Find official city, state and federal complaint agencies. Audit Newport News provides links and does not accept agency complaints.
Newport News
Newport News 311 Contact Center
Find the City department responsible for a service problem or request help with a municipal service.
A service request route; use the specialized agencies below for misconduct or discrimination.
Official source · www.nnva.govNewport News
Newport News Police Department
Official instructions and forms for complaints about NNPD employees or department actions.
Official source · www.nnva.govNewport News
Newport News Sheriff’s Office
Professional Standards information and the Sheriff’s complaint route.
Official source · www.nnsheriff.orgNewport News
City of Newport News
The City’s civil rights complaint process for its programs, services and activities.
Official source · www.nnva.govNewport News
Newport News Public Schools
NNPS grievance procedures for discrimination complaints, including the division’s published filing and appeal instructions.
For general school questions and contacts, use the school’s or division’s contact directory.
Official source · nnschools.orgVirginia
Virginia State Police
Complaint instructions for conduct by Virginia State Police employees.
This route concerns State Police employees, rather than local police departments.
Official source · vsp.virginia.govVirginia
Virginia Department of Education
State complaint procedures and forms for alleged violations involving special education services.
General school personnel concerns and civil rights complaints use different routes.
Official source · www.doe.virginia.govVirginia
Virginia Office of the Attorney General
Official intake for discrimination complaints and law-enforcement agency misconduct matters within the Office of Civil Rights’ authority.
Official source · oag.state.va.usVirginia
Virginia Office of the Attorney General
Find the appropriate consumer agency and the Attorney General’s complaint forms.
Official source · www.oag.state.va.usVirginia
Virginia Office of the State Inspector General
The State Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Hotline provides reporting instructions and an online form.
Check the hotline’s jurisdiction; a local-government concern is not automatically a state-agency matter.
Official source · www.osig.virginia.govVirginia
Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation
Complaint instructions for people and businesses regulated by DPOR’s licensing boards.
DPOR’s disciplinary process does not require a business to issue a refund or provide a personal remedy.
Official source · www.dpor.virginia.govVirginia
Virginia Department of Health Professions
Report concerns about Virginia healthcare practitioners regulated by DHP’s licensing boards.
Check the agency’s regulated professions and complaint instructions before filing.
Official source · www.dhp.virginia.govVirginia
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
Official pollution-response information and links to report air, land or water pollution.
Official source · www.deq.virginia.govVirginia
Virginia Department of Labor and Industry
Virginia Occupational Safety and Health complaint instructions and reporting options.
Official source · doli.virginia.govFederal
U.S. Department of Justice
Report a possible civil rights violation through the Civil Rights Division’s official intake.
Official source · civilrights.justice.govFederal
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Instructions for starting an inquiry and filing a discrimination charge with the EEOC.
Federal employees and applicants follow a separate process linked on the agency page.
Official source · www.eeoc.govFederal
U.S. Department of Education
Office for Civil Rights instructions for filing a discrimination complaint about an educational institution.
Official source · www.ed.govFederal
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD’s official reporting options for suspected housing discrimination.
Official source · www.hud.govFederal
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Submit complaints involving financial products and services covered by the CFPB.
Official source · www.consumerfinance.govFederal
Federal Trade Commission
Use the FTC’s official ReportFraud website to report scams, fraud and bad business practices.
Reports support enforcement; submitting one does not guarantee individual dispute resolution.
Official source · reportfraud.ftc.govFederal
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPA reporting instructions and a link to its environmental violation report form.
Official source · www.epa.govFederal
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Official instructions and portal links for health information privacy complaints handled by HHS OCR.
Official source · www.hhs.govFederal
USAGov
The federal government’s guide to complaints involving agencies, housing, banking, travel, products and services.
Official source · www.usa.gov