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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 52: Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses › Subpart 52.2

FAR 52.203-14 Display of Hotline Poster(s).

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 clause requires contractors to prominently display agency or DHS fraud hotline posters in common work areas and at contract work sites during performance in the United States, and to post them electronically if the company has a website for employee information. It also requires flowing down the clause to certain subcontracts. It matters because it ensures employees are aware of how to report fraud.

Applies to: Contractors performing work in the United States under a contract that includes this clause.

What it requires

  • Prominently display required fraud hotline posters in common work areas and at contract work sites during contract performance in the United States.
  • If the contractor maintains a company website for providing information to employees, display an electronic version of the posters on that website.
  • Include the substance of this clause, including paragraph (d), in all subcontracts that exceed the threshold specified in FAR 3.1004(b)(1) on the date of subcontract award, except for subcontracts for commercial products or commercial services or performed entirely outside the United States.

Key terms: United States · fraud hotline poster · common work areas · business ethics and conduct awareness program · subcontracts

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

The text

As prescribed in 3.1004(b), insert the following clause:

Display of Hotline Poster(s) (NOV 2021)

(a) Definition.

United States, as used in this clause, means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and outlying areas.

(b) Display of fraud hotline poster(s). Except as provided in paragraph (c)—

(1) During contract performance in the United States, the Contractor shall prominently display in common work areas within business segments performing work under this contract and at contract work sites—

(i) Any agency fraud hotline poster or Department of Homeland Security (DHS) fraud hotline poster identified in paragraph (b)(3) of this clause; and

(ii) Any DHS fraud hotline poster subsequently identified by the Contracting Officer.

(2) Additionally, if the Contractor maintains a company website as a method of providing information to employees, the Contractor shall display an electronic version of the poster(s) at the website.

(3) Any required posters may be obtained as follows:

Poster(s) Obtain from

_________ _________

_________ _________

(Contracting Officer shall insert—(i) Appropriate agency name(s) and/or title of applicable Department of Homeland Security fraud hotline poster); and

(ii) The website(s) or other contact information for obtaining the poster(s).)

(c) If the Contractor has implemented a business ethics and conduct awareness program, including a reporting mechanism, such as a hotline poster, then the Contractor need not display any agency fraud hotline posters as required in paragraph (b) of this clause, other than any required DHS posters.

(d) Subcontracts. The Contractor shall include the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (d), in all subcontracts that exceed the threshold specified in Federal Acquisition Regulation 3.1004(b)(1) on the date of subcontract award, except when the subcontract—

(1) Is for the acquisition of a commercial product or commercial service; or

(2) Is performed entirely outside the United States.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

← 52.203-13 Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct. · 52.203-15 Whistleblower Protections Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 →

Rule changes for FAR Part 52

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

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