ARE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE EMPLOYEES REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN INVESTIGATIONS?
All Department employees are required to cooperate with EEO Investigators. An employee may have to do the following: • meet with the Investigator and answer questions; • sign a sworn statement summarizing answers provided during the interview; • give the Investigator the names of other people with information about the complaint; and • provide documentary evidence related to the complaint. Failing to cooperate with the Investigator is a very serious violation of Department rules of conduct. An employee may be disciplined for failing to answer questions; or for misrepresentation, falsification, or omission of a material fact in connection with an authorized investigation. See the Department’s “Table of Offenses and Penalties” found in Department Administrative Order 202-751. DOES THE INVESTIGATOR PREPARE A REPORT OF INVESTIGATION? Yes, the Report of Investigation (ROI) includes the Investigator’s summary of the evidence, procedural correspondence, documents and statistics collected by t
