http://www.constitutionproject.org/manage/file/175.pdf

Covers the tools and powers available to Congress for carrying out oversight investigations, lessons to be learned from executive branch investigations, and the rights and roles of the minority party and individual committee members. Not a government document but written by a former staff member of the Congressional Research Service. From the Constitution Project.

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RS21922_20091001.pdf

Analyzes the 2009 elections, the charges of corruption, and the aftermath for the Karzai regime. Also looks at the performance of the government, issues relating to human rights, and the efforts to expand local governance. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by OpenCRS.org.

http://www.sec.gov/spotlight/secpostmadoffreforms/oig-509-exec-summary.pdf

Finds that ineptitude rather than collusion was responsible for the failure of the SEC to uncover the Ponzi Scheme run by Madoff, despite warnings as early as 1992 that an unregistered investment company was offering 100% safe investments to special customers. A summary of the full report. From the Office of the Inspector General of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

http://www.dhs.gov/xoig/assets/mgmtrpts/OIG_09-96_Aug09.pdf

Criticizes the way in which the Federal Emergency Management Agency provides victims with goods and services following disasters. From the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/torture_archive/comparison.htm

Offers parallel views of the CIA Inspector General's Report on Detention and Interrogation Activities, which was prepared in May 2004, released in part by the Bush Administration in May 2008, and then in somewhat fuller form by the Obama Administration in August 2009. From the National Security Archive at George Washington University.

http://luxmedia.vo.llnwd.net/o10/clients/aclu/IG_Report.pdf

Heavily censored release of the May 2004 report of the Inspector General of the Central Intelligence Agency on the so-called enhanced interrogation tactics and the legality and effectiveness of the tactics, released under court order in a suit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union. From the ACLU.

http://www.dhs.gov/xoig/assets/mgmtrpts/OIG_09-89_Jul09.pdf

Presents the consolidated results of reviews of various component agencies within the Homeland Security Department and their handling of mission assignments for the 2005 Gulf Coast hurricanes disaster relief efforts. Identifes five areas of control weakness in the agency responses. From the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security.

http://coburn.senate.gov/public/_files/200905SenCoburnReportWashedouttosea00.pdf

Argues that $3 billion has been wasted on beach restoration projects while 985 levees have been identified by the Corps of Engineers as being at significant risk of failure from flooding. From the Office of Senator Tom Coburn.

http://www.fas.org/sgp/advisory/state/ig-review.pdf

Charges the Office of the Historian suffers from serious mismanagement, cronyism, favoritism, and lack of transparency and recommends reassignment of the director. The director was reassigned following the issuance of the report and a new director, John Campbell, has been appointed as Acting Director. The office is responsible for issuing Foreign Relations of the U.S., the official documentary history of U.S. foreign policy. From the Office of the Inspector General of the State Department, Posted by the Federation of American Scientists.

http://www.wm.edu/about/administration/strategicplanning/index.php

Finds that Medicare paid $75 million for 1.2 million drugs for patients in skilled nursing facilities in 2006, and that $41 million of the payments were inappropriate. From the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services.

http://www.childabusecommission.com/rpt/

Lengthy, multi-volume report on the abuse of Irish children in residential church-run schools for poor, orphaned or delinquent youth. Covers incidents from the 1930s to the 1990s when the schools were closed. From the Commission created by the Irish government.