OIG's Office of Investigations (OI) investigates potential crimes and civil violations of law involving VA programs and operations committed by VA employees, contractors, beneficiaries, and other individuals. These investigations focus on a wide range of matters including health care, procurement, benefits, education, construction, and other fraud; cybercrime and identity theft; bribery, embezzlement, and conflicts of interest; drug offenses; and violent crimes. OI is staffed by special agents, forensic accountants, analysts, and other professional staff in headquarters divisions and regional field offices that use data analytics, cyber-tools, covert operations, and other strategies to detect and address conduct that poses a threat to or has harmed VA personnel, operations, and the veterans or other beneficiaries they service. Through criminal prosecutions and civil monetary recoveries, OI's investigations promote integrity, patient safety, efficiency, and accountability within VA.
The Supervisory Criminal Investigator (Resident Agent In Charge), located in Chicago, IL in the Central Field Office, oversees the Chicago Resident Agency, supervises and conducts complex and sensitive criminal, civil, and administrative investigations and other matters involving VA's programs and operations.
The duties of the Supervisory Criminal Investigator (Resident Agent In Charge), include:
- Assisting the SAC in overseeing, leading, and conducting criminal, administrative, and civil investigations that entail highly sophisticated work activities involving the application of a wide range of critical thinking skills and abilities.
- Managing and directing a cadre of criminal investigators, investigative assistants, and other support staff in achieving the OIG investigative mission.
- Assisting the SAC in the daily management of one of OI's resident offices and the investigative activities within the assigned geographic area that provides investigative services to VA Medical Centers, Regional Offices, and other related entities located within their assigned jurisdiction which typically encompasses multiple federal judicial districts.
- Assisting the SAC in planning, directing, conducting, and reviewing all aspects of the region's investigative program, which include the review and analysis of allegations of criminal activity being directed at VA programs and operations and any administrative irregularities or operating inefficiencies.
- Exercising oversight of, and as directed by the SAC, conducting sensitive and/or complex criminal investigations into allegations of unlawful activities adversely impacting VA programs and operations
Starting at $136,414 Per Year (GS 14)
