Commerce Department inspector general battles Secretary Ross over release of NOAA ‘Sharpiegate` report
(World News Science)

Inspectors general play a valuable role in the United States` system of checks and balances, but in the Trump era, there has been no shortage of tension between IGs and government agencies. One example of that tension, according to Washington Post reporters Andrew Freedman and Jason Samenow, is the conflict between Wilbur Ross — secretary of the Commerce Department under the Trump Administration — and Commerce Department Inspector General Peggy Gustafson over a report pertaining to 2019`s Hurricane Dorian and the “Sharpiegate” debacle. Freedman and Samenow report that on Wednesday, July 1, Gustafson sent a memo to Ross expressing “deep concern” that the Commerce Department is infringing on...