary.[1][2]

List of inspectors general of the Department of State and the Foreign Service

Name	Assumed Office	Left Office	President served under
Raymond C. Miller	November 19, 1957	October 31, 1960	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gerald A. Drew	November 13, 1960	May 31, 1962	Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy
Norris S. Haselton	June 10, 1962	July 31, 1964	John F. Kennedy
Fraser Wilkins	July 23, 1964	August 8, 1971	John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Richard Nixon
Thomas W. McElhiney	July 1, 1971	July 18, 1973	Richard Nixon
James S. Sutterlin	October 15, 1973	August 31, 1974	Richard Nixon
William E. Schaufele, Jr.	April 16, 1975	November 29, 1975	Gerald Ford
Robert M. Sayre	November 25, 1975	May 1, 1978	Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter
Theodore L. Eliot, Jr.	July 5, 1978	October 16, 1978	Jimmy Carter
Robert C. Brewster	January 15, 1979	January 18, 1981	Jimmy Carter
Robert L. Brown	July 7, 1981	June 30, 1983	Ronald Reagan
William Caldwell Harrop	December 12, 1983	August 27, 1986	Ronald Reagan
Sherman M. Funk	August 14, 1987	February 15, 1994	Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and Bill Clinton
Jacquelyn L. Williams-Bridgers	April 7, 1995	January 31, 2001	Bill Clinton
Anne Marie Sigmund (acting)	February 4, 2001	August 3, 2001	George W. Bush
Clark Ervin (acting)	August 3, 2001	January 23, 2003	George W. Bush
Anne Marie Sigmund (acting)	January 24, 2003	September 28, 2003	George W. Bush
Anne W. Patterson (acting)	September 28, 2003	August 3, 2004	George W. Bush
John E. Lange (acting)	August 3, 2004	August 23, 2004	George W.Bush
Cameron R. Hume (acting)	August 23, 2004	May 2, 2005	George W. Bush
Howard Krongard	May 2, 2005	January 15, 2008	George W. Bush
Harold W. Geisel (acting)	June 2, 2008[3]	September 30, 2013	George W. Bush and Barack Obama
Steve A. Linick	September 30, 2013[4]	May 15, 2020[5]	Barack Obama and Donald Trump
Stephen Akard (acting)	May 15, 2020	August 7, 2020[6]	Donald Trump
Diana Shaw (acting)	August 7, 2020	August 31, 2020	Donald Trump
Matthew Klimow (acting)	August 31, 2020	December 11, 2020[7]	Donald Trump
Diana Shaw (acting)	August 31, 2020	Present	Donald Trump and Joe Biden

Obama and Trump administrations

Harold W. Geisel served as acting inspector general during Hillary Clinton's service as Secretary of State., which lasted until February 1, 2013.[8] There was no permanent inspector general at the State Department while Clinton was Secretary, nor did President Barack Obama nominate anyone for that position.[9] Later in 2013, Obama nominated Steve A. Linick, and the Senate confirmed Linick to the role.

Linick served as inspector general for the balance of Obama's term, continuing into the presidency of Donald Trump. On Friday, May 15, 2020 at 10 p.m., the White House announced that Linick had been removed.[10] The White House said Trump had dismissed Linick at the request of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Linick had been conducting several investigations into actions by Pompeo.[11][12][13] Trump appointed Stephen Akard, who was concurrently serving as the director of the State Department's Office of Foreign Missions, as acting inspector general.[14] Akard served as acting inspector general less than three months before resigning.[15] Deputy Inspector General Diana Shaw then became acting inspector general.[16]

