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{{Short description|American lawyer and NASA Inspector General}}
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|name         = Paul Martin
|image        = Paul K. Martin, USAID Inspector General.jpg
|office       = [[Office of Inspector General, U.S. Agency for International Development|Inspector General of the U.S. Agency for International Development]]
|president    = [[Joe Biden]]
|term_start   = January 2, 2024
|term_end     =
|predecessor  = Nicole Angarella (acting)
|successor    =
|office1      = Vice Chair of the [[Pandemic Response Accountability Committee]]
|president1   = [[Donald Trump]]<br>[[Joe Biden]]
|term_start1  = April 1, 2020
|term_end1    =
|predecessor1 = Position established
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|office2      = [[NASA Office of Inspector General|Inspector General of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration]]
|president2   = [[Barack Obama]]<br>[[Donald Trump]]<br>[[Joe Biden]]
|term_start2  = November 20, 2009
|term_end2    = January 2, 2024
|predecessor2 = Thomas Howard (Acting)
|successor2   = George Scott (Acting)
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|education    = [[Pennsylvania State University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Georgetown University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
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'''Paul K. Martin''' is an American lawyer and the [[Office of Inspector General, U.S. Agency for International Development|Inspector General]] of the [[U.S. Agency for International Development]], having been confirmed by the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] in December 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=PN901 — Paul K. Martin — United States Agency for International Development 118th Congress (2023-2024) |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/118th-congress/901 |website=US Congress |access-date=3 January 2024}}</ref> He previously served as [[NASA Office of Inspector General|Inspector General]] of the [[NASA|National Aeronautics and Space Administration]] from 2009 to 2024. He was confirmed U.S. Senate for that position on November 20, 2009.<ref name=NASAbio>{{cite web |title=Paul K. Martin, NASA Inspector General |url=https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/martin_bio.html |website=NASA |accessdate=16 April 2020 |language=en |date=7 August 2015}}</ref> He was also appointed the Vice Chair of the [[Pandemic Response Accountability Committee]] on April 1, 2020 by [[Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency]] Chair [[Michael E. Horowitz]], per the provisions of the [[Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act|Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security]] (CARES) Act.<ref name=CIGIE_040120>{{cite web |title=Additional Inspectors General Designated As Members of CIGIE's Pandemic Response Accountability Committee |url=https://www.ignet.gov/sites/default/files/files/PRAC-press-release-additional-members.pdf |website=Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency |accessdate=April 8, 2020 |date=April 1, 2020}}</ref>
== Biography ==
Martin has a B.A. in Journalism from [[Pennsylvania State University]] and a J.D. from the [[Georgetown University Law Center]]. He began his career as a reporter for [[The Greenville News]], a newspaper in [[Greenville, South Carolina]]. He joined the [[United States Sentencing Commission]] after its creation in 1985 and assisted in developing the first iteration of [[United States Federal Sentencing Guidelines|Federal Sentencing Guidelines]]. Martin spent a total of 13 years at the Commission, including six years as Deputy Staff Director.<ref name=NASAbio/>
From 1998 to 2001, Martin was the Special Counsel to the [[United States Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General|Office of the Inspector General]] of the [[United States Department of Justice|U.S. Department of Justice]], and then Counsel from 2001 to 2003. He then served as Deputy Inspector General at the Department of Justice, before being confirmed by the U.S. Senate to be the NASA Inspector General on November 20, 2009.<ref name=NASAbio/> Of the balance between auditing and working with NASA, Martin has stated, "It’s sort of like straddling a barbed-wire fence." As NASA IG, Martin has advocated for improved governance of [[information technology]] security standards at the agency.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Noble |first1=Zach |title=NASA's top watchdog talks IT |url=https://fcw.com/articles/2015/07/17/nasa-ig-martin.aspx |website=FCW |accessdate=16 April 2020 |language=en |date=17 July 2015}}</ref>
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