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Access inspector general and agency officials face grilling over leak claims, investigations and case counts
Summary
Access's inspector general and agency leaders told the committee they have opened thousands of cases and referred many to federal and state law enforcement but said legal obligations limit what they can disclose; senators pressed for transparency on numbers, confidentiality, investigator staffing and case outcomes.
Vanessa Templeman, Access’s inspector general, told senators that her office has opened 2,815 behavioral-health cases, finished 1,430 and referred matters to federal partners including the FBI, HHS OIG, the Arizona attorney general and the IRS. She said 71% of finished cases had no adverse action and that her office has pursued recoveries, criminal prosecutions and civil monetary penalties in some matters.
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