The official website for the DoD Hotline - a confidential means to report fraud, waste, abuse and other violations of law.
Please use the online complaint form, or fax for the most expedient complaint processing.
DoD Hotline
Anyone may file a complaint with the DoD Hotline. Our online complaint forms (below) are the most efficient means to file a complaint.
Mission
The mission of the DoD Hotline is to provide a confidential, reliable means to report violations of law, rule, or regulation; fraud, waste, and abuse; mismanagement; trafficking in persons; serious security incidents; or other criminal or administrative misconduct that involve DoD personnel and operations, without fear of reprisal.
Although you may contact the DoD Hotline at any time, a quicker way to resolve your complaint is usually to first contact your local or command-level Inspector General's Office.
Matters appropriate for the DoD Hotline
To prevent duplicative work, the DoD Hotline does not accept complaints for matters for which regulations prescribe a different avenue for redress. A list of those matters and the appropriate venue is here.
AUTHORITIES: Public Law 95-452, Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended; 10 USC 1034, Military Whistleblower Protection Act of 1988; 10 USC 1587, Employees of Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentalities: reprisals; 10 USC 2409, Contractor Employees: Protection from Reprisal for Disclosure of Certain Information; DoD Instruction 7050.01, DoD Hotline Program; DoD Directive (DoDD) 7050.06, Military Whistleblower Protection; DoDD 1401.03, DoD Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI) Employee Whistleblower Protection; DoDD 5505.06, Investigations of Allegations Against Senior DoD Officials; Presidential Policy Directive 19, Protecting Whistleblowers with Access to Classified Information; and Directive-type Memorandum 13-008, DoD Implementation of Presidential Policy Directive 19, as amended
PURPOSES: The DoD Hotline provides a confidential, reliable means for individuals to report fraud, waste, and abuse, violations of law, rule or regulation, mismanagement, and classified information leaks involving the DoD. Information is used to conduct the appropriate investigation.
ROUTINE USES: In addition to the disclosures permitted by 5 USC 552a, Section (b), Conditions of Disclosure, information may be disclosed for any of the reasons listed in the System of Records Notice CIG-16, Inspector General Administrative Investigation Records (IGAIR), from the Office of the Secretary, DoD/Joint Staff published in the Federal Register 87 FR 32391.
DISCLOSURE: Voluntary. Complaints can be submitted anonymously.
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