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Advocates urge Senate committee to back bill creating independent inspector general
Summary
Public commenters and advocacy groups told the Senate Executive Committee to approve SB 4 to create an independent, nonpartisan office of inspector general and to adopt SA 1 to coordinate audits with the state auditor; no committee vote was recorded during the hearing.
Advocates for government oversight and civic organizations urged the Delaware Senate Executive Committee to advance SB 4, a bill to create an independent, nonpartisan office of inspector general, during public comment at a committee hearing.
On behalf of AARP’s roughly 190,000 Delaware members, Jerry Grant, a volunteer for AARP, told the committee, "we ask you to vote yes on SB 4" and described the measure as a way to "deter and detect fraud, waste, and [abuse] and to improve the integrity of policy making in our state." He asked legislators to vote yes on…
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