WHISTLEBLOWING related term(s) Federal Employees

Amendments

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: require employees receive training developed by Inspector General on reporting wrongdoing to, responding to request from, and cooperating with Office of Inspector General (S. 1096), S2752, S2963 [13JY]

Bills and resolutions

CFTC: adjust period during which amounts transferred to account for customer education initiatives and non-awards expenses shall remain available (see H.R. 4935), H4029 [26JY]

——— modify Whistleblower Program and Customer Protection Fund (see S. 2500), S3619 [26JY]

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: provide whistleblower incentives and protections (see S. 1124), S1090 [30MR] (see H.R. 2465), H1698 [3AP] (see H.R. 2490), H1707 [6AP]

Dept. of HHS: establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals (see S. 1113), S1089 [30MR] (see H.R. 2530), H1708 [6AP]

Dept. of State: allow employees to file confidential or open report on any fiscal waste that they come across and establish award program for exemplary employees who file non-confidential reports on wasteful spending (see H.R. 6237), H5465 [6NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: require employees receive training developed by Inspector General on reporting wrongdoing to, responding to request from, and cooperating with Office of Inspector General (see S. 1096), S1089 [30MR] (see H.R. 2733), H1906 [20AP]

Employment: clarify appropriate standards for Federal employment age discrimination and retaliation claims (see S. 1030), S1052 [29MR] (see H.R. 6581), H6110 [4DE]

Energy Reorganization Act: clarify whistleblower rights and protections for Dept. of Energy and NRC employees (see S. 1112), S1089 [30MR]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit training that includes information on insider threats (see H.R. 2674), H1845 [18AP]

Federal employees: ensure whistleblowers, including contractors, are protected from retaliation when Federal employee orders reprisal (see S. 1524), S1602 [10MY]

——— provide that all Executive branch employees are at-will employees (see S. 1496), S1566 [9MY] (see H.R. 3115), H2135 [5MY]

IRS: modify and reform rules relating to investigations and whistleblowers (see S. 625), S635 [2MR] (see H.R. 1300), H1048 [1MR] (see H.R. 1336), H1112 [3MR]

Labor unions: provide whistleblower protection for union employees (see H.R. 721), H627 [1FE]

National Whistleblower Appreciation Day: designate (see S. Res. 298), S2461 [13JY] (see H. Res. 643), H4158 [1AU]

OSHA: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers and penalties for violators, disclose violations of workplace safety regulations, and clarify employer’s duty to provide safe worksite (see H.R. 2998), H2116 [28AP]

Power resources: provide whistleblower protections to certain workers in offshore oil and gas industry (see H.R. 5792), H4853 [28SE]

Schiff, Representative: condemn and censure relative to whistleblower complaint against Donald J. Trump and alleged collusion between Trump Campaign and Russia (see H. Res. 437), H2546 [23MY] (see H. Res. 489), H2788 [9JN] (see H. Res. 512), H2959 [15JN] (see H. Res. 521), H2964 [16JN]

SEC: further enhance anti-retaliation protections for whistleblowers (see S. 811), S798 [15MR]

Motions

Schiff, Representative: condemn and censure relative to whistleblower complaint against Donald J. Trump and alleged collusion between Trump Campaign and Russia (H. Res. 489), H2925 [14JN]

——— condemn and censure relative to whistleblower complaint against Donald J. Trump and alleged collusion between Trump Campaign and Russia (H. Res. 521), H3013 [21JN]

Remarks in House

Biden, President: evaluation of administration, H4485 [26SE]

Dept. of Defense: further enhance anti-retaliation protections for whistleblowers, H3453 [12JY]

OPM: provide for renewal of security clearance for David Grusch, H5594 [8NO]

Schiff, Representative: condemn and censure relative to whistleblower complaint against Donald J. Trump and alleged collusion between Trump Campaign and Russia (H. Res. 489), H2821 [13JN], H2924 [14JN]

——— condemn and censure relative to whistleblower complaint against Donald J. Trump and alleged collusion between Trump Campaign and Russia (H. Res. 521), H2980 [20JN], H3013–H3021, H3048 [21JN]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Homeland Security: investigation into whistleblower allegations relative to failure to obtain DNA from detained illegal immigrants, S5888 [11DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: require employees receive training developed by Inspector General on reporting wrongdoing to, responding to request from, and cooperating with Office of Inspector General (S. 1096), S2963 [13JY]

——— transparency relative to congressional oversight inquiries, S769 [14MR], S1334 [25AP]

FBI: allegations of political bias, S1332 [25AP], S1969 [6JN]

IRS: modify and reform rules relating to investigations and whistleblowers (S. 625), S3741 [27JY]

National Whistleblower Appreciation Day: designate (S. Res. 298), S2963 [13JY]

——— observance, S3741 [27JY]

SEC: further enhance anti-retaliation protections for whistleblowers (S. 811), S768 [14MR], S3741 [27JY]

Sunshine Week: observance, S767 [14MR]

Reports filed

Submission to House of Representatives of Materials Relative to Testimony of IRS Whistleblowers: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H. Rept. 118–144), H3638 [17JY]

Texts of

H. Res. 489, condemn and censure Representative Schiff relative to whistleblower complaint against Donald J. Trump and alleged collusion between Trump Campaign and Russia, H2924 [14JN]

H. Res. 521, condemn and censure Representative Schiff relative to whistleblower complaint against Donald J. Trump and alleged collusion between Trump Campaign and Russia, H3013 [21JN]

S. Res. 298, National Whistleblower Appreciation Day, S2466 [13JY]