Contents
1. The Successful Investigator
If You Have the PIG, You Have It Made
Jurisdiction, Venue, and Purview
Believable, Reliable, or Credible Source of Information
3. Conducting Thorough Investigations
Seven Questions: Five Ws and Two Hs
4. Expanding Investigative Efforts
Seven Questions: Five Ws and Two Hs Plus “Else”
Currently, Previously, or in the Future
Three Investigative Exploration Approaches
5. Fraud, Waste, Abuse, and Systemic Weaknesses
Ten Simultanous Investigations
Types of Investigative Reports
Official Files and Working Files
Attachments and Exhibits to Reports
Common Report-Writing Mistakes
7. The Investigator's Toolbox: Resources, Tools, and Techniques
Investigative Tools and Techniques
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