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Jul. 16, 2025

Do the 2025 Changes to the DOJ’s CEP and Whistleblowing Programs Encourage Companies to Self-Report?

  • Megan Zwiebel
    Anti-Corruption Report
When President Donald Trump and AG Pam Bondi took office, it was immediately clear that there would be changes to DOJ enforcement priorities, but the fates of programs aimed at convincing companies and people to alert the DOJ when they discover wrongdoing were less certain. Adding some clarity to the landscape, DOJ Criminal Division Head Matthew Galeotti has announced changes to several key Criminal Division policies, including the Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy (CEP) and the DOJ Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program (WAPP). This article examines the changes to the CEP and WAPP – the policies most likely to influence self-reporting and whistleblowing - and how they might impact a company’s decision to turn itself in when a crime is identified. See “Assessing the Criminal Division’s New Enforcement Focuses” (Jun. 18, 2025); and “Assessing the Criminal Division’s 2025 Take on Compliance Monitors” (Jul. 2, 2025).

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