Semiannual Report to Congress

April 1, 2004–September 30, 2004
Office of the Inspector General


Congressional Testimony

During this reporting period, a director in the OIG's Evaluation and Inspections Division testified before the House Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations at an August 2, 2004, field hearing that examined the safeguarding of stored explosives. The director discussed the results of a recently completed review of the ATF's Federal Firearms Licensees inspection program as well as the scope of a separate, ongoing OIG review that is examining the ATF's implementation of the Safe Explosives Act.