1. What argument did Glenn make to the appellate court regarding the Inspector General’s statutory authority?
2. How did the appeals court rule, and why?

Floyd R. Gibson, Senior Circuit Judge
In 1993, in response to a hotline complaint alleging questionable disaster program payments to program participants in Mitchell County, Georgia, the United States Department of Agriculture’s (“USDA”) Inspector General audited the Consolidated Farm Service Agency’s (“CFSA”) Mitchell County disaster program. The Inspector General sought to determine whether CFSA program participants were complying with regulatory payment limitations. As a result of the audit, the Inspector General determined that $1.3 million in questionable disaster payments were awarded to Mitchell County program participants.