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

FAR 3.907-3 Procedures for filing complaints.

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 explains how an employee who believes they suffered reprisal prohibited by the Recovery Act, Section 1553 can file a complaint with the Inspector General of the agency that awarded the contract. It lists what the signed complaint must contain and directs contracting officers who receive such a complaint to forward it to the Office of Inspector General and other designated officials under agency procedures.

Applies to: Employees of contractors and contracting officers handling reprisal complaints

What it requires

  • Sign the complaint
  • Include the name of the contractor
  • Include the contract number if known, or a description sufficient to identify the contract
  • Include the covered information giving rise to the disclosure, the nature of the disclosure, and the specific nature and date of the reprisal

Key terms: reprisal · Recovery Act, Section 1553 · Inspector General · covered information · contracting officer

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

The text

(a) An employee who believes that he or she has been subjected to reprisal prohibited by the Recovery Act, Section 1553 as set forth in 3.907-2, may submit a complaint regarding the reprisal to the Inspector General of the agency that awarded the contract.

(b) The complaint shall be signed and shall contain—

(1) The name of the contractor;

(2) The contract number, if known; if not, a description reasonably sufficient to identify the contract(s) involved;

(3) The covered information giving rise to the disclosure;

(4) The nature of the disclosure giving rise to the discriminatory act; and

(5) The specific nature and date of the reprisal.

(c) A contracting officer who receives a complaint of reprisal of the type described in 3.907-2 shall forward it to the Office of Inspector General and to other designated officials in accordance with agency procedures (e.g., agency legal counsel).

Sections it refers to

← 3.907-2 Policy. · 3.907-4 Procedures for investigating 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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