The 27 Presidentially Appointed Federal Inspectors General

By WND Staff

A figure following the name of the agency indicates the number of
permanent, investigative personnel engaged in domestic law enforcement.

With noted exceptions these special agents are now (or will soon be)
authorized by a two-year blanket deputization (through September 30,
1999) by the Justice Department to execute search warrants, make
arrests, and carry firearms.

· Agency for International Development* (14 domestic; 6 overseas)

· Agriculture, Department of (248)

· Central Intelligency Agency**

· Commerce, Department of*** (15)

· Corporation for National Service*

· Defense, Department of (363)

· Education, Department of (75)

· Energy, Department of (44)

· Environmental Protection Agency (30)

· Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (28)

· Federal Emergency Management Agency***(31)

·General Services Administration (58)

·Health and Human Services, Department of (165)

·Housing and Urban Development, Department of (109)

·General Services Administration (58)

·Interior, Department of (36)

·Justice, Department of**** (140)

·Labor, Department of (145)

·National Aeronautics and Space Administration (50)

·Nuclear Regulatory Commission*** (16)

·Office of Personnel Managment*** (11)

·Railroad Retirement Board* (22)

·Small Business Administration (40)

·Social Security Administration (135)

·State, Department of (33)

·Transportation, Department of (71)

·Treasury, Department of (36)

·Veterans Affairs, Department of (67)

Source: General Accounting Office (Report GAO/GDD-97-93), and responses
from agency spokespersons to WorldNetDaily telephone inqueries.

* AID-OIG and the Railroad Retirement Board-OIG do not have blanket
deputization and must request any authorization on a case-by-case basis.
The Corporation for National Service-OIG has three investigators, but
they are not deputized to carry firearms.

** CIA is prohibited by law from any involvement in domestic law
enforcement.

*** Not cited in GAO report because the number of permanent law
enforcement investigative personnel is less than 25. Note: Though
FEMA-OIG has only 12, permanent deputized investigative personnel, it
has 19 investigative agents on four-year contracts.

**** Present number of deputized special agents. GAO report cites 111.

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