Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of State (OIG) – Sewn Flag

Choose Your Options

Every Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of State (OIG) Sewn Flag is made to order, so tell us how you want it built. These are the choices.

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• Mounting: A pole hem is a sewn sleeve along the hoist edge that slides over an indoor or parade pole. A pole hem with fringe adds gold rayon fringe on three edges, the traditional ceremonial finish. Grommets are brass rings set into a canvas header, the standard finish for an outdoor flagpole.
• Single-sided or double-sided: A single-sided flag carries the design on the front only; the back is blank. A double-sided flag shows the design on both sides and is built one of three ways:
  • Double-reverse: one layer of fabric, so the appliqué shows through on the back in reverse. The lightest build.
  • Double-paneled: two panels sewn back to back, so the design reads correctly on both sides. The heaviest build, and it needs the most wind to fly.
  • Single field, double seal: one field with the emblem on the front and a second emblem tacked to the back, so the seal reads correctly from either side without the weight of two panels.
• Sewn construction: Each color of the emblem is cut from fabric and appliquéd to the field with a satin stitch. Lettering and fine detail are embroidered with a fill stitch. The result stands in relief and reads across a room.
• Size: 3x4 FT, 3x5 FT, 4x6 FT, 52x66 IN. For another size, give us the finished width and height you need.

Product Features

• Official Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of State design: the Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of State (OIG) Sewn Flag carries the Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of State’s official emblem, reproduced to the agency’s design in the mounting and size you order.
• Sewn construction: each element of the emblem is cut from fabric and satin stitched to the nylon field, with lettering and fine detail embroidered in fill stitch, so the design stands in relief and reads across a room.
• Nylon field: lightweight nylon that hangs well on an indoor pole and carries cleanly in a parade.
• Built your way: single-sided or double-sided (double-reverse, double-paneled or single field double seal); pole hem, fringed pole hem or grommets; 3x4 FT, 3x5 FT, 4x6 FT, 52x66 IN.
• Made in the USA: every OIG flag we sell is made in the USA.
• Matched sets: order one flag or a set for every office, and the mounting and size will be the same on each.

Historical Background

The Inspector General Act of 1978 established the first 12 presidentially appointed inspectors general in federal agencies. The Foreign Service Act of 1980 established a presidentially appointed Inspector General of the Department of State and the Foreign Service, and Section 209 of that act requires the Inspector General to audit and inspect each Foreign Service post and each bureau of the Department at least every five years.

The current Department of State OIG was created in 1986, when Section 413(a) of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 directed the Secretary of State to establish an Office of Inspector General. In 1996, Public Law 104-134 merged the United States Information Agency OIG with the Department of State OIG, which also began oversight of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, now the U.S. Agency for Global Media. In 2013, Congress created the Lead Inspector General role in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013.

The OIG seal places an American eagle with a striped shield, an olive branch, arrows and a scroll reading E PLURIBUS UNUM beneath a crest of 13 stars, inside a blue ring that reads OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL and U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE.