The Office of Inspector General, which is part of the Department of Health and Human Services, was established by Congress in 1976 to identify and eliminate fraud, waste, and abuse in Department of Health and Human Services programs and to promote efficiency and economy in departmental operations.
This article is about promotion of a cause or point of view. For legal representation, see Advocate. Advocacy is an activity by an individual or group which aims to influence decisions within political, economic, and social systems and institutions.
1 Advocacyâs Place Within Social. Work Practice. In the ï¬rst chapter of this book, how to do advocacy, how to understand and how. to work with it are all addressed (albeit to differing degrees). The main concern in. this chapter is deï¬ning advocacy or at least trying to understand some of its core.