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 Victims Assistance and Victims Compensation Formula Grants Awarded to the Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, Lincoln, Nebraska
Audit of the Federal Bureau of Prisons Annual Financial Statements Fiscal Year 2016
Investigative Summary: Findings of Reasonable Grounds to Believe that an FBI Special Agent Suffered Reprisal as a Result of Protected Disclosures in Violation of FBI Whistleblower Regulations
Audit of the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Management of Inmate Placements in Residential Reentry Centers and Home Confinement
Top Management and Performance Challenges Facing the Department of Justice - 2016
Recommendations Not Closed by the OIG as of September 30, 2016
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...