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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 3: Improper Business Practices and Personal Conflicts of Interest › Subpart 3.9

FAR 3.907-2 Policy.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This section prohibits non-Federal employers from retaliating against an employee who discloses covered information to specified entities or representatives. It matters to contractors because it restricts how they may treat employees who make such disclosures.

Applies to: Non-Federal employers

What it requires

  • Do not discharge, demote, or otherwise discriminate against an employee as a reprisal for disclosing covered information to any listed entity or representative.

Key terms: covered information · reprisal · discharging · demoting · discriminating

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

Non-Federal employers are prohibited from discharging, demoting, or otherwise discriminating against an employee as a reprisal for disclosing covered information to any of the following entities or their representatives:

(1) The Board.

(2) An Inspector General.

(3) The Comptroller General.

(4) A member of Congress.

(5) A State or Federal regulatory or law enforcement agency.

(6) A person with supervisory authority over the employee or such other person working for the employer who has the authority to investigate, discover, or terminate misconduct.

(7) A court or grand jury.

(8) The head of a Federal agency.

Sections that refer to it

  • 3.907-3 Procedures for filing complaints.
  • 3.907-6 Remedies and enforcement authority.

← 3.907-1 Definitions. · 3.907-3 Procedures for filing complaints. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 3

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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