About the Agency

The Office of the State Inspector General (OSIG) is responsible for investigating waste and identifying inefficiencies in executive branch state government. This includes:

• Investigating complaints alleging fraud, waste, abuse, or corruption by an executive branch state agency, non-state agency or officers, employees, or contractors of those agencies
• Administering the Fraud and Abuse Whistle Blower Reward Fund
• Overseeing the State Fraud, Waste and Abuse Hotline
• Conducting performance audits of state agencies
• Providing training and coordination of standards for the state’s internal audit functions
• Performing inspections and conducting reviews of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services facilities and programs
• Reviewing operations of the Virginia Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission.