SUSAN L. RUGE-HUDSON

Government Publishing Office, Counselor to the Inspector General

Susan L. Ruge-Hudson serves as the Counselor to the Inspector General. In this role, she provides legal and policy advice to the Inspector General on a wide variety of topics, including issues related to protecting the office’s independence. Her primary duty is to support and assist the Inspector General as he executes his oversight responsibilities under the GPO Inspector General Act of 1988 and the Inspector General Act of 1978. She also works closely with the Assistant Inspector’s General on matters related to audits, inspections, investigations, and other oversight activities.

Ruge-Hudson has been in the Inspector General Community since 2010, when she joined the U.S. Office of Personnel Management Office of the Inspector General. While at OPM OIG, she was the Senior Counsel for Legislative and External Affairs and oversaw all Congressional and media outreach efforts. She left OPM OIG in 2019 to join the Defense Digital Service, a small office reporting directly to the Secretary of Defense, charged with bringing IT practices from the private sector to the Department of Defense.

Prior to joining the Federal Government, Ruge-Hudson worked at private law firms, specializing in tax law. She has a Bachelor of Science in Politics from Washington & Lee University, a J.D. from Columbia Law School, and an LL.M in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center.