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Whistleblower protection laws and regulations guarantee freedom of speech for workers and contractors in certain situations. Whistleblowers are protected from retaliation for disclosing information that the employee or applicant reasonably believes provides evidence of a violation of any law, rule, regulation, gross mismanagement, gross waste ...
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 United States Office of Special Counsel (OSC) is an independent agency of the US federal government.It is a permanent, investigative and prosecutorial agency whose basic legislative authority comes from four federal statutes: the Civil Service Reform Act, the Whistleblower Protection Act, the Hatch Act, and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA).
In December 2016, it was reported [9] that the UN was considering drafting proposals to further restrict the type of report that would be eligible for "Whistleblower" protection. The United Nations Ethics office has been under scrutiny [10] for its perceived oversight shortcomings, and investigative practices in relation to Whistleblowers. [11]
NWC operates three main programs: (1) providing whistleblowers with legal assistance, (2) advocating for policies that protect and reward whistleblowers such as the Dodd–Frank Act, the Sarbanes–Oxley Act, and the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act, and (3) educating the public about the importance of whistleblowers to preserving democracy and the rule of law. [3]
The IRS Whistleblower Office announced that in fiscal year 2020, 169 whistleblowers were awarded a total of $86 million. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] Since the Office was founded, it has awarded more than $1.01 billion and collected $6.14 billion “in back taxes, interest, penalties, and criminal fines and sanctions.” [ 23 ]
A whistleblower told The Associated Press that the Environmental Protection Agency's ASPECT plane could have provided crucial data about the chemicals spewing into the air around East Palestine as ...
The Democracy Protection Initiative was launched by the GAP in October 2020. The initiative aimed to encourage and provide support to whistleblowers who came forward with information relating to alleged interference in the 2020 United States elections and during a potential subsequent transition of power. [24]