Grassley working on bill to prevent political appointees from being acting IGs

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said on Wednesday that he is working on legislation that would limit who could be named as an acting inspector general after President Trump ousted four Senate-confirmed watchdogs in the span of a few months.”It would be that no political appointee within the department should be put in an acting position, because it might discourage whistleblowing,” Grassley told The Hill about the legislation on acting…