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Page 2 of 3 e) any violation of any law, rule, or regulation, in order to receive whistleblower protection, the employee must report the allegations to a designated authority, which is defined as and limited to:. a) Any supervisor in the reporting employee's direct chain of command, up to and including the FBI Deputy Director, FBI Director, Deputy Attorney General, and Attorney General, b) DOJ Office of Inspector General (DOJ/OIG), c) DOJ Office of Professional Responsibility (DOJ/OPR), d) FBI Office of Professional Responsibility (FBI/OPR), e) FBI Inspection Division INsD), f) Congress as set forth in 5 U.S.C. section 7211,. g) The U.S. Office of Special Counsel (Osc), or h) An employee designated by any officer, employee, or division of the aforementioned offices or. persons for the purpose of receiving such disclosures. This report to the designated authority must be direct from the reporting employee. Providing allegations to other authorities does not constitute a protected disclosure. 11.1.2. Whistleblowing activity does not relieve any FBI employee from the satisfactory performance of 11.2. An FBI employee who believes that he/she, or another employee or applicant of the FBI, is the the FBI INSD, Internal Investigations Section (IIS), so that IIS may promptly coordinate with the DOJ/OIG or DOJ/OPR. 11.3. Assistant Director, INsD is responsible for ensuring all protected disclosures are reported to the DOJ/OIG. 11.4. FBI Headquarters Divisions and Field Offices must ensure that: 11.4.1. Protected disclosures are promptly reported as directed by law and this policy directive. 11.4.2. Allegations of whistleblower reprisal are to be documented by email or other correspondence to INSD/IIS and reported in accordance with this policy.. 11.5. All FBI Management must: 11.5.1. Ensure that FBI employees or applicants are not subjected to reprisal for making protected disclosures. soon as practicable to INSD/IIS, so that IIS may promptly coordinate with either the DOJ/OIG or. DOJ/OPR. 12. Exemptions: None 13. Supersession: Policy Directive (PD) 0272D, FBI Whistleblower Policy 14. References, Links, and Forms: None 15. Definitions, and Acronyms: 15.1. Definitions 7/19/2017