§ 124g. Information sharing incentives

Statutory text

Awards

In making cash awards under chapter 45 of title 5, the President or the head of an agency, in consultation with the program manager designated under section 485 of this title, may consider the success of an employee in appropriately sharing information within the scope of the information sharing environment established under that section, including homeland security information, terrorism information, and weapons of mass destruction information, or national intelligence (as defined in section 3003(5) of title 50 1, in a manner consistent with any policies, guidelines, procedures, instructions, or standards established by the President or, as appropriate, the program manager of that environment for the implementation and management of that environment.

Other incentives

The head of each department or agency described in section 485(h) of this title, in consultation with the program manager designated under section 485 of this title, shall adopt best practices regarding effective ways to educate and motivate officers and employees of the Federal Government to participate fully in the information sharing environment, including—

promotions and other nonmonetary awards; and

publicizing information sharing accomplishments by individual employees and, where appropriate, the tangible end benefits that resulted.

Footnotes

1 So in original. A closing parenthesis probably should precede the comma.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

2007
Homeland Security Act of 2002
Pub. L. 107–296 title II § 210 · 116 Stat. 2135
Enacted · 6 U.S.C. § 124g
Pub. L. 107–296, title II, § 210, as added Pub. L. 110–53, title V, § 503(a), Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 313
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 107–296, title II, § 210, as added Pub. L. 110–53, title V, § 503(a), Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 313
2022
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
Pub. L. 117–263 div. F title LXVIII § 6811(c)(2) · 136 Stat. 2395
Substituted · 6 U.S.C. § 124g(b)
Pub. L. 117–263 substituted “section 485(h) of this title” for “section 485(i) of this title” in introductory provisions
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 117–263 substituted “section 485(h) of this title” for “section 485(i) of this title” in introductory provisions.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(2) Conforming amendment.— Section 210(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124g(b)) is amended by striking “section 1016(i) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (6 U.S.C. 485(i))” and inserting “section 1016(h) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (6 U.S.C. 485(h))”.

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2022—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 117–263 substituted “section 485(h) of this title” for “section 485(i) of this title” in introductory provisions.

Credits

2007–2022 · 2 acts

2007Pub. L. 107–296, title II, § 210, as added Pub. L. 110–53, title V, § 503(a), Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 313
2022amended Pub. L. 117–263, div. F, title LXVIII, § 6811(c)(2), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3601.

Show as published

(Pub. L. 107–296, title II, § 210, as added Pub. L. 110–53, title V, § 503(a), Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 313; amended Pub. L. 117–263, div. F, title LXVIII, § 6811(c)(2), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3601.)