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Senate approves stronger whistleblower protections for federal employees The Senate this week unanimously approved legislation that would strengthen protections for federal employees who disclose government waste, fraud or threats to [...]

Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee repeatedly expressed concern Tuesday that if Transportation Security Administration employees gain enhanced whistleblower rights, they might use them to intimidate managers. The rights [...]

Legislative language intended to protect employees who report perceived wrongdoing at chemical plants is too narrow, according to whistleblower advocates. The 2006 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act (H.R. 5695 (http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:H.R.+5695:)), passed [...]

A whistleblower's allegation that a dispatcher at an Army weapons research and testing center violated security procedures and threatened co-workers was partially substantiated in an Army investigation, according to the [...]

Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass., said Thursday that he plans to introduce a bill that would protect national security whistleblowers, including those in agencies that have not had such protections, from [...]

More than 50 former and current government officials from more than a dozen agencies have formed a new coalition to protect and support national security whistleblowers. The group, called the [...]

Senator seeks full whistleblower rights for baggage screeners Federal baggage screeners at the Transportation Security Administration would have full whistleblower protection rights under legislation introduced in the Senate Wednesday. Sen. [...]