STATUTE: 29 U.S.C. § 218C, TITLE: Affordable Care Act (ACA) ; STATUTE: 31 U.S.C. § 5323 (a)(5) & (g) & (j), TITLE: Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA) ; STATUTE: 15 U.S.C. § 2651, TITLE: Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA) ; STATUTE: 42 U.S.C. § 7622, TITLE: Clean Air Act (CAA) ; STATUTE: 42 U.S.C. § 9610, TITLE: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) ; STATUTE: 12 U.S.C. § 5567, TITLE: Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 (CFPA) ; STATUTE: 15 U.S.C. § 2087, TITLE: Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) ; STATUTE: 15 U.S.C. § 7a-3, TITLE: Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act (CAARA) ; STATUTE: 42 U.S.C. § 5851, TITLE: Energy Reorganization Act (ERA) ; STATUTE: 21 U.S.C. § 399d, TITLE: FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) ; STATUTE: 49 U.S.C. § 20109, TITLE: Federal Railroad Safety Act (FRSA) ; STATUTE: 33 U.S.C. § 1367, TITLE: Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) ; STATUTE: 46 U.S.C. § 80507, TITLE: International Safe Container Act (ISCA) ; STATUTE: 49 U.S.C. § 30171, TITLE: Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) ; STATUTE: 6 U.S.C. § 1142, TITLE: National Transit Systems Security Act (NTSSA) ; STATUTE: 29 U.S.C. § 660(c), TITLE: Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act), Section 11(c) ; STATUTE: 49 U.S.C. § 60129, TITLE: Pipeline Safety Improvement Act (PSIA) ; STATUTE: 42 U.S.C. § 300j-9(i), TITLE: Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) ; STATUTE: 18 U.S.C. § 1514A, TITLE: Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) ; STATUTE: 46 U.S.C. § 2114, TITLE: Seaman's Protection Act (SPA) ; STATUTE: 42 U.S.C. § 6971, TITLE: Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA) ; STATUTE: 49 U.S.C. § 31105, TITLE: Surface Transportation Assistance Act (STAA) ; STATUTE: 26 U.S.C. § 7623(d), TITLE: Taxpayer First Act (TFA) ; STATUTE: 15 U.S.C. § 2622, TITLE: Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) ; STATUTE: 49 U.S.C. § 42121, TITLE: Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century (AIR21)
Executive Order No.13526 (75 Fed. Reg. 707) (prescribing a uniform system for classifying, safeguarding, and declassifying national-security information), or any successor thereto; ; Section 7211 of title 5, United States Code (governing disclosures to Congress); ; Section 1034 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by the Military Whistleblower Protection Act (governing disclosure to Congress by members of the military); ; Section 2302(b)(8) of title 5, United States Code, as amended by the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 (governing disclosures of illegality, waste, fraud, abuse or public health or safety threats);
Introduction ; Whistleblowers play a critical role in keeping our government honest, efficient, and accountable. Recognizing whistleblowers’ important role, federal law provides strong protections for them. The protections and remedies for these whistleblowers vary— depending on whether the individual is a federal employee or an employee of a federal contractor, subcontractor, grantee, or subgrantee. Below are answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) for both federal employees and employees of federal contractors, subcontractors, grante ...
protected whistleblower disclosures," in violation with federal statute and presidential policy directive 19. The supervisory special agent's security clearance was suspended "because he...
of whistleblower provisions in at least 18 federal statutes. Among these statutes is the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and...
Pursuant to the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012, the following statement applies to non-disclosure policies, forms, or agreements of the federal government with current or former employees, including those in effect before the Act’s effective date of December 27, 2012: “These provisions are consistent with and do not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter the employee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by existing statute or Executive Order relating to (1) cla...
Compilation of Federal Whistleblower Protection Statutes November 24, 2021 Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov R46979 Congressional Research Service SUMMARY...
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a whistleblower “under federal law.” “The so-called whistleblower is not a whistleblower. The so-called whistleblower is not covered by the whistleblower statute. The so-called...
Whistleblower protections are enshrined in federal statute. The protocol is for a whistleblower to first go to their immediate supervisor or the supervisor in charge with the issue at hand....