United States
If you know about waste, fraud, abuse, misconduct, or whistleblower reprisal relating to a Department of Justice (DOJ) employee, program, contract, or grant you may report it to the DOJ OIG Hotline. The DOJ OIG has jurisdiction over disclosures involving DOJ employees, programs, contracts, and grants, including disclosures concerning these DOJ components:
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Drug Enforcement Administration
- Federal Bureau of Prisons
- U.S. Marshals Service
- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
- United States Attorneys Offices
- employees who work in other Divisions or Offices in the Department of Justice
The DOJ OIG also has jurisdiction to investigate allegations of whistleblower retaliation involving:
- Employees of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Employees of DOJ contractors, subcontractors, grantees, and subgrantees
- DOJ employees who believe their security clearance or access to classified information has been taken in retaliation for whistleblowing
The following matters are NOT generally investigated by the DOJ OIG.
- 911 emergencies
- EEO Complaints (For such matters, please refer to the DOJ Equal Employment Opportunity Office.)
- Misconduct by judges at the federal, state, or local level. (For more information on judicial misconduct by federal judges, please refer to the U.S. Courts.)
- State and local police departments (unless the misconduct concerns DOJ grant funds)
- State and Local prisons (unless the complaint involves a U.S. Marshals Service inmate)
Audit of the Office of Justice Programs, Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice, Cooperative Agreement Awarded to the Regents of the University of Colorado, Boulder
Audit of the Office on Violence Against Women Cooperative Agreement Awarded to the City of Spokane, Washington
Audit of the Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance Grant Awarded to The John Marshall Law School Veterans Legal Support Clinic, Chicago, Illinois
Follow-up Audit of Medical Development International's Performance Under the Federal Correctional Complex Butner Medical Services Contract Butner, North Carolina
Audit of the Drug Enforcement Administration's Accounting for Permanent Change of Station Transfers
A Review of the U.S. Marshals Service's Use of Appropriated Funds to Purchase Promotional Items
Audit of the Office on Violence Against Women Grants and Cooperative Agreement Awarded to the New Mexico Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs, Inc., Albuquerque, New Mexico (Redacted Version)
Audit of the Office on Violence Against Women Award to the International Association of Forensic Nurses, Elkridge, Maryland
Review of the Debt Collection Program of the United States Attorneys’ Offices
Please see the link below for a video discussing the results of this review.