{"id":1180,"date":"2007-02-21T18:51:52","date_gmt":"2007-02-21T18:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com\/2007\/02\/new_whistleblower_protections.html"},"modified":"2021-06-11T17:56:55","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T21:56:55","slug":"new_whistleblower_protections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/whistleblower-blog\/new_whistleblower_protections\/","title":{"rendered":"New Whistleblower Protections Approved by House Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recognizing how important whistleblowers are to stopping fraud, the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today approved the <a href=\"http:\/\/thomas.loc.gov\/cgi-bin\/bdquery\/z?d110:h.r.985:\">Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (H.R. 985)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The new whistleblower protections would apply to federal employees and government contractors.  The law would establish whistleblower protections for scientific, intelligence and transportation security employees.  It would also apparently mean that officials would investigate whether security clearances are revoked as retribution for a whistleblower&#8217;s reporting allegations of waste, fraud or abuse.<\/p>\n<p>Congressman Henry Waxman (D-Cal.) introduced the bill last week.  Additional amendments would strengthen the effectiveness of the whistleblower provisions.  <\/p>\n<p>We find it very encouraging that Congress is taking such logical steps to protect the public&#8217;s money from waste, fraud and abuse.<\/p>\n<p>The specific sections of the proposed new whistleblower law are as follows:<\/p>\n<p>H.R.985 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2007 (Introduced in House)<br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/whistleblower-blog\/new_whistleblower_protections\/#more-1180\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recognizing how important whistleblowers are to stopping fraud, the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today approved the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (H.R. 985). The new whistleblower protections would apply to federal employees and government contractors. The law would establish whistleblower protections for scientific, intelligence and transportation security employees. 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