and cigie play as small role at the front end of this process. by law, we are responsible for submitting recommendations on potential i.g. candidates to the appropriate appointing authority, namely, the president, for cabinet level agencies, and the agency head for smaller designated federal entity i.g.s. to do this we have set up an i.g. recommendation panel to receive materials from interested candidates. the panel is composed of experienced i.g.s, who represent different kinds of i.g. offices, who bring insight and experience to the process. with respect to the pasi.g.s the panel provides recommendations on an ongoing and continuous base ties the office of presidential personnel, so that that office can consider candidates as vacancies arise. when a vacancy arises in a dfeig position t panel contacts the appropriate agency head directly to offer assistance in filling that vacancy. cigie actively reaches out to numerous groups to publicize this process and ensure that people who may be interested in i.g. positions understand the process that we

could cigi or other entities have the right to temporarily fill those? if there is a dismissal, and i must admit i was tardy here because i was dealing with a potential false dismissal of an inspector general today, the fact is if that occurs, what is our ability to ensure that the acting inspector general in that entity or agency is in fact independent and that that dismissal is reviewed or any other action reviewed in a way that prevents any loss of the independen independence, no matter what the allegation is. as we all know, it is clear that inspector generals wear two hats. one of them is for the agency or the cabinet position they work for. they may or may not be presidentially appointed. they may or may not be confirmed in the same way. that may be something that needs to be changed. but today we will primarily be dealing with and asking the question of how can we get greater independence and, for this committee, more consistent transparency with -- to this committee and to the public. with that i recognize the opening -- the ranking member for hi

filled with people appointed and confirmed by the senate, i would presume that organizations like cigie, makes recommendations rather quickly so that the president can get on with his job of being the chief executive. i guess the thing i don't understand is, how there could be a number of vacancies, whether it's under republican or democratic administrations that go on for, say, three or four years, when these recommendations are made relatively soon after the president is sworn in? and i don't know if you can answer that or not, but it just seems to me that these recommendations are made by the office of personnel management, or omb or whoever it is, or this organization siggy, relatively soon. so why is it it takes so long for the president to make a recommendation to the senate? >> again i don't have the particular subject matter expertise or experience with respect to any given vacancy, because i'm not involved in that role. what i will say -- >> well, when you coordinate, and mr. zions coordinates between various igs, he obviously is working with some who are acting and some who ar

. >> so, if this committee were to send a letter to cigi but to all of the igs in light of the historic interpretation, and i want to be very fair. there is an historic interpretation, and then there is an interpretation that perhaps i'm going to give you today from the dais. it would be my new interpretation that anything that you choose or believe you have to tell the head, formally or informally, because you believe it's significant, triggers that requirement that you also tell us in due course. don't have a problem with caveat for things that have unique sensitivity, law enforcement sensitivity. but the basic we have a problem reporting, would it help if perhaps the ranking member and i made it clear that we believe that should trigger the information on some basis to us. miss fong? or do you need new legislative language? which is always our backup. >> we always welcome legislation. >> no, you don't. all of us would prefer to work refining things without vast new laws because we always piggyback a lot on when we get to a new law. my time's run out. could you comment on that. >> sur

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