GENERAL INFORMATION

You may contact the Office by mail or by telephone.

The Office's telephone numbers are: Office: 617-727-9140; Fax: 617-723-2334

The Office's mailing address is:
 

REPORTS OF FRAUD, WASTE, OR ABUSE

Individuals are welcome to contact the Office with information regarding fraud, waste, and abuse. It is the Office's practice to maintain the names of complainants in confidence. You may provide information anonymously.

Public employees are subject to whistleblower protection. M.G.L. c.12A, §14(c), the Office's enabling statute, provides:

Any employee who has authority to take, direct others to take, recommend, or approve any personnel action, shall not, with respect to such authority, take or threaten to take any action against any employees as a reprisal for making a complaint or disclosing information to the inspector general, unless the complaint was made or the information disclosed with the knowledge that it was false or with willful disregard for its truth or falsity.

The Office's 24-hour hotline number is 800-322-1323.

Because the Office conducts its work confidentially, complainants are not normally apprised of the progress of investigations or reviews and may not be informed about the disposition of an investigation or review.

Records of the Office are not public records. (M.G.L. c.12A, §13)

Note: It is the general policy of the Office to neither confirm nor deny the existence of an investigation or review prior to the disposition of the matter by the Inspector General.

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