Call:1-800-233-3497
TDD:7-1-1 or 1-800-201-7165
Submit: Online Form
Write:
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Office of the Inspector General
Hotline Program
Mail Stop O12-A12
11555 Rockville Pike
Rockville, Maryland 20852
The Hotline is set up for the use of all individuals to report fraud, waste, abuse, or wrongdoing by calling, writing, or using the new online form.
The Office of the Inspector General for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board operates the Hotline. The Hotline is answered by well-trained operators who are skilled at obtaining information about fraud, waste, abuse, or mismanagement.
Call the Hotline with your disclosure as soon as possible after you believe a reportable incident has occurred. That is the best way to ensure every detail can be recalled, reported, and delivered to the appropriate individual for action.
Telephone lines are staffed from Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m (Eastern). After hours, you may leave a message and your call will be returned as soon as possible. When returning calls, the Hotline operator never reveals to other persons answering the telephone the purpose of the call. Also, the OIG has no way to determine where Hotline calls came from.
Every caller to the Hotline is considered a valuable source of vital information to help combat fraud, waste, or abuse.
- Contract and procurement irregularities
- Conflicts of interest
- Theft and misuse of property
- Travel fraud
- Misconduct
- Time and attendance abuse
- Misuse of government credit card
- Abuse of authority
- Program mismanagement
- Misuse of information technology resources
Complaints Containing Classified or Safeguards Information Should Be Reported but Not Using the Hotline
The OIG may receive complaints relating to classified or safeguards information. However, classified and safeguards information may not be submitted via the OIG hotline. If you wish to report suspected waste, fraud, abuse or misconduct that relates to classified or safeguards information, please contact the Hotline via telephone (1-800-233-3497) so that arrangements can be made for secure transmission. Do not include classified or safeguards information when you contact the Hotline.
When you call, you can expect a professional, courteous, and thorough interview by the Hotline operator. You will be asked to provide information that will help the operator establish the facts of the incident (who, what, when, where, and why). Try to remember as many details as you can when communicating your concern to the Hotline operator or through the online form.
During your telephone call, you may remain anonymous or request that your identity be kept confidential. However, depending upon the seriousness of the information provided, the Hotline operator may ask for your name and telephone number or some other way of contacting you in the event more information is needed. The operator may also give you a Hotline number that you can use if you would like to call back and learn how the information was handled.
An evaluation will be made to determine if OIG action is warranted or if a referral should be made to another agency, to NRC management, or to some other office for information and action.
We all have to fight fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement. Your call may be the one that saves the government millions of dollars or corrects a problem with the agency.