3.908-3 Policy.
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(a) Contractors and subcontractors are prohibited from discharging, demoting, or otherwise discriminating against an employee as a reprisal for disclosing, to any of the entities listed at paragraph (b) of this subsection, information that the employee reasonably believes is evidence of gross mismanagement of a Federal contract, a gross waste of Federal funds, an abuse of authority relating to a Federal contract, a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety, or a violation of law, rule, or regulation related to a Federal contract (including the competition for or negotiation of a contract). A reprisal is prohibited even if it is undertaken at the request of an executive branch official, unless the request takes the form of a non-discretionary directive and is within the authority of the executive branch official making the request.
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(b) Entities to whom disclosure may be made.
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(1) A Member of Congress or a representative of a committee of Congress.
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(2) An Inspector General.
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(3) The Government Accountability Office.
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(4) A Federal employee responsible for contract oversight or management at the relevant agency.
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(5) An authorized official of the Department of Justice or other law enforcement agency.
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(6) A court or grand jury.
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(7) A management official or other employee of the contractor or subcontractor who has the responsibility to investigate, discover, or address misconduct.
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(c) An employee who initiates or provides evidence of contractor or subcontractor misconduct in any judicial or administrative proceeding relating to waste, fraud, or abuse on a Federal contract shall be deemed to have made a disclosure.