James Hagen and Bill Bruns, the inspector general and deputy inspector general for the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), will retire in 2025, according to a message by Hagen at the front of his latest semiannual report to Congress on his office’s activities.
There is no indication of how or if the NCUA plans to fill the vacancies once these individuals retire.
Included in the IG report, which covers the six-month period ending March 31 of this year, is a list of current OIG staff positions. Aside from the IG and deputy IG, those remaining (presumably) will be the counsel to the IG/assistant IG for investigations, director of investigations, senior information technology auditor, four senior auditors, and an office manager.
The NCUA has said it expects to lose some 250 staffers by year-end (152 reportedly are already on admin leave) as a result of a voluntary separation program (VSP) that was approved in March by the agency’s then three board members. The plan was formed to comply with an order by President Donald Trump (R) seeking staff reductions across federal agencies and carried out by the “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE), headed by Elon Musk.
Two of the agency’s board members, Democrats Todd Harper (also a former chairman) and Tanya Otsuka, were fired by the White House in April, just weeks after the VSP was approved and on the eve of a scheduled open board meeting that was ultimately canceled. The two were serving unexpired terms and reportedly were fired without cause. Board Chairman Kyle Hauptman, a Republican, presided over the May 22 open meeting as the agency’s sole board member.
Harper and Otsuka are suing to regain their posts.
NCUA OIG Semiannual Report to the Congress (Oct. 1, 2024-March 31, 2025)
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