(Radio Iowa) - Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says a bill he's co-sponsoring would offer new protections to what he calls the "taxpayers' watchdogs."
Grassley says the measure would add the Offices of Inspectors General, or O-I-Gs, to the list of executive agencies whose employees are "further restricted" from engaging in partisan political activity.
He says the bill passed the Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs on Wednesday with "overwhelming, bipartisan support." Grassley says the efficacy of O-I-Gs depends on their objectivity and the legislation will help to strengthen the ethical guidelines those workers follow.