Abstract
The nascent office of inspector general at the National Science Foundation is beginning to make its presence felt among NSF grant recipients. In its first report to Congress, the office says it has recovered more than $161,000 in funds that were not properly used. Until February 1989, NSF kept track of its grants and contracts through the Office of Audit & Oversight. But in 1988, Congress passed a law expanding the federal inspector general program to many of the smaller federal agencies, including NSF. At NSF, the inspector general is responsible for conducting audits and investigations of NSF programs and operations, providing suggestions and policy recommendations for achieving economic and efficient operations, and preventing and detecting any fraud and abuse in NSF programs. The inspector general is also supposed to keep Congress and the head of NSF informed about problems at the agency and the need for corrective action. NSF's first inspector general is Linda ...
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