[FRIAM] Fwd: [IRE-L] Systematic Destruction of Government Oversight Websites and Offices

Wed Oct 8 12:00:15 EDT 2025

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On Sun, Oct 5, 2025 at 12:27 PM Tom Johnson <jtjohnson555 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> From: Michael Ravnitzky <000002ced92e71a3-dmarc-request at lists.umsystem.edu
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> Date: Sun, Oct 5, 2025, 10:49 AM
> Subject: [IRE-L] Systematic Destruction of Government Oversight Websites
> and Offices
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> Systematic Destruction of Government Oversight
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> IGNET.gov has been removed from the internet.
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> Oversight.gov with its thousands of IG reports and oversight documentation
> has been removed.
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> 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.
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> https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2025/10/government-watchdog-websites-go-dark-omb-withholds-funds-ig-committee/408524/
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> More coverage:
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> https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2025/10/hegseth-vought-actions-heighten-fears-about-continued-inspector-general-independence/408554/?oref=ge-home-top-story
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> https://federalnewsnetwork.com/government-shutdown/2025/10/federal-websites-ig-hotlines-start-to-go-dark-under-shutdown/
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> Michael Ravnitzky
> mikerav at verizon.net
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