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{{Infobox official post
| post = United States Department of Commerce, Office of Inspector General
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| insignia = Seal of the United States Department of Commerce.svg
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| insigniacaption = Seal of the U.S. Department of Commerce
| image = Jill Baisinger.jpg
| incumbent = Jill Baisinger
| acting = yes
| incumbentsince = May 31, 2024
| department = [[United States Department of Commerce]]
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| seat = [[Washington, D.C.]]
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| formation = 1978
| first = Guy W. Chamberlin Jr.
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| website = {{URL|https://www.oig.doc.gov}}
}}

The '''U.S.''' '''Department of Commerce Office of Inspector General''' ('''DOC''' '''OIG''') is one of the [[Inspector General]] offices created by the [[Inspector General Act of 1978]].<ref name=":1">{{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> The Inspector General for the [[United States Department of Commerce|Department of Commerce]] is charged with investigating and auditing department programs to combat [[waste]], [[fraud]], and [[wiktionary:Abuse|abuse]].<ref name=":1" />

== 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=September 29, 2020|website=Council of Inspector Generals on Integrity and Efficiency}}</ref>
!Date Started<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Jill Baisinger]] (Acting)
|May 31, 2024<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biden to replace embattled acting Commerce IG |url=https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2024/05/biden-replace-embattled-acting-commerce-ig/396233/ |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=Government Executive}}</ref>
|-
|[[Roderick Anderson (government official)|Roderick Anderson]] (Acting)
|January 5, 2024
|-
|[[Peggy E. Gustafson]]
|January 9, 2017
|-
|[[C. Morgan Kim]] (Acting)
|June 4, 2015
|-
|[[Todd Zinser]]
|December 26, 2007
|-
|[[Elizabeth Barlow (DOC OIG)|Elizabeth Barlow]] (Acting)
|June 7, 2007
|-
|[[Johnnie E. Frazier]]
|July 20, 1999
|-
|[[Johnnie E. Frazier]] (Acting)
|January 7, 1998
|-
|[[Francis (Frank) D. DeGeorge]]
|April 18, 1988
|-
|[[Francis (Frank) D. DeGeorge]] (Acting)
|April 21, 1987
|-
|[[Sherman M. Funk]]
|October 2, 1981
|-
|[[Frederic A. Heim Jr.]] (Acting)<ref>As AIG/Audit was next in succession when President Reagan removed all IGs.</ref>
|January 21, 1981
|-
|[[Mary Bass (DOC OIG)|Mary Bass]]
|July 9, 1979
|-
|[[Guy W. Chamberlin Jr.]] (Acting)<ref>While Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration, functioned as Acting IG until Mary Bass was sworn in.</ref>
|October 1978
|}

== References ==
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{{United States federal Offices of Inspector General}}
{{United_States Department of Commerce}}
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[[Category:United States inspectors general|Commerce Office of Inspector General, Department of]]
[[Category:United States Department of Commerce]]
[[Category:United States Department of Commerce agencies]]


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