[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 28, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 28CFR27.1]



[Page 446-447]

 

                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION

 

                    CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

 

PART 27_WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION FOR FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 

EMPLOYEES--Table of Contents

 

             Subpart A_Protected Disclosures of Information

 

Sec. 27.1  Making a protected disclosure.









             Subpart A_Protected Disclosures of Information



Sec.

27.1 Making a protected disclosure.

27.2 Prohibition against reprisal for making a protected disclosure.



  Subpart B_Investigating Reprisal Allegations and Ordering Corrective 

                                 Action



27.3 Investigations: The Department of Justice's Office of Professional 

          Responsibility and Office of the Inspector General.

27.4 Corrective action and other relief; Director, Office of Attorney 

          Recruitment and Management.

27.5 Review.

27.6 Extensions of time.



    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 3151; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510, 515-519; 5 U.S.C. 

2303; President's Memorandum to the Attorney General, Delegation of 

Responsibilities Concerning FBI Employees Under the Civil Service Reform 

Act of 1978, 3 CFR p. 284 (1997).



    Source: Order No. 2264-99, 64 FR 58786, Nov. 1, 1999, unless 

otherwise noted.



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    (a) When an employee of, or applicant for employment with, the 

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) (FBI employee) makes a disclosure 

of information to the Department of Justice's (Department's) Office of 

Professional Responsibility (OPR), the Department's Office of Inspector 

General (OIG), the FBI Office of Professional Responsibility (FBI OPR) 

(collectively, Receiving Offices), the Attorney General, the Deputy 

Attorney General, the Director of the FBI, the Deputy Director of the 

FBI, or to the highest ranking official in any FBI field office, the 

disclosure will be a ``protected disclosure'' if the person making it 

reasonably believes that it evidences:

    (1) A violation of any law, rule or regulation; or

    (2) Mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of authority, or 

a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety.

    (b) Any office or official (other than the OIG or OPR) receiving a 

protected disclosure shall promptly report such disclosure to the OIG or 

OPR for investigation. The OIG and OPR shall proceed in accordance with 

procedures establishing their respective jurisdiction. The OIG or OPR 

may refer such allegations to FBI-OPR for investigation unless the 

Deputy Attorney General determines that such referral shall not be made.



[Order No. 2264-99, 64 FR 58786, Nov. 1, 1999, as amended by Order No. 

2492-2001, 66 FR 37904, July 20, 2001]