The user of this form may submit a confidential or anonymous complaint. With a confidential complaint, the user provides his/her name and contact information. The OIG will keep that information confidential until it requests and obtains the user's permission to disclose that information or until the Inspector General determines that disclosure of the information is necessary to the investigation of the complaint. If the user chooses to remain anonymous, no contact information will be collected. This means that the Inspector General will have no ability to contact the user to obtain additional information or to answer any question that are raised by the complaint. Failure to provide any contact information may hinder the Inspector General's ability to investigate the complaint. Persons making whistleblower complaints cannot be provided protection from retaliation unless they provide their names.
