The Inspector General Act of 1978 created Inspectors General for federal agencies and provides broad authorities for overseeing programs, promoting efficiencies, and detecting fraud, waste, and mismanagement throughout the federal government.
The 2010 Intelligence Authorization Act formally established the Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
In accordance with Title 50 U.S.C.A. Section 3033, the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community (IC IG) conducts independent and objective audits, investigations, inspections, and reviews to promote economy, efficiency, effectiveness, and integration across the Intelligence Community.
The IC IG does so with integrity, professionalism, and independence. We conduct our mission free of external influence and provide objective assessments, findings, and conclusions, regardless of political or personal consequence.
The Intelligence Community Inspectors General Forum's mission is to promote and further collaboration, cooperation and coordination among the Inspectors General of the Intelligence Community of the United States. The forum is led by the IC IG and includes CIA, DHS, DIA, DoD, DOE, DOJ, State, Treasury, NGA, NRO, and NSA.
The IC IG forum members meet quarterly to discuss issues of common concern, and to plan how to address them collaboratively. The forum's objectives include:
- Supporting the IC IGs in the performance of audits, inspections, evaluations and investigations within their respective departments and agencies;
- Strengthening the collective role and effectiveness of IG's throughout the Intelligence Community and to enhance the value of IGs' activities in support of the National Intelligence Strategy; and
- Achieving optimal utilization of resources, to increase efficiency and to avoid duplication of effort among the Inspectors General of the Intelligence Community.
The official website for the Intelligence Community Office of the Inspector General (IC OIG) Hotline provides a confidential means for Intelligence Community employees, detailees, contractors, and the public to report information concerning suspected fraud, waste, abuse, or mismanagement of programs and activities within the responsibility and authority of the Director of National Intelligence.
What to report to the IC OIG HotlineReport to the Hotline if your allegation potentially involves:
The IC IG Hotline Program also processes:
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What not to reportIf you have an emergency, call 911 directly
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Report suspected fraud, waste, abuse, or mismanagement of programs and activities within the responsibility and authority of the Director of National Intelligence.
- Step 1: Download the Hotline Complaint Form, using *Microsoft Edge*
- Step 2: Fill out the form
- Step 3: Email the completed form to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
IC employees and contractors may disclose matters of “urgent concern” to the congressional intelligence committees under the Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Act (ICWPA) 50 U.S.C. § 3033(k)(5).
- Step 1: Download the ICWPA Form, using *Microsoft Edge*
- Step 2: Fill out the form
- Step 3: Email the completed form to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
After exhausting your agency’s or department's review process and receiving the final written decision on your reprisal allegations, request the IC OIG review allegations of reprisal under PPD-19, Protecting Whistleblowers with Access to Classified Information,
50 U.S.C. §§ 3234, and 3341(j).
- Step 1: Download the ERP Form, using *Microsoft Edge*
- Step 2: Fill out the form
- Step 3: Email the completed form to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Phone Open:
855-731-3260 |
Open: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Office of the IC IG
Liberty Crossing
Washington, DC 20511
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Fax Open:
571-204-8088 |
Reprisal against an employee for making a complaint or disclosing information to the IC OIG is prohibited. If you believe you have been subjected to reprisal due to a complaint or disclosure, contact the IC OIG. Protection from reprisal does not extend to an employee who makes a complaint or discloses information with knowledge that the complaint or information is false or with willful disregard for its truth or falsity.
Matters for which regulations prescribe a different avenue for redress.
- If you are a current Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) employee, detailee, contractor, or applicant, and wish to file a complaint related to discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or retaliation, contact the Intelligence Community Equal Employment Opportunity Office (IC EEO). Please contact the IC EEO Hotline at (301) 243-0704
- If you are a current ODNI employee, detailee, or contractor, and need assistance to proactively resolve grievances and conflicts outside the formal grievance structure and without fear of reprisal, please contact the ODNI OMBUDSMAN at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call at 703-275-1240
- If you are a current Office of the Director of National Intelligence employee, detailee, or contractor, and wish to report security and counterintelligence incidents and/or concerns to include potential insider threat issues, please call the ODNI Security and Counterintelligence and Insider Threat office directly at (571) 280-5400
- For possible violations of civil liberties, privacy, and transparency in the administration of ODNI programs and operations, please refer to The Office of Civil Liberties, Privacy and Transparency website
- For more Oversight information, visit the ODNI Home page