The Choosing Of Federal Officials(Law Enforcement and Auditing) in Representative Democratic Mode: Inspector General-By Harsha Sankar

Dear Citizen,                                            October 2020

 

Of the departments of the federal executive branch which should not be chosen by the governor or federal legislature, the Office of the Inspector General is the department that should pick inspectors to audit each and every bureaucratic agencies to determine their levels of compliance with federal  law and also with the President's policies. The OIG then submits its official reports to the President and Congress.

A candidate for Inspector General should not be a participant in any branch of government for at least one year prior to the election. That candidate should also neither belong to any organization that is not publicly announced nor should its contents of its meetings be sealed in secrecy for at least two years prior to the election. Finally, that candidate should not belong to any group comprised solely of any government branch participants.

The President should accept all the applicants eligible for this position, limit the number of candidates for this position to ten, and then submit these choices of candidates to the lower house(House of  Representatives). The reason the  House of Representatives is the body to review these choices is because they deal with matters which deal with how financial resources are allocated and are spent by each government agency.

The lower house (House of Representatives) limits the number of candidates to five and then submits that list to the Lieutenant Governor of each state. The Office of Inspector General is a passive agency that does not actively execute law. Therefore, it is incumbent that the lieutenant governor of each state,who is designed to have a passive role, cast votes for this position.

Each state's lieutenant governor submits its choice to the President. The candidate who receives the majority of their votes is declared the Inspector General.

If a candidate cannot get the majority of their votes to choose him or her, then the Top Three candidates are voted on, with a quorum of two-thirds, by the upper house(US Senate) of the federal legislature. It is important to involve this specific house at this stage since they have not had previous involvement. The candidate who receives the majority of votes from its members is declared the Inspector General.

If a candidate still cannot get a majority of the upper house(Senate) votes, then the Top Two candidates who received the highest number of their votes are voted on by the lower house(House Of Representatives). The House of Representatives at this stage will be involved again in the selection of the Inspector General as the majority of its members, with a quorum of two-thirds, makes final decision.

Harsha Sankar
Virginia, USA