How to Respond when an OIG Agent Wants to Talk.

If you are under investigation, one of the ways to know about it is when you get a visit by an OIG agent. OIG stands for the Office of Inspector General. OIG agents are normally used in a case where a federal employee is accused of engaging in federal criminal activity. So, you could be seated at your desk in your office working diligently and helping customers as a federal employee when an OIG agent walks into your office and asks to talk to you. In other cases, the agent might send you an email asking for a meeting or might even contact you through your supervisor at your workplace. Another way of an agent contacting you is calling your office number directly to inform you of a pending federal investigation.

When you learn that you are under federal investigation by receiving information from an OIG agent, what do you do?

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