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Delivered effectively and with integrity. What does your background have to do . That igs havesays to have expertise in a number of perfections. Auditing and public management. Above all, being people of integrity. How long have you been in Inspector General . Of 2002. December how would you describe the job it agriculture . My job is to oversee the operations of all of the usda programs to make sure that they are being delivered as effectively as possible. Dayt that means, on a dayto basis, is that we, in the ig office, need to conduct audits to make sure the programs are running affectively....

Effectively and with integrity. What does your background have to be . Well, the statute that created inspectors general stetz that iegs need to have generated expertise in a number of professions, any one of them, auditing, investigations, Law Enforcement, public management, and above all, be people of the integrity. How long have you been the Inspector General for the Agriculture Department. Since december of 2002. How would you drip this specific job at agriculture . At agriculture, my job is to oversee the operations of all of usd as programs to make sure that they are being delivered as e...

Activities. How long have you been there . Since 2002. Who appointed you . The president. The president i believe it was president george bush appointed me to the agriculture position. What kind of autonomy do you e . Igsas you know by statute are considered to be officials who must operate independently. What that means is that although we are located within our own agencies and departments, we are under the general supervision of agriculture. We have professional independence to exercise our judgment as to what issues no ed to be looked at, how were going go about looking at them, and ultima...

So its important to continue working on recovery. What i do to help people that are still in the program i support the newcomers and show how ive become sober, then explain what ive gone through. Im always inspired and proud to see when that happens. You know, comparing them to when they first came in, ill, they come in thin, and now, you know, they leave strong and full of hope. And their life is full of color. It works. It really works, but its not because just the staff or the place, it works because the person comes here and really tries hard, you know, to make it through. And when that ha...

I think if i recall, you agree with me when i said that. It is a big effort. The goal was pointy 17 for auditability at the department of defense. Is we can do as the auditor to help them reach that to the extent we can and be independent , but at the end of the day, Financial Statements are the responsibility of management. Auditors job to protest to those Financial Statements and its an uphill job right now. Thank you, mr. Rymer, that tic. Fdic. I see you now. I was going to ask you about your insights, since you have been at dod, about the audit readiness. I know in statute they should be r...