Awards For Cost Savings Resulting From The Disclosure Of Fraud Waste Or Mismanagement

This Directive implements references (a) and (b) by establishing a program for the Inspector General, Department of Defense (IG, DoD), to grant cash awards to DoD civilian employees whose disclosures of fraud, waste, or mismanagement to the Office of the IG, DoD, result in cost savings to the Department of Defense. It also provides a mechanism for the IG, DoD, to nominate employees to the Director, Office of Personnel Management (OPM), for Presidential awards for such disclosures that result in substantial savings meriting an award above that authorized for the IG, DoD, to grant.