original information
Defined in 2 places across 2 titles of the United States Code.
Original information.—The term "original information" means information that—
(A) is derived from the independent knowledge or analysis of a whistleblower;
(B) is not known to the Secretary or the Attorney General from any other source, unless the whistleblower is the original source of the information; and
(C) is not exclusively derived from an allegation made in a judicial or administrative hearing, in a governmental report, hearing, audit, or investigation, or from the news media, unless the whistleblower is a source of the information.
Source
- 2020–202331 U.S.C. § 5323Money and Finance · Rewards for informants · in this section
The term “original information” means information that—
(A) is derived from the independent knowledge or analysis of a whistleblower;
(B) is not known to the Commission from any other source, unless the whistleblower is the original source of the information; and
(C) is not exclusively derived from an allegation made in a judicial or administrative hearing, in a governmental report, hearing, audit, or investigation, or from the news media, unless the whistleblower is a source of the information.
Source
- 2010–present7 U.S.C. § 26Agriculture · Repealed. Pub. L. 102546, title IV, 402(15), Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3625 · in this section
The term “original information” means information that—
(A) is derived from the independent knowledge or analysis of a whistleblower;
(B) is not known to the Secretary or the Attorney General from any other source, unless the whistleblower is the original source of the information; and
(C) is not exclusively derived from an allegation made in a judicial or administrative hearing, in a governmental report, hearing, audit, or investigation, or from the news media, unless the whistleblower is a source of the information.
Source
- 2023–present31 U.S.C. § 5323Money and Finance · Rewards for informants · in this section