April 23, 2025

WHISTLEBLOWER REPRISAL INVESTIGATION HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA (Report No. DODIG-2025-087)

We conducted this investigation in response to a reprisal complaint alleging that Honeywell International Inc. (Honeywell), Minneapolis, Minnesota, directed its subcontractor to remove the Complainant from the Honeywell defense contract in reprisal for making protected disclosures to Honeywell officials concerning political and racist comments, neglected security duties, falsified time, and illegal drug activity.

Feb. 6, 2025

Whistleblower Reprisal Investigation 66th Force Support Squadron, 66th Air Base Group Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts (Report No. DODIG-2025-063)

We conducted this investigation in response to a reprisal complaint alleging that (Subject 1) and (Subject 2) took personnel actions against (the Complainant) in reprisal for making protected disclosures concerning Subject 1’s behavior and management of the Tavern at Hanscom Air Force Base (AFB), Massachusetts.

Jan. 10, 2025

Review of Responsibilities and Actions Related to the Secretary of Defense’s Hospitalizations and the DoD’s Policies and Procedures for Notification and Transfer of Functions and Duties (Report No. DODIG-2025-058)

Inspector General Robert P. Storch announced today that the Department of Defense (DoD) Office of Inspector General (OIG) released the “Review of the Responsibilities and Actions Related to the Secretary of Defense’s Hospitalizations and the DoD’s Policies and Procedures for Notification and Transfer of Functions and Duties.” The OIG report released today consists of several parts.

Dec. 3, 2024

Whistleblower Restriction Investigation Georgia Army National Guard B Company, 221st Expeditionary Military Intelligence Battalion Fort Gillem, Georgia (Report No. DODIG-2025-046)

We conducted this investigation in response to a complaint alleging that (Subject 1) and (Subject 2) restricted Soldiers of B Company, 221st Expeditionary Military Intelligence Battalion, 78 Troop Command, Fort Gillem, Georgia, from lawfully communicating with a Member of Congress or an Inspector General.

Oct. 29, 2024

Report Of Investigation: Mr. Robert A. Gold, Former Director, Technology and Manufacturing Industrial Base, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (Report No. DODIG-2025-010)

The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD[R&E]) received two complaints on March 7, 2022, against Mr. Robert A. Gold, Senior Executive Service (SES), Director, Technology and Manufacturing Industrial Base (TMIB), OUSD(R&E). On April 26, 2022, the OUSD(R&E) referred the two complaints to the DoD Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG)

Oct. 15, 2024

Report Of Investigation: Navy Cyberwarfare Development Group U.S. Navy Fort Meade, Maryland (Report No. DODIG-2025-005)

The DoD Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) conducted this investigation in response to a reprisal complaint alleging that (the Subject), U.S. Navy, Fort Meade, Maryland, took an action affecting the eligibility for access to classified information against (the Complainant), U.S. Navy, in reprisal for the Complainant making protected disclosures.

Sept. 30, 2024

Quality Assessment Review of the Administrative Investigative Operations of the Defense Health Agency Office of the Inspector General (DODIG-2024-141)

On September 25, 2024, the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) completed a quality assessment review of the Defense Health Agency Office of the Inspector General (DHA OIG).

Sept. 18, 2024

Report Of Investigation: U.S. Air Force Reserve 434th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Grissom Air Reserve Base, Peru, Indiana (Report No. DODIG-2024-132)

We conducted this investigation in response to a complaint alleging that (the Subject), U.S. Air Force Reserve, Flight Chief, Grissom Air Reserve Base, Indiana, restricted (the Complainant) from lawfully communicating with an Inspector General (IG). A preponderance of the evidence indicates that the Subject restricted the Complainant from communicating with an IG. Therefore, we substantiated the allegation that the Subject restricted the Complainant from lawfully communicating with an IG.

Sept. 10, 2024

Whistleblower Reprisal Investigation: L.C. Industries, Inc. Vicksburg, Mississippi (DODIG-2024-129)

We conducted this investigation in response to a reprisal complaint alleging that L.C. Industries (LCI) took a series of qualifying actions against (the Complainant) in reprisal for making protected disclosures concerning the improper use of Federal funds and that the Complainant’s LCI supervisor had retaliated against her. The Complainant was employed as an assistant store manager at LCI base supply centers in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Sept. 4, 2024

Whistleblower Reprisal Investigation: U.S. Army Reserve 11th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade Fort Carson, Colorado (DODIG-2024-128)

We conducted this investigation in response to a reprisal complaint alleging that (Subject), U.S. Army Reserve, 11th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade (ECAB), removed (Complainant), USAR, 11 ECAB, from a deployment to the Middle East that subsequently made them ineligible for a temporary promotion, in reprisal for making protected communications concerning a sexual assault. The Complainant also alleged that the Subject recommended for release from active duty, also in reprisal.