U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Inspector General

United States Department of Energy, Office of the Inspector General
United States Department of Energy, Office of the Inspector General
	Seal of the U.S. Department of Energy
	Incumbent; Sarah Nelson; Acting since January 24, 2025
	United States Department of Energy
Seat	Washington, D.C.
Formation	1977
First holder	J. Kenneth Mansfield
Deputy	Jennifer Quinones
Website	energy.gov/ig/office-inspector-general

SeatWashington, D.C.

Formation1977

First holderJ. Kenneth Mansfield

DeputyJennifer Quinones^[1]

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Inspector General (DOE OIG) is an Inspector General office created by the Department of Energy Organization Act of 1977.^[2] The Inspector General for the Department of Energy is charged with investigating and auditing department programs to combat waste, fraud, and abuse.^[3]

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Inspector General^[4]	Appointment Date^[4]
Sarah Nelson (Acting)	January 24, 2025
Teri L. Donaldson	January 23, 2019^[5]
April Stevenson (Acting)	January 1, 2017^[6]
Rickey R. Hass (Acting)	October 1, 2015
Gregory H. Friedman	October 21, 1998
Gregory H. Friedman (Acting)	January 5, 1998
John C. Layton	January 6, 1986
James R. Richards	September 23, 1981
James K. Wright (Acting)	January 22, 1981
J. Kenneth Mansfield	May 24, 1978
Joseph Seltzer (Acting)	October 1, 1977

v t e Federal offices of inspectors general of the United States
Cabinet department OIGs	Agriculture Commerce Defense Education Energy Health and Human Services Homeland Security Housing and Urban Development Interior Justice Labor State Transportation Treasury Veterans Affairs
Establishment agencies	Agency for International Development Corporation for National and Community Service Environmental Protection Agency Export-Import Bank Federal Communications Commission Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Federal Housing Finance Agency General Services Administration NASA National Reconnaissance Office National Security Agency Office of Personnel Management Small Business Administration Social Security Tennessee Valley Authority Tax Administration (IRS) Nuclear Regulatory Commission Railroad Retirement Board
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Other OIGs	Architect of the Capitol Capitol Police Central Intelligence Agency Government Accountability Office Government Publishing Office House of Representatives Intelligence Community Library of Congress
Special OIGs	Afghanistan Reconstruction Pandemic Recovery Troubled Asset Relief Program
Former OIGs	Coalition Provisional Authority Federal Emergency Management Agency Iraq Reconstruction
Related organizations	Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency Government Accountability Office Pandemic Response Accountability Committee Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board

v t e United States Department of Energy
Headquarters: James V. Forrestal Building Chris Wright, Secretary of Energy James Danly, Deputy Secretary of Energy
Deputy Secretary of Energy	Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence Energy Information Administration Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy
Under Secretary of Energy for Infrastructure	Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, & Energy Response
Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security	National Nuclear Security Administration
Under Secretary of Energy for Science and Innovation	Office of Science OSTI Office of Electricity Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management Office of Nuclear Energy
Assistant Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Energy	Office of Nuclear Energy
Power Marketing Administration	Bonneville Power Administration Southeastern Power Administration Southwestern Power Administration Western Area Power Administration
National Laboratory System	Ames Argonne NBL CNM APS ATLAS EMC Berkeley ALS MF NCEM NERSC ESN JGI Brookhaven AGS CFN NSLS NSLS II RHIC Fermilab TeV Idaho RESL JLab Livermore NARAC NIF Los Alamos DARHTF NETL Albany NREL Oak Ridge SNS CNMS HFIR NCCS Pacific Northwest EMSL PPPL NSTX TFTR SRNL Sandia Z SLAC SSRL
Energy Department Facilities and Reservations	Fernald NLO Hanford K-25 Kansas City Plant Nevada Test Site Area 19 Area 20 NHHOR Pantex Rocky Flats SSFL ETEC SRE SRS SPR WIPP Y-12 Yucca Mountain
Related Independent Agency	Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Authority control databases
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National	Germany United States
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United States Department of Energy, Office of the Inspector General
Seal of the U.S. Department of Energy
Incumbent Sarah Nelson Acting since January 24, 2025
United States Department of Energy
Seat	Washington, D.C.
Formation	1977
First holder	J. Kenneth Mansfield
Deputy	Jennifer Quinones^[1]
Website	energy.gov/ig/office-inspector-general