Expanded Whistleblower Protection: Contractors and Employees Reporting Federal Misconduct.
This law significantly strengthens anti-retaliation protections for individuals reporting waste, fraud, abuse, or safety dangers related to federal contracts, grants, and subgrants, particularly involving the Department of Defense and NASA. It expands protection to include contractors, grantees, and their employees, ensuring they cannot be forced into arbitration agreements that waive their rights to legal recourse. The goal is to enhance accountability in government spending.
Key points
Protection against retaliation is extended to contractors, subcontractors, grantees, and individuals performing personal services for the Federal Government, not just employees.
Individuals are protected if they refuse to obey an order that would require them to violate a law or regulation related to a federal contract.
Pre-dispute arbitration agreements that force whistleblowers to waive their rights under this law are now invalid and unenforceable.
Federal officials who request retaliation against a whistleblower can face disciplinary action.
Status:
Expired
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