[Members of Congress] are looking at a situation detailed in a letter from the Office of Personnel Management’s inspector general. Patrick McFarland, the inspector general, said his office received a “not so veiled threat from OMB” concerning his office’s ability to comment to Congress about its proposed budget.
“I am alerting you about a very serious matter that represents an attempt to thwart an authority provided to us by the Inspector General Reform Act of 2008 and that creates a risk of compromising our operational independence,” McFarland told lawmakers.
McFarland described a situation in which his office felt like OMB “will make life miserable” for it on issues pending before Congress.
