FCC's Inspector General Adds Social Media Accounts

By John Eggerton
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Raises online profile as it oversees billions in subsidy programs

A screengrab of the FCC Office of Inspector General Facebook page

The FCC has launched some new online touchpoints for complaints about waste, fraud and abuse to raise the profile of the Office of Inspector General (OIG).

OIG is a small office with the big job of promoting efficient and effectiveness of FCC operations and investigating any complaints about its operations or programs, including being charged with monitoring for waste, fraud and abuse in the multi-billion dollar COVID-19-related relief programs.

The FCC inspector general is a presidential appointee who has to be confirmed by the Senate, just as FCC commissioners must be.

OIG now has Twitter and Facebook accounts and a Linkedin page.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.