Sec. 502. Anonymous reporting
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In addition to the confidential hotline required by section 501(g)(1)(C), the OEA shall create a nationwide anonymous reporting system for instances of workplace misconduct that is readily accessible to current and former covered employees but not to the general public. This anonymous reporting system shall provide notice to those filing anonymous reports of how those reports will be handled. The OEA shall forward each anonymous report to the officer or employee in charge of the relevant employing unit except in the following circumstances:
Anonymous reports alleging workplace misconduct by a judge listed in section 101(5)(A) shall be forwarded to the chief judge of the relevant court of appeals of the United States who may use it as a basis for identifying a complaint for purposes of section 351(b) of title 28, United States Code. If the anonymous report alleges misconduct by the chief judge of a court of appeals of the United States, the anonymous report shall be forwarded to the circuit judge in regular active service next senior in date of commission, who shall act with respect to this report as chief judge for purposes of sections 351, 352, and 353 of title 28, United States Code.
Anonymous reports alleging workplace misconduct by the officer or employee in charge of the relevant employing unit who is not a judge listed in section 101(5)(A) shall be forwarded as follows: Reports regarding a circuit executive, clerk, librarian, crier, or senior staff attorney shall be forwarded to the chief judge of the relevant court of appeals of the United States. Reports regarding the senior technical assistant of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit shall be forwarded to the chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Reports regarding the clerk of a district court of the United States, a bankruptcy court, or the United States Court of Federal Claims shall be forwarded to the chief judge of the relevant court. Reports regarding a district court executive shall be forwarded to the chief judge of the relevant district court of the United States. Reports regarding the Director of Administrative Office of the United States Courts or the Director of the Federal Judicial Center shall be forwarded to the Chief Justice of the United States.
Reports regarding the Chair of the United States Sentencing Commission shall be forwarded to the President of the United States. Reports regarding the Staff Director of the United States Sentencing Commission shall be forwarded to the Chair of the Sentencing Commission. Reports regarding a Federal Public Defender described in section 30006A(g)(2)(A) of title 18, United States Code, shall be forwarded to the chief judge of the relevant court of appeals of the United States. The OEA shall compile the total number of anonymous reports received regarding each employing unit specified in section 101(5) for the preceding 10 years and report this number, disaggregated by employing unit and the year the report was received, on an annual basis to the Board, the Judicial Conference of the United States, the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, anonymous reports filed under subsection
(a)shall not be disclosed by the OEA except as otherwise provided in this section.