CFTC Annual Report on the Whistleblower Program and Customer Education Initiatives, Fiscal Year 2016

CFTC report to Congress for FY2016 (24 pp.): three awards paid including one over $10 million (one granted 29 Sep 2015); 11 Final Orders on 16 applications (2 grants, 9 orders denying 14); 273 whistleblower tips plus 92 non-whistleblower tips; 36 NCAs, 59 award claims; whistleblower.gov launched January 2016 (event; 39,000 page views not recorded, no indicator); customer education (SmartCheck traffic, TV impressions, about $5.8 million obligated: out of scope beyond the fund table); Customer Protection Fund table (checks exactly to $247,550,496); OIG memo (balance matches the table); auditors' report; audited financial statements. Note 6 attributes the cost rise to an $11.5 million award in FY2016 (consistent with the existing case rows). Not extracted, judged out of scope as fund accounting detail: Fund Balance with Treasury, investments ($244 million), total assets ($249,668,801), payables, leave, software, overhead allocation ($736,530 = 15 FTE x $49,102), budgetary resources, cash flow, FY2015 comparatives. No contingent award liabilities at 30 Sep 2016.