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| post = [[United States Department of Energy]], Office of the Inspector General
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| insignia = Seal of the United States Department of Energy.svg
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| insigniacaption = Seal of the U.S. Department of Energy
| image = Teri L. Donaldson.jpg
| incumbent = Teri L. Donaldson 
| acting = 
| incumbentsince = January 23, 2019
| department = [[United States Department of Energy]]
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| seat = [[Washington, D.C.]]
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| formation = 1977
| first = J. Kenneth Mansfield
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| deputy = Jennifer Quinones<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jennifer Quinones |url=https://www.energy.gov/ig/contributors/jennifer-quinones |access-date=2022-09-12 |website=Energy.gov |publisher=[[United States Department of Energy]] |language=en}}</ref>
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| website = {{url|https://www.energy.gov/ig/office-inspector-general|energy.gov/ig/office-inspector-general}}
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The '''U.S.''' '''Department of Energy Office of Inspector General''' ('''DOE''' '''OIG''') is an [[Inspector General]] office created by the Department of Energy Organization Act of 1977.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=P.L. 95-91, Department of Energy Organization Act of 1977.|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-91/pdf/STATUTE-91-Pg565.pdf#page=11|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref> The Inspector General for the [[United States Department of Energy|Department of Energy]] is charged with investigating and auditing department programs to combat [[waste]], [[fraud]], and [[wiktionary:Abuse|abuse]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=[USC02] INSPECTOR GENERAL ACT OF 1978|url=https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title5/title5a/node20&edition=prelim|access-date=2020-10-29|website=uscode.house.gov}}</ref>

== History of Inspectors General ==
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!'''Inspector General'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=July 25, 2017|title=Inspector General Historical Data|url=https://ignet.gov/sites/default/files/files/IG%20History%20(PAS)%20-%207-25-17.pdf|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=October 29, 2020|website=Council of Inspector Generals on Integrity and Efficiency}}</ref>
!'''Appointment Date'''<ref name=":0" />
|-
|Teri L. Donaldson
|January 23, 2019<ref>{{Cite web |title=Teri L. Donaldson |url=https://www.energy.gov/ig/contributors/teri-l-donaldson |access-date=2020-10-29 |website=Energy.gov |publisher=[[United States Department of Energy]] |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|April Stevenson (Acting)
|January 1, 2017<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-07-02|title=Leadership {{!}} Department of Energy|url=https://energy.gov/ig/about-us/leadership|access-date=2020-10-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702045203/https://energy.gov/ig/about-us/leadership|archive-date=2017-07-02}}</ref>
|-
|Rickey R. Hass (Acting)
|October 1, 2015
|-
|Gregory H. Friedman
|October 21, 1998
|-
|Gregory H. Friedman (Acting)
|January 5, 1998
|-
|John C. Layton
|January 6, 1986
|-
|James R. Richards
|September 23, 1981
|-
|James K. Wright (Acting)
|January 22, 1981
|-
|J. Kenneth Mansfield
|May 24, 1978
|-
|Joseph Seltzer (Acting)
|October 1, 1977
|}

== References ==
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