THE OMBUDSMAN CONCEPT AS REFLECTED IN THE INSPECTORS GENERAL, UNITED STATES ARMY AND AIR FORCE.
Abstract
An analysis is presented of how two differently authorized agencies perform the same function, the protection of the citizen's rights. The Inspector General, internal to the organization and responsive to the executive, conducts his complaints function unemcumbered by the normal chain of command. He is considered to be a management advisory agent for the executive of the military organization to ensure compliance with its rules and regulations. To the complainant he is the channel for redress of grievances. The 'Ombudsmannen for Forsvaret', like the IG, is not a prosecutor nor is it necessary that he be a lawyer. In Norway, he is similar to the IG in that he acts in an advisory and consultative role, but to the legislative branch of the government not to the executive as does the IG. He is not nearly so powerful as the Swedish Ombudsman, but there exist within the Norwegian bureaucracy other systems for redress of military grievances which do not exist in Sweden. Cultures with widely varying backgrounds have introduced modified versions of the basic ombudsman concept to their bureaucratic structures. Finland, Denmark, and New Zealand already have done so, and other countries are considering the move, including the United States, England, Australia, Ireland, Egypt, Canada, and others. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1965
- Accession Number
- AD0624648
Entities
People
- Ethel E. Apter
Organizations
- University of Pittsburgh