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Whistleblower Protection

Whistleblowers have been and continue to be extremely useful in revealing illegal or inappropriate government actions. Whistleblowers are modern day heroes of accountability, safeguarding government against corruption and mismanagement, alerting citizens of unseen threats lurking where we least expect it. The only reasonable and responsible government action is to stand along side whistleblowers and protect them as earnestly as they try to protect the government and the people. Unfortunately, many government policies and court decisions have significantly reduced the protections Congress established under the Whistleblower Protection Act.

Federal Agency Information

Organizations

Legislation

Federal Employee Protection of Disclosures Act, S. 274 (Passed in June 2007 by the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee)
The Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2007, H.R. 985 (Passed by the House in March 2007)
The Executive Branch Reform Act of 2007, H.R. 984 (Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent, 2.14.2007)

Other legislation

Analyses and Reports

ANALYSIS: Unfulfilled Expectations: An Empirical Analysis of Why Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblowers Rarely Win. Richard Moberly, Wm. & Mary Law Review [Fall 2007]
NEWS: Pentagon orders stronger whistleblower protections
[PEER Press Release 7.31.07]
ANALYSIS: Documents, Leaks and the Boundaries of Expression: Government Whistleblowing in an Over-Classified Age
[By Susan Nevelow Mart, LLRX.com, 7.27.07]

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