Inspector General Empowerment Act of 2016

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Inspector General Empowerment Act of 2015 Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to: (1) grant Inspectors General additional subpoena authority to compel the attendance and testimony of certain witnesses, including federal contractors and former federal employees necessary in the performance of the functions assigned by such Act; (2) assign the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency additional responsibilities for receiving, reviewing, and mediating any disputes involving the jurisdiction of more than one federal agency or entity; (3) set forth procedures for considering allegations of wrongdoing against the Special Counsel or Deputy Special Counsel (officials appointed to investigate prohibited personnel practices and government waste and abuse); and (4) require each Inspector General to make publicly available any administrative investigation that confirms misconduct by any member of the Senior Executive Service, an employee in an excepted position, or a commissioned officer in the Armed Forces in pay grades 0-6 and above and to include in semiannual reports a list and summary of any administrative investigation that confirms such misconduct. Exempts from…