(2009-08-01) Walpin Inspector General Fired

Gerald Walpin (appointed by George W Bush) was the Inspector General looking heavily into AmeriCorps.

• After its May 20, 2009 meeting that discussed Walpin's report criticizing the St. HOPE Academy settlement agreement and Walpin's forthcoming report questioning the validity of the largest AmeriCorps program—the Research Foundation of City University of New York (CUNY) (RFCUNY) New York City Teaching Fellows program, the bipartisan CNCS Board of Directors unanimously requested that the White House review Walpin's conduct as Inspector General.

  • update: on St Hope, see 2009-11-31-RheeDamageControlFianceJohnson

  • More on Walpin's complaints about CUNY.

• Walpin was fired by Barack Obama on Jun11.

• The White House issued a letter with more detail on its dissatisfaction with Walpin on Jul16, the day before he filed a wrongful-termination lawsuit. The suit was dismissed that same day.

• More details on why he was fired. Counter-point.