States and Localities Realize the Importance of Inspectors General

Governing: Among our personal goals in articles we write for Governing and elsewhere is to help readers see the enormous amount of work being done by cities and states to hold themselves accountable to their citizens. Sadly, the default belief among many taxpayers is that their governments are oblivious to the ways services can be delivered more effectively and efficiently. Instead, they are seen as focusing exclusively on how much they should spend and then spending it.

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