
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)
Investigative Summary: Finding of Misconduct by a Former United States Attorney for Having an Inappropriate Relationship With a Subordinate
Examination of the Department of Justice's Fiscal Year 2016 Compliance under the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010
Audit of the Office on Violence Against Women and the Office of Justice Programs Awards to the Fort Belknap Indian Community, Harlem, Montana
Audit of the Office of Justice Programs National Institute of Justice School Safety Initiative Grants Awarded to the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
Audit of the Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Cooperative Agreements Awarded to the Children’s Advocacy Center for the Pikes Peak Region dba Safe Passage, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Recommendations Not Closed by the OIG as of March 31, 2017
This report contains information about recommendations from the OIG’s audits, evaluations, and reviews that the OIG had not closed as of the specified date because it had not determined that the Department of Justice had fully implemented them. The information omits recommendations that the...