Departmental manual part 516

What is the Reclamation Manual? Collectively, these releases assign program responsibility and establish and document Bureau of Reclamation-wide methods of doing business. All requirements in the Reclamation Manual are mandatory.

Reclamation will review and consider the comments received during the revision process of each Policy and Directive and Standard; however, Reclamation will not provide responses to submitted comments.

All Reclamation employees will continue to submit consolidated comments through their organizational directorate. To receive notifications when external reviews are available for review, please complete this form. To view the inventory of current Reclamation Manual release development efforts, click here.

Please note that all dates are subject to change. Delegations of Authority This release delegates authority from the Commissioner to other positions within Reclamation. In addition, this release establishes limitations on authority delegated from the Commissioner and a process and requirements for further delegating authority.

Policies Policy reflects the Commissioner's leadership philosophy and principles and defines the general framework in which Reclamation pursues its mission. Policy is structured to encourage innovation to accomplish implementation at the local level.

Policies are signed by the Commissioner. Directives and Standards Directives and Standards provide the level of detail necessary to ensure consistent application of Policy Reclamation-wide. However, Directives and Standards are also structured to provide flexibility to local offices, allowing the unique aspects of each Reclamation project and program to be taken into consideration.

Directives and Standards are signed by the Senior Executive of the program function as delegated by the Commissioner. Temporary Reclamation Manual Releases Temporary Reclamation Manual Releases are issued to accelerate the release of Policy and Directives and Standards or make temporary changes in requirements.

Temporary Reclamation Manual Releases will either be incorporated permanently into the Reclamation Manual within 1 year or expire. Develop training materials relating to fraud and corruption in procurement related activities which shall be utilized in all procurement related training in conjunction with training materials developed by the DoD Components. See paragraph E. Transmissions of information by DoD criminal investigative organizations required by subsection E.

The transmission of the information may be delayed when, in the judgment of the head of the DoD criminal investigative organization, failure to delay would compromise the success of any investigation or prosecution.

The prosecutive authorities dealing with the investigation shall be consulted, when appropriate, in making such determinations. This Directive is effective immediately. Forward two copies of implementing documents to the Inspector General, Department of Defense , within days.

Deputy Secretary of Defense. Voiding Contracts 18 USC Review the notice of the case immediately after receiving it from the Defense criminal investigative organization.

Review the notice to determine any potential safety or readiness issues indicated by the suspected fraud. Notify all appropriate safety, procurement, and program officials of the existence of the case. Obtain a complete assessment from safety, procurement, and program officials of the adverse impact of the fraud on DoD programs and operations.

Ensure that the DoD Component provides the Defense criminal investigative organization with full testing support to completely identify the defective nature of the substituted products. Costs associated with the testing shall be assumed by the appropriate procurement program.

Prepare a comprehensive impact statement describing the adverse impact of the fraud on DoD programs for use in any criminal, civil, or contractual action related to the case. In all cases involving allegations of product substitution that affect more than one DoD Component, that centralized organizations of the affected DoD Components shall identify a lead Agency. The lead centralized organization shall ensure that information on the fraud is provided to the centralized organization of all other affected DoD Components.

The lead centralized organization shall ensure compliance with the requirements of section A. In all cases involving allegations of product substitution, the Defense Criminal Investigative Organization shall:. Continue to provide to the centralized organization any information developed during the course of the investigation that indicates substituted products have been, or might be, provided to the Department of Defense.

Ensure that any request for testing of substituted products is provided to the centralized organization. Please help us improve our site! No thank you. Department of Defense Directive. Sources of Information Relating to Government Contractors. Type of information Possible source Location, dollar value, type, and number of current contracts with the Department of Defense a. DD Form Report. Financial status of corporation, history of corporation, owners, and officers a.

Dunn and Bradstreet Reports. Corporate filings with local secretaries of the State, or corporate recorders. Securities and Exchange Commission public corporations. General Accounting Office bid protests, and contractors indebted to the Government. Security clearance background information on facility and officers a. Defense Investigative Service. Performance history of contractor a.

Local contracting officers. Defense Contract Administration Service preaward surveys. SBA Certificate of Competency records. Available through field offices of the DLA Counsel's office. The following state regulations pages link to this page.