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As Inspector General of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Ms. Mazer is responsible for planning, conducting, supervising and coordinating inspections, audits, investigations and other inquiries relating to the programs and operations of the ODNI, as well as with providing policy direction in these matters.
The mission of her office is to ensure accountability and integrity in the performance of duties and the expenditure of funds, and to provide analyses and insights that will enhance the economy, efficiency and effectiveness of the programs for which the ODNI is responsible. Ms. Mazer's office will also exercise coordination and leadership, working with the inspectors general of other intelligence agencies, in carrying out cross-agency projects and fulfilling community-wide objectives established under the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004.
Ms. Mazer joined the ODNI in April 2009, bringing nearly 35 years of experience in the private practice of law and service in the Department of Justice. She was in private law practice for 18 years at Dickstein Shapiro, specializing in media and First Amendment law, criminal defense, and civil litigation.
Ms. Mazer thereafter served in senior positions in the Department of Justice, including service as Associate Deputy Attorney General and as President Clinton's Chair of the Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel. Most recently she served for seven years as Special Investigative Counsel in the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Justice, leading major reviews of the FBI's compliance with the Attorney General's Investigative Guidelines, the FBI's use of national security letters, the FBI's use of exigent letters and other informal requests for telephone records, and investigations of misconduct by Department officials. In 2007 she was awarded the Attorney General's Distinguished Service Award, the Award for Excellence by the President's Council on Integrity & Efficiency in Government, and the DOJ Office of the Inspector General's Award of Merit for leading the team that identified serious abuses in the FBI's use of national security letters in a report mandated by Congress in the USA Patriot Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005.
Ms. Mazer earned her B.A. magna cum laude from Syracuse University, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She earned her J.D. from the Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America, where she was Comment Editor of the Law Review. Ms. Mazer is a member of the District of Columbia Bar.
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