The Office of Investigations prioritizes timely, thorough, and independent investigations relating to crimes and misconduct impacting GSA employees, programs, and operations.
Key focus areas include:
- Major fraud, theft, and corruption.
- Defective, substandard, or counterfeit products procured through GSA contracts.
- Cybercrimes involving GSA information technology systems.
- Significant employee misconduct.
The Office of Investigations consists of special agents with full statutory law enforcement authority, analysts, and IT specialists. They conduct nationwide criminal, civil, and administrative investigations of fraud, waste, and abuse involving GSA programs, operations, and personnel. OIG Special Agents make arrests, execute search warrants, serve subpoenas, and carry concealed weapons. OIG Special Agents work closely with federal, state, and local prosecutors to bring criminals to justice, to forfeit funds and property, and to ensure taxpayer dollars are returned to the U.S. Treasury. They also provide Agency officials with investigative reports to communicate investigative findings regarding administrative matters.
As members of the federal law enforcement community, special agents conduct professional interviews, undercover operations, surveillances, searches and seizures, computer forensic analyses, advanced audio and video monitoring, and a myriad of other law enforcement related actions.
Investigations may result from complaints received by the hotline, referrals from the Office of Audits, information provided to special agents by confidential informants and other sources, or proactive efforts.
Allegations we have investigated include bribery, kickbacks, extortion, public corruption, false claims, credit card fraud, theft, diversion of excess government property, counterfeit products, product substitution, false statements, and a variety of other fraud related crimes.
The Office of Investigations maintains offices around the United States as follows:
- Northeast Division:
- Offices in New York, NY; and Boston, MA.
- States Covered: Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, and New Jersey.
- Mid-Atlantic Division:
- Offices in Washington, D.C.; Philadelphia, PA; and Pittsburg, PA.
- States Covered: District of Columbia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland, and West Virginia.
- Southeast and Caribbean:
- Offices in Fort Lauderdale, FL; and Atlanta, GA.
- States Covered: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands
- Midwest Division:
- Offices in Chicago, IL; and Kansas City, MO.
- States Covered: Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska.
- Southwest and Rocky Mountain Division:
- Offices in Fort Worth, TX; and Denver, CO.
- States Covered: Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming.
- Western Division:
- Offices in Auburn, WA; and Santa Ana, CA.
- States Covered: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Guam, Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.
