(a) AwardsIn 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 11 So in original. A closing parenthesis probably should precede the comma., 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.
(b) Other incentivesThe 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—(1) promotions and other nonmonetary awards; and
(2) publicizing information sharing accomplishments by individual employees and, where appropriate, the tangible end benefits that resulted.
Structure US Code
CHAPTER 1— HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION
SUBCHAPTER II— INFORMATION ANALYSIS
Part A— Information and Analysis; Access to Information
§ 121. Information and Analysis
§ 121a. Homeland Security Intelligence Program
§ 123. Terrorist travel program
§ 124. Homeland Security Advisory System
§ 124a. Homeland security information sharing
§ 124b. Comprehensive information technology network architecture
§ 124c. Coordination with information sharing environment
§ 124d. Intelligence components
§ 124e. Training for employees of intelligence components
§ 124f. Intelligence training development for State and local government officials
§ 124g. Information sharing incentives
§ 124h. Department of Homeland Security State, Local, and Regional Fusion Center Initiative
§ 124h–1. Threat information sharing
§ 124i. Homeland Security Information Sharing Fellows Program
§ 124j. Rural Policing Institute
§ 124k. Interagency Threat Assessment and Coordination Group
§ 124m. Classified Information Advisory Officer
§ 124m–1. Departmental coordination on counter threats
§ 124n. Protection of certain facilities and assets from unmanned aircraft
§ 125. Annual report on intelligence activities of the Department of Homeland Security