FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT POLICY MANUAL

U.S. Code 2667 provides legislative authority for the agricultural and
grazing leasing programs.
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075144 AWARDS
1. GENERAL.
The Navy Incentive Awards Program is designed to encourage civilian
and military personnel of the Department of the Navy to participate in the
common task of improving the efficiency and economy of Government
operations. Military decorations and awards are for the purpose of
publicly recognizing and rewarding extraordinary, exceptionally
meritorious, or conspicuously outstanding acts of heroism and other acts
or services which are above and beyond that normally expected and which
distinguish the individual or unit among those performing similar acts or
services. The circumstances under which cash and salary increase
incentive awards are made are described in the current issuance of
SECNAVINST 5305.2 and OPNAVINST 12000.14. Circumstances under
which military decorations and awards are made are described in the
current issuance of SECNAVINST 1650.1. The policy on trophies and
similar devices is contained in the current issuance of SECNAVINST
3590.4.
2. FUNDING POLICY
a. Monetary Awards.
Cash awards for military and civilian personnel and salary increases
for civilian employees are chargeable to funds available for operation
of the activity to which the employee or member is assigned except in
instances when such awards accrue from ideas adopted outside the
local activity. The provisions of subpars. (1) through (3) apply to
cash awards in such instances.
(1) Adoptions Within the Department of the Navy.
When an idea not related to general distribution material has been
adopted locally and is subject to additional cash award due to
adoption by other Department of the Navy (DON) activities
(including the Operating Forces), each additional adopting activity
is responsible for funding the award from its operating resources in
an amount determined to be appropriate by the adopting activity.
Payment to the employee or member will be made by the civilian
payroll office of the employing activity. Cash awards accruing
from ideas adopted by revisions to general distribution materials,
such as manuals, publications, regulations, and instructions, will be
funded from operating resources available to the office, command,
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