OSC is authorized by law to investigate and seek appropriate corrective and disciplinary action for—

• activities prohibited by any civil service law, rule, or regulation (including any activity relating to political intrusion in personnel decision making);


• arbitrary or capricious withholding of information under the Freedom of Information Act; and


• involvement by any employee in any prohibited discrimination found by a court or administrative authority to have occurred in the course of any personnel action.

Ref: 5 U.S.C. § 1216