The following policy applies to DoD instead of the policy at FAR 3.903:
(1) 10 U.S.C. 2409 prohibits contractors from discharging, demoting, or otherwise discriminating against an employee as a reprisal for disclosing, to any of the following entities, information that the employee reasonably believes is evidence of gross mismanagement of a DoD contract, a gross waste of DoD funds, a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety, or a violation of law related to a DoD contract (including the competition for or negotiation of a contract):
(i) A Member of Congress.
(ii) A representative of a committee of Congress.
(iii) An Inspector General that receives funding from or has oversight over contracts awarded for or on behalf of DoD.
(iv) The Government Accountability Office.
(v) A DoD employee responsible for contract oversight or management.
(vi) An authorized official of an agency or the Department of Justice.
(2) A contracting officer who receives a complaint of reprisal of the type described in paragraph (1) of this section shall forward it to legal counsel or to the appropriate party in accordance with agency procedures.
