§124g Information Sharing Incentives

Summary

The President or an agency head may give cash awards under chapter 45 of title 5, after talking with the program manager under section 485, for employees who successfully share information properly through the information sharing environment set up under section 485. That includes sharing homeland security, terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, or national intelligence (as defined in section 3003(5) of title 50) and must follow the policies and rules the President or the program manager sets. Heads of each department or agency named in section 485(h), after consulting the program manager under section 485, must adopt best practices to teach and encourage federal employees to take part in the information sharing environment. Examples include promotions or other nonmonetary awards and publicizing employees’ information‑sharing accomplishments and the tangible benefits that resulted.