Office of Inspector General for the Department of Transportation: Difference between revisions

In 2006, President George W. Bush appointed U.S. Marine Corps Brigadier General Calvin L. Scovel III, to become the Transportation Department's Inspector General (I.G.)<ref>[https://www.congress.gov/109/chrg/shrg71811/CHRG-109shrg71811.htm Nominations to the Department of Transportation], ''[[United States Senate]]'', September 21, 2006. Retrieved May 16, 2020].</ref> In January 2020, Scovel announced his retirement. In May 2020, President [[Donald Trump]] nominated Eric Soskin, a senior trial attorney in the Department of Justice for the last 14 years. He was from Indiana and was selected to replace Scovel.<ref>[https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/15/state-department-inspector-general-fired-261536 State Department Inspector General fired], ''[[Politico]]'', Meredith McGraw and Nahal Toosi, May 15, 2020. Retrieved May 16, 2020.</ref> Soskin was confirmed by the Senate in December 2020.  Soskin was sworn in as the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Transportation on January 11, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-12-21|title=PN2029 - Nomination of Eric J. Soskin for Department of Transportation, 116th Congress (2019-2020)|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/116th-congress/2029|access-date=2021-03-04|website=www.congress.gov}}</ref>