References

"Assistant Secretaries and Equivalent Rank". January 20, 2009. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
"Department Organization Chart". March 2014. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
"Harold W. Geisel". U.S. Department of State Archive. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
"Steve A. Linick, Inspector General". U.S. Department of State. September 30, 2013. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
McGraw, Meridith; Toosi, Nahal (May 15, 2020). "Trump ousts State Department watchdog". POLITICO. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
Hudson, John (August 5, 2020). "State Department watchdog resigns in another shake-up at IG's office". Washington Post. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
"State Department watchdog steps down after Pompeo rails at report on investigation into wife's travel". www.msn.com. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
Cohen, Tom (February 1, 2013). "Clinton's farewell marred by embassy bombing". CNN. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
Tau, Byron and Nicholas, Peter. "State Department Lacked Top Watchdog During Hillary Clinton Tenure", Wall Street Journal (March 24, 2015).
Blake, Aaron (May 18, 2020). "Trump's slow-motion Friday night massacre of inspectors general". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
Kimball, Spencer (May 16, 2020). "Mike Pompeo recommended Trump firing of State Department inspector general, White House says". CNBC. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
Wong, Edward; Sanger, David E. (May 19, 2020). "State Dept. Investigator Fired by Trump Had Examined Weapons Sales to Saudis and Emiratis". The New York Times. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
"Pompeo's elite taxpayer-funded dinners raise new concerns". NBC News. May 19, 2020. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
Toosi, Nahal (June 23, 2020). "Acting watchdog recuses himself from 2 Pompeo probes". Politico. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
Atwood, Kylie; Hansler, Jennifer (August 5, 2020). "Acting State Department watchdog resigns months after previous inspector general was fired". CNN. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
Hudson, John (August 2, 2020). "State Department watchdog resigns in another shake-up at IG's office". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 6, 2020.

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[1] "Assistant Secretaries and Equivalent Rank". January 20, 2009. Retrieved November 15, 2015.

[2] "Department Organization Chart". March 2014. Retrieved November 15, 2015.

[3] "Harold W. Geisel". U.S. Department of State Archive. Retrieved August 6, 2020.

[4] "Steve A. Linick, Inspector General". U.S. Department of State. September 30, 2013. Retrieved March 10, 2016.

[5] McGraw, Meridith; Toosi, Nahal (May 15, 2020). "Trump ousts State Department watchdog". POLITICO. Retrieved May 16, 2020.

[6] Hudson, John (August 5, 2020). "State Department watchdog resigns in another shake-up at IG's office". Washington Post. Retrieved August 5, 2020.

[:0-7] "State Department watchdog steps down after Pompeo rails at report on investigation into wife's travel". www.msn.com. Retrieved December 11, 2020.

[8] Cohen, Tom (February 1, 2013). "Clinton's farewell marred by embassy bombing". CNN. Retrieved May 16, 2020.

[9] Tau, Byron and Nicholas, Peter. "State Department Lacked Top Watchdog During Hillary Clinton Tenure", Wall Street Journal (March 24, 2015).

[Blake-10] Blake, Aaron (May 18, 2020). "Trump's slow-motion Friday night massacre of inspectors general". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 20, 2020.

[Kimball-11] Kimball, Spencer (May 16, 2020). "Mike Pompeo recommended Trump firing of State Department inspector general, White House says". CNBC. Retrieved May 20, 2020.

[12] Wong, Edward; Sanger, David E. (May 19, 2020). "State Dept. Investigator Fired by Trump Had Examined Weapons Sales to Saudis and Emiratis". The New York Times. Retrieved May 20, 2020.

[MadisonDinner-13] "Pompeo's elite taxpayer-funded dinners raise new concerns". NBC News. May 19, 2020. Retrieved May 20, 2020.

[14] Toosi, Nahal (June 23, 2020). "Acting watchdog recuses himself from 2 Pompeo probes". Politico. Retrieved August 6, 2020.

[15] Atwood, Kylie; Hansler, Jennifer (August 5, 2020). "Acting State Department watchdog resigns months after previous inspector general was fired". CNN. Retrieved August 6, 2020.

[16] Hudson, John (August 2, 2020). "State Department watchdog resigns in another shake-up at IG's office". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 6, 2020.

