Complaint Form

U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)

FraudNET is GAO's hotline for the public to report government fraud, waste, abuse, or mismanagement of federal funds.

GAO is responsible for assisting the Congress in carrying out its oversight responsibilities pertaining to government programs, activities and functions. Generally, this involves examining the programs and operations of federal departments and agencies, rather than investigating allegations of wrongdoing by individuals. We take complaints from the general public and refer most of them to the appropriate oversight agency, unless we have audit work in that particular area already underway. Because our resources are finite, we focus our audits and investigations on those federal programs and activities that Congress has mandated or requested us to review.

PLEASE NOTE: We strongly encourage you to submit your complaint online using the form below so we may provide you with a more timely response. Complaints of fraud, waste, or abuse submitted via the mail, other delivery service, or facsimile may have delayed response times.

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Complaint Form

Section I

To submit an allegation of fraud, waste, abuse, or mismanagement of federal funds, please choose your filing preference (choose one): Required

Standard - I do not place any restrictions on the release of my contact information. If necessary, you may contact me for more information about my submission.

Confidential - Please keep my name confidential and do not release my contact information. If necessary, you may contact me for more information about my submission.

Anonymous - I wish to remain anonymous and not provide my contact information. I recognize that by selecting this option, there will be no way to contact me for more information about my submission.

FraudNet prefers you provide a way for analysts to contact you if more information is needed to process the allegation. It is FraudNet's policy to honor requests for confidentiality. Analysts safeguard all information against unauthorized disclosure and will not release information identifying individuals unless required to do so.

It is important to provide as much detail about the incident as possible on this form. If you wish to update an existing allegation, you must create a new submission or contact FraudNet analysts using the other methods listed below. Please reference that an allegation was previously submitted.

Section II - Please provide as much detail about the incident as possible.
	What rule, regulation, or law do you believe to have been violated? Other rule, regulation, or law believed to have been violated Approximately when did the incident(s) occur? (mm/dd/yyyy) What federal agency is involved? Add Additional Agency Involved Incident Location City State Country Please provide the details of the incident (Who, What, When, Where, and Why). Have you reported this matter to any other organization/agencies? Yes No Add Additional Agency Reported To

Section II - Please provide as much detail about the incident as possible.

What rule, regulation, or law do you believe to have been violated? Required

Other rule, regulation, or law believed to have been violated Required

Approximately when did the incident(s) occur? Required

(mm/dd/yyyy)

What federal agency is involved?

Add Additional Agency Involved

Incident Location

City State Required

Country

Please provide the details of the incident (Who, What, When, Where, and Why). Required

Have you reported this matter to any other organization/agencies? Required

Yes No

Add Additional Agency Reported To

Section III

If applicable, please provide the following additional details related to the alleged wrongdoing.

The name of the associated company

The name of the associated federally funded program

Information on any related subjects (you may add more than one):

A Subject is an individual associated with the incident that may or may not have been directly involved in the wrongdoing (For example, a witness).

Remove Person

	First Name	Middle Initial	Last Name
Full Name
Position/Title		Status/Affiliation
Phone		Email
Federal Agency
Federal Sub-Agency
Street Address
City
State
Zip Code
Military Branch
Military Unit
Military Location
Prime Contractor Name
Subcontractor Name
Contract Title
Contract Number
Agency Official Name
Date of Contract Award

Add Additional Person

Supporting Documents
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Supporting Documents

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