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UNITED STATES OFFICE
OF
PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Washington, DC 2
041
5
Office of the
lnspector Gen
er
al
February 1,
20
16
President Barack Obama
The
White H
ouse
Wa
shington, DC 20500
Dear
President Obama:
I respectfully s
ubmit
my letter
ofres
igna
ti
on as the
In
spector General
for
the U.S. Office
of
Per
sonnel
Management
, effective February 19,
20
16.
It
ha
s been my
great
h
onor
to be
the
longest
se
rv
ing
Pre
sidentia
ll
y-appointed and Senate-confirmed Inspector General
in
the Federal
Governme
nt.
Every
da
y I, alon
gs
ide the distinguished men
and
wo
men in my
office, have had the distinct priv
il
ege
of
exercising a strong social con
scious
ness toward
protecting and
en
hancing the public trust.
Our
auditing,
in
ves
ti
ga
tive, and management s
taff
are in a
categor
y best d
esc
ribed as
'A
bove and Beyond."
They
truly embody
th
e phjlos
oph
y that inspired
th
e
In
spector
General Act
of
1978,
wh
ich is that
of
unm
atc
hed
co
n
ce
rn
ove
r the eno
rmit
y and varie
ty
of
wrongdoing in
and
aga
inst
our
Government. Tam proud to inform you
th
at the st
aff
of
this organi
za
tion are careful practitioners
of
their auditing, l
aw
enforcement, and
management di
sc
iplines - all
the
while stea
dfa
stly remaining independent.
In my decision to resign, Mr.
Pr
esident, I h
ave
been comforted
on
two fronts. First, 1
am
r
ea
ssured by the knowledge th
at
I will leave this outstanding organization in the
mo
st
ca
pable hands
of
Deput
y Inspector General
Norbert
Vint. Mr.
Vint
has been invaluable
at each and every critical decision point that the office
ha
s faced.
He
is a superlati
ve
executive. I respectfully ask
tha
t you consider nominating him to become the next
OPM
In
spector General. Mr.
Vint
is a man
of
proven organization skill and,
mo
st importantly,
he is a man
of
exemp
lary char
ac
ter. He would prove to be worthy
of
yo
ur
trust and
confidence.
Second, I
am
also comfo
1t
ed by
th
e fact th
at
Ac
ting
OPM
Director Beth
Cobe
1t
appea
rs
to have wrapped her arms around the multitude
of
challenges c
un
ently facing OPM.
Further, she
see
ms
to be ardu
ous
ly striving to
in
stitute hjgh standards
of
profe
ss
ionalism
as
she works to reinvigorate this gr
ea
t agenc
y.
However, she cannot achi
eve
the
goals
s
he
has set for her
se
lf
and for
OPM
without a permanent and independent
In
spector
Ge
neral who will tell her the unvarnished truth about any shortcomings the OIG may
discover.
At
my nomination hearing
over
25 years ago, the Senators asked
me
how
1 envisioned
my
relationship w
ith
OPM
's
l
eade
rship. I r
es
ponded that I intended to build a profe
ss
ional
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