203.903  Policy.

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.