What was the recent report about?
Misconduct by a banking regulator
Was this a big batch?
No
When was the report?
2010
What was it called?
A "conflict of interest" for the employee
Who took up for the agency?
Eric Thorson
Who was he?
Inspector-General
What does he do?
Polices the Treasury Department
Where these reports bad or good?
Good
How were they good?
They are good examples that there is little toleration for individual misconduct.
What was Thorsons thoughts on the Treasury?
It has an institutional highly ethical culture.
Did Smallberg have any thoughts?
Yes
What was one of his thoughts?
That the examiners were just too close to the folks they were supposed to be examining