On January 19, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Office of Inspector General (OIG) released the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Agency Financial Report, which contains information about the DoD OIG’s work and budget throughout the fiscal year. The document reports information about whistleblower cases and complaints from the Administrative Investigations (AI) component, which is responsible for handling DoD’s Whistleblower Program.
AI “investigates and oversees DoD Components’ investigations of allegations of misconduct against senior DoD officials and allegations of whistleblower reprisal and restriction from communication with an IG or member of Congress,” according to the report. AI “performs the DoD Whistleblower Protection Coordinator function, which is responsible for educating DoD employees on whistleblower statutory prohibitions and protections.” Additionally, AI “manages the DoD Hotline for confidential reporting of fraud, waste, and abuse and for detecting and preventing threats and danger to the public health and safety related to DoD programs, operations, and employees. The Whistleblower Reprisal Investigations (WRI) Directorate, which is responsible for the DoD’s Whistleblower Protection Program, is part of the AI Component.
The report states that during FY2021, WRI closed 12 “military and contractor reprisal investigations” and 11 “Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality, Military Restriction, and Presidential Policy Directive 19 investigations.” The Directorate “...
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