NEH

line Office of the Inspector General

NEH's Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigates reports of waste, fraud, and mismanagement involving federal funds.

There are three ways to contact NEH's OIG to report an act you believe to be wasteful or fraudulent:

  • Call (toll-free): 1 (877) 786-7598

  • Write to:
    Office of Inspector General
    National Endowment for the Humanities
    1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
    Room 419
    Washington, D.C. 20506

  • Email the OIG
Fraud can also be reported using the General Accounting Office's Fraudnet Web site.

Government employees are protected from reprisal. Your identity will held in confidence, unless the Inspector General determines the disclosure to be unavoidable.

About the Office of Inspector General

The Office of Inspector General is responsible for (1) conducting audits and investigations; (2) reviewing legislation; (3) recommending policies to promote efficiency and effectiveness; and (4) preventing and detecting fraud, waste, and abuse in the operations of the agency. The Inspector General (IG) is also responsible for keeping the NEH chairman and Congress informed of problems or deficiencies in NEH's programs and operations. NEH's Inspector General is appointed by the NEH Chairman and reports directly to him.

NEH's Office of Inspector General was established on April 9, 1989, in accordance with the Inspector General Act Amendments of 1988, Public Law 100-504. The legislation established Offices of Inspector General in several departments and thirty-three agencies, including NEH. The law gives the IG the power to act independently: the IG cannot be prevented from initiating, carrying out, or completing an audit or investigation, or from issuing any subpoena; has access to all records of the agency; reports directly to Congress; and can only be removed by the chairman, who must promptly advise Congress of the reasons for the removal.

To learn more about the work of the inspector general, please read the Inspectors General Vision Statement. Semi-Annual Reports to Congress by NEH's inspector general are also available.

To learn more about a September 2007 external review of the NEH IG Audit Organization, please read the reviewer's report.

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