A government agency requesting an investigation into its own actions from an inspector general is not that weird. It can happen for a variety of reasons. Somet

A government agency requesting an investigation into its own actions from an inspector general is not that weird. It can happen for a variety of reasons. Sometimes, the agency is confident that it handled things correctly, so they want an auditor to come in to prove it to the public and reassure everyone that nothing untold happened. Other times, the agency suspects internal wrongdoing but lack the resources to investigate it without disrupting their day-to-day operations. It can also be a political move from a presidential appointee when they suspect that the investigation will uncover that it was their predecessors fault. At the end of the day, though, inspectors general have wide latitude to investigate what they choose. HHSOIG would probably have investigated this anyway, so it’s just a good PR move for the agency to invite the scrutiny.