David C. Williams (inspector general)
{{Short description|American government official (born 1947)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2013}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = David Williams
| image = David C. Williams official photo.jpg
| office = Vice Chair of the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service
| president = Donald Trump
| term_start = September 13, 2018
| term_end = April 30, 2020
| predecessor = James Bilbray (2014)
| office1 = Inspector General of the Postal Service
| president1 = George W. Bush
Barack Obama
| term_start1 = August 20, 2003
| term_end1 = February 19, 2016
| predecessor1 = Karla Corcoran
| successor1 = Tammy Whitcomb
| office2 = Inspector General of Department of Housing and Urban Development
Acting
| president2 = George W. Bush
| term_start2 = July 16, 2001
| term_end2 = May 20, 2002
| predecessor2 = James Heist (Acting)
| successor2 = Kenneth Donohue
| office3 = Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration
| president3 = Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
| term_start3 = May 17, 1999
| term_end3 = August 24, 2002
| predecessor3 = Lawrence Rogers (Acting)
| successor3 = Pamela Gardiner (Acting)
| office4 = Inspector General of the United States Department of the Treasury
| president4 = Bill Clinton
| term_start4 = October 26, 1998
| term_end4 = May 17, 1999
| predecessor4 = Richard Calahan (Acting)
| successor4 = Lawrence Rogers (Acting)
| office5 = Inspector General of the Social Security Administration
| president5 = Bill Clinton
| term_start5 = January 4, 1996
| term_end5 = June 22, 1998
| predecessor5 = June Gibbs Brown
| successor5 = James Huse
| office6 = Inspector General of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
| president6 = George H. W. Bush
Bill Clinton
| term_start6 = November 22, 1989
| term_end6 = September 1, 1995
| predecessor6 = Position established
| successor6 = Leo Norton (Acting)
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1947}}
| birth_place = Granite City, Illinois, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = Independent
| education = Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville (BA)
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (MA)
}}
David C. Williams was the vice chairman of the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service from September 13, 2018, to April 30, 2020,{{Cite report |url=https://www.prc.gov/docs/113/113076/2020%2005-04%20Form%208-K.pdf |title=USPS Form 8-K |last=Marshall |first=Thomas J. |date=2020-05-04 |access-date=2020-05-07}} and served as Inspector General (IG) for the U.S. Postal Service, in the United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General, from 2003 to 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.uspsoig.gov/about_current_ig.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130215040950/http://www.uspsoig.gov/about_current_ig.html |archive-date=February 15, 2013 |title=David C. Williams: Inspector General, United States Postal Service|publisher=UUSPS Office of Inspector General|access-date=March 11, 2016}}{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/politics/from-innovation-to-monty-python-an-interview-with-the-us-postal-services-inspector-general/2011/02/24/ABuz0yI_story.html |title=From innovation to Monty Python: An interview with the U.S. Postal Service's inspector general |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=February 24, 2011 |access-date=February 10, 2013}}
Career
Following a tour of military duty in Vietnam, Williams joined the United States Secret Service, and was assigned to President Ronald Reagan{{'s}} Commission on Organized Crime, then led the Office of Special Investigations at the General Accounting Office (since renamed the Government Accountability Office), prior to his confirmation as Inspector General for various federal agencies, including the Social Security Administration, Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and Department of Housing and Urban Development, as well as vice chair of the Government Accountability and Transparency Board.[https://about.usps.com/who-we-are/leadership/officers/david-williams.htm "David C. Williams Vice Chairman, USPS Board of Governors"; "About"] USPS.
After Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Assistant Inspector General David P. Weber alleged improper conduct by SEC Inspector General David Kotz in the investigation of the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme, Williams was brought in to conduct an independent, outside review of Kotz's alleged improper conduct in 2012.{{cite news|last=Schmidt |first=Robert |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-25/sec-said-to-back-hire-of-u-s-capitol-police-inspector-general.html |title=SEC Said to Back Hire of U.S. Capitol Police Inspector General |publisher=Bloomberg |date=January 25, 2013 |access-date=February 10, 2013}} The Williams Report questioned Kotz's work on the Madoff investigation, because Kotz was a "very good friend" with Markopolos.{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-06/former-sec-watchdog-kotz-violated-ethics-rules-review-finds-1-.html |author=Robert Schmidt & Joshua Gallu |title=Former SEC Watchdog Kotz Violated Ethics Rules, Review Finds |publisher=Bloomberg |date=October 26, 2012|access-date=February 10, 2013}}{{cite news |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/05/david-kotz-conflict-of-interest_n_1944205.html |title=David Kotz, Ex-SEC Inspector General, May Have Had Conflicts Of Interest |publisher=Huffington Post |date=October 5, 2012|access-date=February 10, 2013}} Although investigators were not able to determine when Kotz and Markopolos became friends, the Report concluded that it would have violated U.S. ethics rules if their relationship began before or during Kotz's investigation of Madoff.{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/15/davir-weber-lawsuit_n_2140452.html |title=David Weber Lawsuit: Ex-SEC Investigator Accused Of Wanting To Carry A Gun At Work, Suing For $20 Million|author=Sarah N. Lynch |publisher=Huffingtonpost.com |date= November 15, 2012|access-date=February 10, 2013}}
In June 2013, Williams criticized the Postal Service's real estate contract with CBRE, a multinational real estate company, citing "conflict of interest concerns."{{cite news|url=http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/going-postal/Content?oid=3713528 |title=Going Postal: The husband of US Senator Dianne Feinstein has been selling post offices to his friends, cheap.|date=September 18, 2013|first=Peter|last=Byrne|newspaper=East Bay Express|access-date=September 21, 2013}}
References
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External links
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