We are counting on you to stand with us and sign a letter urging Congress and President Trump to update the most critical whistleblower legal rights in the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act.

We ask for you to support the completion of the landmark, 13-year legislative effort to restore credible whistleblower rights for government employees that resulted in unanimous passage of the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (WPEA) of 2012. While the law was the fourth unanimous congressional mandate since 1978 for whistleblower rights in principle, the most serious work remains to be finished. That is because the WPEA left the highest stakes issues incomplete, pending further study.

We seek your leadership now to expeditiously finish what Congress started in the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act. That means further developing legal rights so they include the critical reforms listed below. Whistleblower protection is a foundation for government accountability, from draining bureaucratic swamps to achieving changes in which the public can believe. It does not matter whether the issue is economic recovery, prescription drug safety, environmental protection, infrastructure spending, national health insurance, or foreign policy. We need conscientious public servants willing and able to call attention to waste, fraud and abuse on behalf of the taxpayers.

The Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act will continue to be a source of false hopes and cynicism until it has the following additional teeth to enforce its mandate:

  • Grant employees the right to a jury trial in federal court;
  • Give whistleblowers the right to challenge retaliatory investigations; and
  • Extend temporary relief to whistleblowers whenever they prove a prima facie case of retaliation.

These suggestions are the necessary infrastructure so that those who defend the public have a fair chance to defend themselves.

We hope to get at least 400 signatures from individuals and organizations, so we are counting on your support!

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