We recently completed an investigation to address allegations that Mr. David M. Bowen, Senior Executive Service, while serving as Chief Information Officer, Military Health Systems, TRICARE Management Activity (TMA), provided a contractor preferential treatment in the award of a Federal contract, and improperly accepted gifts in the form of meals from a prohibited source. Such conduct, if substantiated, would violate the Federal Acquisition Regulations ( FAR) and Department of Defense (DOD) 5500.07-R " Joint Ethics Regulation (JER)."