ICIG Features

: Published: 10 December 2021

The official website for the Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community (IC IG) 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 IG Hotline

Report to the Hotline if your allegation potentially involves:

Fraud, waste, abuse, or mismanagement of programs related to an Intelligence Community program or activity
Administrative misconduct
A criminal act
An unauthorized disclosure of classified or sensitive
national security information
An illegal intelligence activity

The IC IG Hotline Program also processes:

Disclosures filed pursuant to the
Intelligence Community Whistleblowers
Protection Act
Requests by IC employees and contractors for the IC IG to review their allegations of reprisal under Presidential Policy Directive (PPD-19), Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Act (ICWPA)
50 U.S.C. § 3033(k)(5), 50 U.S.C. §§ 3234 and 3341(j)

What not to report

If you have an emergency, call 911 directly

Matters for which regulations prescribe a different avenue for redress.

Hotline Complaint

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.

ICWPA Disclosure

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.

External Review Panel

After exhausting your agency’s or department's review process and receiving the final written decision on your reprisal allegations, request the IC IG 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.

Mail

Office of the IC IG

Reston 3

Washington, DC 20511

Fax

Open:
571-204-8088

Reprisal against an employee for making a complaint or disclosing information to the IC IG is prohibited. If you believe you have been subjected to reprisal due to a complaint or disclosure, contact the IC IG. 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.

: Published: 18 June 2018

Semiannual Report

This Report summarizes the work of the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). The inspections, investigations, and other activities highlighted in these reports are guided by our commitment to promote accountability, efficiency, and effectiveness in the programs and operations of the ODNI and of the Intelligence Community as a whole.

2023

Inspection of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s Compliance with the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 for Fiscal Year 2022 (INS-2023-003)

Evaluation of the Defense Intelligence Agency, Office of the Inspector General

Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community Announces the Fiscal Year 2023 Audit of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s Financial Statements

Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community Completes Memorandum Report on Assessment of All-Source Cyber Intelligence Information Related to Foreign Cyber Threats(INS-2022-009)

2022

Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community Announces FY 2023 Independent Evaluation of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s Information Security Program and Practices Required by the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014

The Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community Supports International Fraud Awareness Week

Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community Completes the Evaluation of the Central Intelligence Agency’s Handling of Anomalous Health Incidents and Associated Complaints to the Office of the Inspector General

Evaluation of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s Information Security Program and Practices, as Required by the Federal Information Systems Modernization Act of 2014

Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community Completes the Classification Review of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Fiscal Year 2021

Unclassified Joint Report on the Implementation of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015

2021

Report on Intelligence Community Whistleblower Matters & Harmonization of Processes and Procedures

2020

ODNI's FY19 Compliance with the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010 (IPERA)

: Published: 24 April 2018

A Federal agency cannot retaliate against an employee or applicant because that individual exercises his or her rights under any of the Federal antidiscrimination or whistleblower protection laws listed above. If you believe that you are the victim of retaliation for engaging in protected activity, you must follow, as appropriate, the procedures described in the Antidiscrimination Laws and Whistleblower Protection Laws sections or, if applicable, the administrative or negotiated grievance procedures in order to pursue any legal remedy.

Visit IC Whistleblower website

: Published: 25 March 2012

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.