It took numerous complaints, two critical reports, and demands from Capitol Hill that President Barack Obama fire him, but finally NASA’s inspector general has stepped down. Robert “Moose” Cobb first got into hot water in 2007 when his close associations with top NASA managers were revealed, calling into question Cobb’s impartiality in monitoring the work of the space agency. An investigation by the President’s Council on Integrity and Efficiency revealed that Cobb verbally abused employees and failed to maintain an appearance of independence from top NASA officials. Later a report  (PDF) by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) ranked Cobb near the bottom of federal inspectors general because his office’s investigations were saving NASA very little money (36 cents for every dollar spent, compared to $9.49 by all other inspectors general).