Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 1.djvu/1159

 PUBLIC LAW 95-452—OCT. 12, 1978

92 STAT. 1105

(a)(1) or (a)(3) is, in the judgment of an Inspector General, unreasonably refused or not provided, the Inspector General shall report the circumstances to the head of the establishment involved without delay. (c) Each head of an establishment shall provide the Office within such establishment with appropriate and adequate office space at central and field office locations of such establishment, together with such equipment, office supplies, and communications facilities and services as may be necessary for the operation of such offices, and shall provide necessary maintenance services for such offices and the equipment and facilities located therein. EMPLOTEE COMPLAINTS

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SEC. 7. (a) The Inspector General may receive and investigate com- 5 USC app. plaints or information from an employee of the establishment concerning the possible existence of an activity constituting a violation of law, rules, or regulations, or mismanagement, gross waste of funds, abuse of authority or a substantial and specific danger to the public health and safety. (b) The Inspector General shall not, after receipt of a complaint or information from an employee, disclose the identity of the employee without the consent of the employee, unless the Inspector General determines such disclosure is unavoidable during the course of the investigation. (c) Any employee who has authority to take, direct others to take, recommend, or approve any personnel action, shall not, with respect to such authority, take or threaten to take any action against any employee as a reprisal for making a complaint or disclosing information to an Inspector General, unless the complaint was made or the information disclosed with the knowledge that it was false or with willful disregard for its truth or falsity. .; J;;

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S E M I A N N U A L REPORTS

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SEC. 8 (a)(1) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Congress semiannual reports during the period ending October 1, 1982, summarizing the activities of the audit, investigative and inspection units of the Department of Defense. Such reports shall be submitted within sixty days of the close of the reporting periods ending March 31 and September 30 and shall include, but not be limited to— (A) a description of significant instances or patterns of fraud, 5 waste, or abuse disclosed by the audit, investigative, and inspection activities during the reporting period and a description of recommendations for corrective action made with respect to such instances or patterns; (B) a summary of matters referred for prosecution and of the I results of such prosecutions; and (C) a statistical summary, by categories of subject matter, of audit and inspection reports completed during the reporting period. (2) Within sixty days of the transmission of the semiannual reports. the Secretary shall make copies of such reports available to the public upon request and at a reasonable cost. (3) If the Secretary concludes that compliance with the reporting requirements in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection would require inclusion of material that may constitute a threat to the

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