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The Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989, 5 U.S.C. 2302(b)(8)-(9), Pub.L. 101-12 as amended, is a United States federal law that protects federal whistleblowers who work for the government and report the possible existence of an activity constituting a violation of law, rules, or regulations, or mismanagement, gross waste of funds, abuse of authority or a substantial and specific danger to ...
The Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 was enacted to protect federal employees who disclose "Government illegality, waste, and corruption" from adverse consequences related to their employment. [58] This act provides protection to whistleblowers who may receive demotions, pay cuts, or a replacement employee.
The ruling was appealed and overturned by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled that private programs offered no protection to whistleblowers. After Goldstein lost his case, Congress amended the federal nuclear whistleblower law to provide protection reports made to internal systems and prevent retaliation against whistleblowers. [40 ...
The WPEA strengthens protections for federal whistleblowers by removing loopholes that deterred federal employees from disclosing waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement. It also removes restrictions that narrowed the scope of what constituted a "protected disclosure" under the Whistleblower Protection Act.
Title 10, United States Code, Section 2409 (10 U.S.C. 2409), "Contractor Employees: Protection from Reprisal for Disclosure of Certain Information," as implemented by Title 48, Code of Federal Regulations, Subpart 3.9, "Whistleblower Protections for Contractor Employees," provides that an employee of a Defense contractor may not be discharged ...
Huffman v. Office of Personnel Management, 263 F.3d 1341 (Fed. Cir. 2001) [1] is a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit addressing a two decade-old conflict between the United States Congress and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit over the depth of whistleblower protection available to federal civilian employees covered by the Whistleblower ...
Improving Accountability and Whistleblower Protection at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Creates an office in the Department of Veterans Affairs charged with investigating misconduct and holding employees accountable to any wrongdoing. Read Order Read article ; April 26, 2017 Enforcing Statutory Prohibitions on Federal Control of Education
It is the executive order establishing standards for all Federal agencies with employees covered by the Directive, including those under Defense Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection and the U.S. Department of Defense Whistleblower Program. It also prohibits retaliation against these employees for their reports. [1]