Agencies under the United States Department of State
Headquarters: Harry S Truman Building Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State Stephen Biegun, Deputy Secretary of State and Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources David Hale, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
Deputy Secretary of State and Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources	Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization Office of the U.S. Coordinator for the Arctic Region
Under Secretary for Political Affairs	Bureau of African Affairs Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Bureau of International Organization Affairs (United States Mission to the United Nations) Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs
Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment	Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs Bureau of Energy Resources Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Office of the Chief Economist Office of Global Partnerships Office of the Science and Technology Advisor to the Secretary
Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security	Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation Bureau of Political-Military Affairs International Security Advisory Board
Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs	Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Bureau of Global Public Affairs Global Engagement Center Office of Policy, Planning, and Resources U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy International Expositions Unit Special Advisor for Global Youth Issues
Under Secretary for Management	Bureau of Administration Bureau of Budget and Planning Bureau of Consular Affairs Bureau of Diplomatic Security Bureau of Global Talent Management Bureau of Information Resource Management Bureau of Medical Services Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations Bureau of the Comptroller and Global Financial Services Foreign Service Institute (Office of the Historian) Office of Foreign Missions Director of Diplomatic Reception Rooms Office of Management Strategy and Solutions Office of White House Liaison
Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights	Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations Bureau of Counterterrorism Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration Office of Global Criminal Justice Office of International Religious Freedom Office of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
Bureaus/Offices reporting directly to the Secretary	Bureau of Intelligence and Research Bureau of Legislative Affairs Office of the Counselor Executive Secretariat (Operations Center) Office of Foreign Assistance Office of Civil Rights Office of Inspector General Office of the Legal Adviser Policy Planning Staff (Foreign Affairs Policy Board) Secretary's Open Forum Office of the Chief of Protocol Office of Global Women's Issues Office of the Ombudsman Foreign Service Grievance Board Office of the Coordinator for Cyber Issues Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Health Diplomacy Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs Office of the Special Envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS Office of the Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Office of the Special Representative for Iran Office of the Special Representative for Syria Engagement Office of the Special Representative for Venezuela Office of the U.S. Security Coordinator for Israel and the Palestinian Authority Chief of Staff

United States Assistant Secretaries of State (and Equivalent Ranks)
Reporting to the Under Secretary for Political Affairs	African Affairs East Asian and Pacific Affairs European and Eurasian Affairs International Organization Affairs Near Eastern Affairs South and Central Asian Affairs Western Hemisphere Affairs
Reporting to the Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment	Economic and Business Affairs Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Energy Resources Chief Economist of the Department
Reporting to the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security	Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance International Security and Nonproliferation Political-Military Affairs
Reporting to the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs	Educational and Cultural Affairs Global Public Affairs
Reporting to the Under Secretary for Management	Administration Consular Affairs Diplomatic Security Chief Information Officer of the Department Chief Medical Officer and Designated Agency Safety and Health Official Comptroller of the Department and Director of Global Financial Services Director General of the Foreign Service and Director of Global Talent Director of Budget and Planning Director of Overseas Buildings Operations Director, Foreign Service Institute Director, Office of Foreign Missions, with the rank of Ambassador
Reporting to the Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights	Conflict and Stabilization Operations Coordinator for Counterterrorism, with rank and status of Ambassador-at-Large Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Population, Refugees, and Migration Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking (Ambassador-at-Large) Global Criminal Justice (Ambassador-at-Large)
Reporting directly to the Secretary	Intelligence and Research Legislative Affairs Special Assistant to the Secretary and Executive Secretary of the Department Inspector General Legal Adviser Director, Policy Planning Staff Director, Office of Foreign Assistance Director, Office of Civil Rights and Chief Diversity Officer Chief of Protocol of the United States, with the rank of Ambassador Global Women's Issues (Ambassador-at-Large) Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally (Ambassador-at-Large)