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 Steve A. Linick since September 30, 2013
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
Clark Ervin	August 3, 2001	January 23, 2003	George W. Bush
Howard Krongard	May 2, 2005	January 15, 2008	George W. Bush
Steve A. Linick	September 30, 2013^[3]	Incumbent	Barack Obama

Vacancy during Clinton tenure

Throughout the tenure of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, there was no permanent inspector general at the State Department. Moreover, President Barack Obama did not nominate anyone for that position while she was Secretary.^[4]

References

↑ "Assistant Secretaries and Equivalent Rank". January 20, 2009. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
↑ "Department Organization Chart". March 2014. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
↑ "Steve A. Linick, Inspector General". U.S. Department of State. September 30, 2013. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
↑ Tau, Byron and Nicholas, Peter. ""State Department Lacked Top Watchdog During Hillary Clinton Tenure", Wall Street Journal (March 24, 2015).

External links

Agencies under the United States Department of State
Headquarters: Harry S Truman Building Rex Tillerson, Secretary of State John Sullivan, Deputy Secretary of State and Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Tom Shannon, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
Deputy Secretary of State and Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources	Counselor of the Department Executive Secretariat Office of U.S. Foreign Assistance Resources Operations Center
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 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 Science and Technology Adviser Office of the Chief Economist
Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Affairs	Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs	Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Bureau of Public Affairs Bureau of International Information Programs Department Spokesperson Office of the Historian Office of Policy, Planning, and Resources for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs United States Diplomacy Center
Under Secretary for Management	Bureau of Administration Bureau of Budget and Planning Bureau of Consular Affairs Bureau of Diplomatic Security Bureau of Human Resources Bureau of Information Resource Management Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations Diplomatic Reception Rooms Foreign Service Institute Office of Children's Issues Office of eDiplomacy Office of Foreign Missions Office of Management Policy, Rightsizing, and Innovation Office of Medical Services Office of White House Liaison
Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights	Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations Bureau of Counterterrorism and Countering Violent Extremism 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 Global Youth Issues Office 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 Civil Rights Office of Inspector General Office of the Legal Adviser Office of Policy Planning Staff Office of the Chief of Protocol Office of Global Food Security Office of Global Women's Issues Office of the United States Global AIDS Coordinator Office of Global Partnerships

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
Reporting to the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Affairs	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 Public Affairs Coordinator for International Information Programs
Reporting to the Under Secretary for Management	Administration Consular Affairs Diplomatic Security Director General of the Foreign Service
Reporting to the Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights	Conflict and Stabilization Operations Coordinator for Counterterrorism (Ambassador-at-Large) Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Population, Refugees, and Migration Trafficking in Persons (Ambassador-at-Large) War Crimes Issues (Ambassador-at-Large)
Reporting directly to the Secretary	Intelligence and Research Legislative Affairs Executive Secretary Inspector General Legal Adviser Director of Policy Planning Chief of Protocol Global Women's Issues (Ambassador-at-Large) Global AIDS Coordinator (Ambassador-at-Large)

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