The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is a nonprofit corporation that serves as the steward of the federal government's investment in public broadcasting. The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) is an independent organization within CPB that supports public media by promoting accountability in and providing oversight of CPB funds, programs, operations, and initiatives. The OIG conducts independent audits, investigates complaints, and makes recommendations on how CPB and its grantees can operate more effectively and efficiently, and how to avoid fraud, waste, and abuse.