President Donald Trump has appointed Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins as the interim head of the offices of the Special Counsel and Government Ethics. This decision follows the removal of the previous leaders of these government watchdog agencies.
The interim appointment of Collins comes after the dismissal of David Huitema, who was the director of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) and had been confirmed to his post by the Senate in November. Additionally, Hampton Dellinger, who served as the federal government’s Special Counsel, was also removed in a recent purge of government oversight agencies.
