The FAA has created its own version of an internal affairs office with the Office of Investigations and Professional Responsibility. The new department is charged with ensuring all FAA employees straighten up and fly right. "We protect the national airspace system (NAS) and the flying public by initiating and conducting administrative investigations and special inquiries on FAA employees and contractors suspected of violating various FAA orders, regulations and policy," the agency says in its online description of the new function. The new office also "helps protect whistleblowers and others raising safety concerns," according to a statement issued Tuesday.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/flight-safety/faa-regs/faa-establishes-in-house-investigations-office