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The <a href="pande/leg/igactasof1010.pdf" target="_blank">Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended</a>, establishes the responsibilities and duties of an IG. The IG Act has been amended to increase the number of agencies with statutory IGs. In 1988 came the establishment of IGs in smaller, independent agencies and there are now 73 statutory IGs. IGnet also serves as the purveyor of information, to the American public, from <a href="cigie1.html">The Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE)</a>. <a href="pande/leg/igactasof1010.pdf" target="_blank">"The Inspector General Act of 1978 as amended by the IG Reform Act of 2008"</a> created the CIGIE combining what were formerly known as the "PCIE" (President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency) and the "ECIE" (Executive Council on Integrity and Efficiency). 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