We have been working for the last year on IC IG reform to establish the IC IG as a separate agency that is independent of the IC elements that it oversees.
Crawford will work on IC Inspector General reform to establish the IC IG as a separate, independent agency.
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"Additionally, during today’s Senate hearing, an important point was made to call out the flawed, ineffective IC Inspector General system that neither uncovers the truth nor protects whistleblowers. This has to end, which is why we have been working for the last year on IC IG reform to establish the IC IG as a separate agency that is independent of the IC elements that it oversees."
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The Committee released two declassified transcripts from 2019 hearings with the former Intelligence Community Inspector General, Michael Atkinson, after a security review from ODNI; the Committee had voted in favor of releasing them on March 24, 2026.
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"The final IAA includes critical counter-UAS authorities... and creates transparency in FBI counterintelligence investigations into a candidate for or holder of a federal office, we still have work to do. We aren’t done."
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H.R. 9209 states that Mr. Crawford introduced the bill on June 9, 2026, and that it was referred to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The bill would amend 50 U.S.C. 3033 to apply 5 U.S.C. 406(f) law-enforcement authority to the Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community.
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ODNI states that the 2010 Intelligence Authorization Act formally created the Intelligence Community Office of the Inspector General within ODNI. It also says that, under 50 U.S.C. 3033, the IC IG conducts independent and objective audits, investigations, inspections, and reviews across the Intelligence Community.
Assessments
Crawford has clearly worked on IC Inspector General reform in the same federal House term: he publicly described ongoing work to make the IC IG a separate independent agency and introduced H.R. 9209, the Intelligence Community Inspector General Parity Act of 2026. However, the introduced bill appears limited to expanding IC IG law-enforcement authority and has only been referred to committees; it does not establish the IC IG as a separate independent agency, and current ODNI structure still places the IC OIG within ODNI. Because the promised structural endpoint has not been enacted but the effort is active and Crawford remains in office, the claim is unresolved rather than delivered or definitively failed.
The promise is to work on IC Inspector General reform aimed at establishing the IC IG as a separate, independent agency. The evidence shows Crawford explicitly stating in May 2026 that he and others had been working for the last year on that reform, which strongly supports meaningful effort. Additional evidence shows related oversight actions and intelligence authorization work, but none of the provided evidence demonstrates that the structural reform was actually enacted or that the IC IG was established as a separate independent agency. Because the claim is framed as 'will work on' and the record confirms active work but not completion of the stated endpoint, the best judgment is unresolved rather than delivered or never at this stage.