It's Time, Right Now, to Pass Whistleblower Protections

We’ve learned that the House and Senate cosponsors of the
bills to strengthen protections for federal whistleblowers and taxpayers have reached
an agreement and will offer the strongest version of the Whistleblower
Protection Enhancement Act (WPEA) they think they can pass this week.

The window for passing this good government bill is extremely narrow. We
urgently need you to write your representatives today, and tell them that they
must pass critical whistleblower and taxpayer protections before they leave
Washington.

This bipartisan bill (read our summary here) certainly does not have every reform we
have sought, but has many critically important upgrades to the broken system
for whistleblowing.

Let Congress know this is an important issue with broad support. So far, 168
organizations with more than 40 million members and diverse ideologies and interests have signed on to
an open letter to Congress in support of the WPEA. In addition, prominent whistlebowers and conservative taxpayer groups have thrown their support behind this bill.

Click here now to tell Congress to pass these whistleblower protections before they hit the campaign
trail!

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2012-09-20 09:20:16

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