<div dir="auto"><div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">=======================<br>Tom Johnson<br>Inst. for Analytic Journalism<br>Santa Fe, New Mexico<br>505-577-6482<br>=======================</div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Michael Ravnitzky</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:000002ced92e71a3-dmarc-request@lists.umsystem.edu">000002ced92e71a3-dmarc-request@lists.umsystem.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Sun, Oct 5, 2025, 10:49\u202fAM<br>Subject: [IRE-L] Systematic Destruction of Government Oversight Websites and Offices<br>To: <<a href="mailto:IRE-L@lists.umsystem.edu">IRE-L@lists.umsystem.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr">Systematic Destruction of Government Oversight</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">IGNET.gov has been removed from the internet.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Oversight.gov with its thousands of IG reports and oversight documentation has been removed.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">This article discusses how at least 15 of Inspector General websites have been removed, but more than two dozen IG sites and whistleblower hotlines across the federal government are now gone.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2025/10/government-watchdog-websites-go-dark-omb-withholds-funds-ig-committee/408524/" rel="nofollow noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2025/10/government-watchdog-websites-go-dark-omb-withholds-funds-ig-committee/408524/</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">More coverage:</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2025/10/hegseth-vought-actions-heighten-fears-about-continued-inspector-general-independence/408554/?oref=ge-home-top-story" rel="nofollow noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2025/10/hegseth-vought-actions-heighten-fears-about-continued-inspector-general-independence/408554/?oref=ge-home-top-story</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://federalnewsnetwork.com/government-shutdown/2025/10/federal-websites-ig-hotlines-start-to-go-dark-under-shutdown/" rel="nofollow noreferrer" target="_blank">https://federalnewsnetwork.com/government-shutdown/2025/10/federal-websites-ig-hotlines-start-to-go-dark-under-shutdown/</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Michael Ravnitzky</div><div dir="ltr"><a href="mailto:mikerav@verizon.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">mikerav@verizon.net</a></div></div></div>
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