Office of Investigations

The Office of Investigations is tasked with performing investigations regarding abuses involving  GSA programs and employees. These investigations may be criminal, civil and/or administrative in nature. Frequently they involve complex "white collar" criminal schemes involving fraud. They can also involve threats, thefts, forgeries, extortion, embezzlements, or assaults. 

These investigations are often worked in conjunction with other agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI), Defense Criminal Investigative Service, other Office of Inspectors General, and military criminal investigative organizations.  Such task forces are utilized to maximize effort and return while minimizing expense. Enforcement activities can include professional interviews to undercover operations, surveillances and multi-day searches and seizures. 

Investigations may be the result of a complaint received by the FraudNet Hotline, a referral by the Office of Audits, or initiated by our agents through confidential sources of information.  Additionally, proactive investigations are developed by our regional offices, based upon local needs and resources.  Such initiatives have resulted in operations involving the Secret Service,  FBI and other Office of Inspectors General.  Examples include credit card fraud, diversion of excess government property, and telecommunications fraud.

The Office of Investigations, in conjunction with the Office of Audits, also dedicates time and effort to fraud prevention and detection.  To this end we meet with agency representatives to educate them regarding fraud, waste and abuse. 

The Office of Investigations maintains regional offices and resident field investigations offices around the United States as follows:

Region 2 - Northeast and Caribbean Regional Investigations Office
Headquarters: New York, NY
Resident Office: Boston, MA
States covered: Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
 
Region 4 - Southeast Regional Investigations Office
Headquarters: Atlanta, GA
States covered: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee
 
Region 5 - Great Lakes Regional Investigations Office
Headquarters: Chicago, IL
States covered: Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin
 
Region 6 - Heartland Regional Investigations Office
Headquarters: Kansas City, MO
States covered: Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming
 
Region 7 - Greater Southwest Regional Investigations Office
Headquarters: Fort Worth, TX
States covered: Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas
 
Region 9 - Pacific Rim Regional Investigations Office
Headquarters: San Francisco, CA
States covered: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, and Guam
 
Region 10 - Northwest/Artic Regional Investigations Office
Headquarters: Auburn, WA
States covered: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington
 
Region W - Mid-Atlantic Regional Investigations Office
Headquarters: Washington, DC
Resident Office: Philadelphia
States covered: Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, District of Columbia, Delaware, and Pennsylvania
 
Last Reviewed 11/19/2008