U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government Here’s how you know

The .gov means it’s official.

Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you're on a federal government site.

The site is secure.

The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Hotline

Report Fraud, Waste and Abuse

RIGHTS OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES TO CONTACT OIG

Any employee who has authority to take, direct others to take, recommend, or approve any personnel action, shall not, with respect to such authority, take or threaten to take any action against any employee as a reprisal for making a complaint or disclosing information to an Inspector General, unless the complaint was made or the information disclosed with the knowledge that it was false or with willful disregard for its truth or falsity.

For more information about rights of Federal employees to contact OIG, visit our rights of Federal employees to contact OIG page.

FEDERAL EMPLOYEE OR APPLICANT PROTECTIONS

The Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended at Section 3, requires the OIG to designate a Whistleblower Protection Coordinator, who shall educate agency employees about prohibitions on retaliation for protected disclosures, and employees’ rights and remedies against retaliation for protected disclosures.

The IG Act protects the confidentiality of HUD employees’ disclosures by prohibiting the OIG from disclosing the employee’s identity unless the OIG determines such disclosure is unavoidable during the course of the investigation. IG Act of 1978, Section 7(b).

For more information about whistleblower protections for Federal employee or applicant protections, visit our Federal employee or applicant protections page.

EMPLOYEES OF HUD GRANTEES, CONTRACTORS, SUBGRANTEES, OR SUBCONTRACTORS

In 2013, Congress passed a law protecting employees of Federal grantees, contractors, and their subgrantees or subcontractors who disclose waste, fraud, abuse, or other violations in federal programs, from retaliation by their employer. Each OIG is tasked with reviewing and investigating retaliation complaints relating to the programs the OIG oversees.

For more information about whistleblower protections for employees of hud grantees, contractors, subgrantees, or subcontractors, visit our Federal contractor or grantee protections page.