Bart Office of the Inspector General

the independent office of the inspector general (oig) was authorized in bay area regional measure 3 (rm 3), which voters approved on june 5, 2018. the oig first went into operation in august 2019 with the appointment of its first inspector general by the governor of california. the oig’s purpose is to ensure that the district makes effective use of bridge toll revenue and other revenue and operates efficiently, effectively, and in compliance with applicable federal and state laws. the oig’s objective is to identify fraud and waste and opportunities for efficiencies in the administration of the district’s programs, operations, and delivery of capital projects. the oig achieves its mandated objective through performance audits and fraud, waste, or abuse investigations, and does so by following professional standards that require the oig to conduct its work independently and ethically. those standards are the government auditing standards, promulgated by the comptroller general of the