Howard Krongard
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| Howard J. Krongard | |
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| Born | December 12, 1940 |
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| Occupation | State Inspector General |
Howard J. "Cookie"[1] Krongard (born December 12, 1940), was an appointee in the government of President George W. Bush. Krongard was head of the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of State. His position was known as the State Inspector General or State IG. After being accused of averting probes into contracting fraud in Iraq and a possible conflict of interest regarding investigations into Blackwater Worldwide, Krongard left his post on January 15, 2008, and was not eligible for retirement.[2]
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[edit] Early life
Krongard was raised in Baltimore, Maryland. He is the brother of former CIA Executive Director A. B. Krongard.[3]
He graduated in 1961 with a degree in history from Princeton University, and was a First Team All-American goaltender in lacrosse at Princeton, which earned him a place in the Lacrosse Hall of Fame. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1964, then did postgraduate work at Cambridge University from 1964 to 1965.[4]
[edit] Career
[edit] Legal
- From 1989 to 1996, Krongard was a lawyer with Deloitte & Touche and its predecessor firm Deloitte Haskins & Sells prior to its combination with Touche Ross & Co.
- From 1996 to 2005, Krongard was a lawyer with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.
[edit] Government
- Krongard has been the Inspector General of the Department of State since May 2, 2005. He announced his resignation on December 7, 2007.[5]
[edit] Controversies
[edit] State Department probes
In a 14-page letter on September 18, 2007, House Oversight Committee chairman Henry Waxman charged Krongard with actively impeding probes into waste and corruption related to the war in Iraq and other matters.[6] In a three page followup letter issued on September 28, 2007, Waxman informed Krongard that allegations of witness intimidation had been made against Krongard's staff.[7]
Most of the allegations have been denounced – by the minority members of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and by some numbskulls at the Wall Street Journal – as pure partisan politics.[8][9]
[edit] Personal life
Howard Krongard lived in Upper Montclair, New Jersey for over 30 years, and has a son and a daughter.[10]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "PIN-STRIPE PLAYERS SPARKING LACROSSE; BY JOHN B.FORBES", The New York Times, May 30, 1982. Accessed October 23, 2007. "Three years ago, Richard Meister of Princeton, a public finance officer with Goldman Sachs & Co., and Howard Cookie Krongard of Montclair, associate counsel for Peat Marwick Mitchell, the accounting firm, decided that there were enough good players in the New Jersey area to form a team that could reach the top."
- ^ Richter, Paul (2007-12-07). "State Dept. official resigns". LA Times. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-krongard8dec08,0,2205571.story?coll=la-home-center. Retrieved on 2007-12-08.
- ^ State IG Accused of Averting Probes - washingtonpost.com
- ^ Associated Press. Krongard Biography. The Washington Post, September 18, 2007.
- ^ Stout, David. Democrat Opens Inquiry Into Whether State Dept. Official Impeded Investigations, The New York Times, September 18, 2007.
- ^ http://oversight.house.gov/documents/20070918105806.pdf | Letter from United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
- ^ Henry A. Waxman, Chairman of United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (September 28, 2007). "Letter to Howard J. Krongard". United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. http://oversight.house.gov/documents/20070928101631.pdf. Retrieved on September 29 2007.
- ^ "The Committee's Assault on the State Department Inspector General". The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Republicans. 2007-11-17. http://republicans.oversight.house.gov/Media/PDFs/20071114StateOIGReport.pdf. Retrieved on 2008-02-09.
- ^ "The Waxman Method". The Wall Street Journal. 2008-02-09. http://online.wsj.com/public/article_print/SB120251629030955387.html. Retrieved on 2008-02-09.
- ^ Howard J. Krongard, Inspector General, United States Department of State. Accessed September 20, 2007.
