Report Improper activities

Most complaints fall into the following categories:

• Contract, procurement, and grant fraud
• Environment, health, and safety violations
• Computer crimes
• Bribery, kickbacks, and gratuities
• Conflicts of interest and ethics violations
• Crime and gross misconduct involving employees/contractors.
• Theft and/or abuse of government property
• Travel fraud
• False statements and false claims
• Extravagant or needless expenditures
• Other violations of national or state law, rule, or regulation

No, you do not need to identify yourself. All complaints submitted are treated confidentially. You may provide your complaint anonymously. However, persons who report allegations of wrongdoing are encouraged to identify themselves in the event additional questions arise as this office evaluates the complaint.

To the best of your ability, provide the following information:

• Type of complaint (for example, contractor fraud, bribery, violation of law, etc.)
• The program or department affected
• Names of individuals involved
• Specific dates and times, if known
• How are you aware of the alleged wrongdoing?
• Do you know of any potential witnesses to the activity?
• Have you or somebody else already reported this?  If so, to Whom?
• Documents or physical evidence in your possession (You may attach samples to your complaint but please do not send Original documents – items submitted will not be returned to you)

An investigator will review your complaint for relevance and completeness.  We may open an investigation or audit, or refer the matter to another agency. Not all complaints result in an investigation. If you have identified yourself, a reviewing official may contact you for further information.

We are not authorized to disclose any information on records in our possession and we will not be able to confirm receipt of your complaint or respond to any inquiries about action taken on your complaint.