WHAT SHOULD I REPORT?

Examples include:

Allegations of criminal activity

Serious misconduct involving IC programs or activities

Contract or procurement fraud

Computer crimes

Bribery, kickbacks, or gratuities

False statements or false claims

Conflicts of interest or ethics violations

Travel fraud

Theft or abuse of government property

Whistleblower reprisal

Violations, not disputes over policy, management, or direction.

Clear risks or dangers.

Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Act (ICWPA) of 1998 provides a secure means for employees to report to Congress allegations regarding classified information. The ICWPA is a statute that provides a process by which employees, or contractor employees, of IC elements can report matters of "urgent concern" to the intelligence committees of Congress.

An "urgent concern" is defined as:

• A serious or flagrant problem, abuse, violation of law or executive order, or deficiency relating to the funding, administration, or operation of an intelligence activity within the responsibility and authority of the Director of National Intelligence involving classified information, but does not include differences of opinion concerning public policy matters.
• A false statement to Congress, or a willful withholding from Congress, on an issue of material fact relating to the funding, administration, or operation of an intelligence activity.
• An action constituting reprisal or threat of reprisal in response to an employee reporting an urgent concern.

If you have information which meets any of the above three criteria, contact the IC IG or DoD IG regarding how to file an ICWPA disclosure.

Immediate government supervisor, anyone in the employee's government Chain of Command, Head of Agency, Director of National Intelligence (DNI), or Designees of those officials.

Your agency or department IG or the IC IG may receive information about wrongdoing within the IC.