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Request for info

i need a little more information about this, if anyone has any, please email it to me, or even information about whistleblowing in general.

lalafornialove@aim.com.

thank you.

(This was dated April, 2008, from a shared IP address) 66.19.243.155 (talk) 10:30, 5 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bush Administration policy

Is anyone aware of a Bush Administration policy that nuclear and government whistleblowers would be denied employment by any employer in the U.S., forcing them to be self-employed or to leave the U.S.? 66.19.243.155 (talk) 10:30, 5 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

See [1] Simesa (talk) 10:35, 5 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

why no new bill?

I understand that the Whistleblower protection act had overwhelming support and was killed by an "anonymous hold" in the Senate. I do not understand why no new bill is introduced. Would the hold on the old bill (from a previous Congress!) have any effect (legal, psychological, political) on a potential new bill? --Austrian (talk) 21:44, 5 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Information needed

The article makes a statement: "Specifically, the Federal Circuit has wrongly accorded a narrow definition to the type of disclosure that qualifies for whistleblower protection." Can someone provide more information on this? what disclosures are protected and which are not? Sephiroth storm (talk) 18:14, 22 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Resources:

Bibliographies ^[1] Edwards, H. S. (2014, November 4). Supreme Court Weighs Limits of Whistleblower Protections. Retrieved March 09, 2016, from http://time.com/3556445/whistleblower-supreme-court/

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Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989. (1989). Labor Law Journal, 40(2), 104.

Aron, D. (2010). "Internal" Business Practices?: The Limits of Whistleblower Protection for Employees Who Oppose or Expose Fraud in the Private Sector. ABA Journal Of Labor & Employment Law, 25(2), 277-298.

Ohanesian, L. (2013). Protecting Uncle Sam's Whistleblowers: All-Circuit Review of WPA Appeals. Federal Circuit Bar Journal, 22(4), 615-639.

Goodof, D., & Mcgee, P. (2013). Whistleblower Protection: Fact or Fiction? Competition Forum, 11(2), 81-87. Retrieved March 9, 2016.

Guttman, R. A., & Buschner, T. L. (2004, August/September). Whistleblower Protections. Retrieved March 09, 2016, from http://www.whistleblowerlaws.com/whistleblower-protections-act/

Lavin, H., & Elizabeth, D. (2016). Second and Fifth Circuits Split on Who Is Entitled to Whistleblower Protection under Dodd-Frank. Employee Relations Law Journal, 41(8), 82-88. Retrieved March 9, 2016.

Peffer, S. L., Bocheko, A., Valle, R. E., Osmani, A., Peyton, S., & Roman, E. (2015). Whistle Where You Work? The Ineffectiveness of the Federal Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 and the Promise of the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 35(1), 70-81. Retrieved March 9, 2016. ~~EmmmaYork~~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Emmmayork (talk • contribs) 04:40, 10 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

~Aracely Martinez~ ibliography 1. Arszulowicz, Marek, and Wojciech Gasparski. Whistleblowing: In Defense of Proper Action. New Brunswick: Transaction, 2010. Print. 2. OSHAfactsheet. London: New Ways to Work, 1998. Your Rights as a Whistleblower. OSHA, Feb. 2013. Web. 09 Mar. 2016. 3. "Steps to Filing a Whistleblower Claim // C | C Whistleblower." Whistleblower Insider. Constantine Whistleblowing Practice, n.d. Web. 09 Mar. 2016. 4. "National Whistleblowers Center - Home." National Whistleblowers Center - Home. National Whistleblowers Center, n.d. Web. 09 Mar. 2016. 5. "Employment Law Guide - Whistleblower and Retaliation Protections." Employment Law Guide - Whistleblower and Retaliation Protections. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 Mar. 2016. — Preceding unsigned comment added by A m723 (talk • contribs) 19:47, 9 March 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by A m723 (talk • contribs)

~Elizabeth~ Callahan, Elletta Sangrey, and Terry Morehead Dworkin. "The state of state whistleblower protection." American Business Law Journal 38.1 (2000): 99-175.

Devine, Thomas M. "The Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989: Foundation for the Modern Law of Employment Dissent." Administrative Law Review (1999): 531-579.

Dworkin, Terry Morehead, and Melissa S. Baucus. "Internal vs. external whistleblowers: A comparison of whistleblowering processes." Journal of Business Ethics 17.12 (1998): 1281-1298.

Rashty, Josef. “Corporate Ethics and The Rights of Whistleblowers.” CPA Journal 85.2 (2015): 48-50. Business Source Complete. Web. 9 Mar. 2015

Schreiber, Mark E., and David R. Marshall. "Reducing the risk of whistleblower complaints." Risk Management 53.11 (2006): 42. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ejr43 (talk • contribs) 19:43, 9 March 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by A m723 (talk • contribs)

References

^ Peffer, S. L., Bocheko, A., Del Valle, R. E., Osmani, A., Peyton, S., & Roman, E. (2015). Whistle Where You Work? The Ineffectiveness of the Federal Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 and the Promise of the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012. Review Of Public Personnel Administration, 35(1), 70-81. doi:10.1177/0734371X13508414
^ Devine, T. M. (1999). THE WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION ACT OF 1989: FOUNDATION FOR THE MODERN LAW OF EMPLOYMENT DISSENT. Administrative Law Review, (2). 531.

Article Peer Review

Overall the article looks pretty good. The introduction is very strong and clear and helps me to know exactly what the topic is and why it is important. I also think the introduction is very unbiased and leaves an objective clear statement to start off the article. I think since this is government agency there could be more hyperlinks and other connections to other wikipedia articles and other outside information to help the reader. When talking about the different agencies it is very informative, but are those the only ones, I think that adding more to that section could be good and helpful to the overall content of the article. It looks like there are a lot of good, neutral sources which is helpful to having a good encyclopedia, however I would say there is definitely room for more sources to be added. Even though this is a government agency and it is difficult content to understand to an everyday reader, I would say that those in charge of this article did a good job at making sure there is no language barrier. I think add more sources, maybe a little more content in the agency sub-heading, but great job on neutrality and easy language. Abtrahan (talk) 21:48, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

History

As cited from The review of Personnel Administration, Whistle Where You work? The original discussion of Whistleblowing

began in 1863 with President Abraham Lincoln, referring to the issue of fake gun powder being sold to soldiers in the Union during the Civil War. The result of this wrongdoing was the False Claims Act of 1863, created by President Lincoln, that later became known as the "Lincoln Law", an act aimed towards deterring and punishment of those individuals who were supplying substandard supplies to the Union Army for the purpose of supporting the South. This act encouraged a relationship between Private and Public entities that encouraged individual citizens to file suit on behalf of the federal government. "The Act initially permitted Whistlebllowers to collect 50% of the money recovered by the government."(Eaton & Akers, 2007)

An issue that arose from this offer was that citizens began reporting common information of wrongdoing that was already known but the federal government was still required to pay-up to all who came forward, thus leading to the act being amended. This created a "Government Knowledge Bar" preventing compensation on information that was already known and also reducing the amount of compensation that can be collected, thus causing less incentive for whistleblowers to come forward. (Eaton & Akers, 2007) Later, President Ronald Regan amended the False Claims Act. In 1986, the Act provided the " Legal protections and remedies for Whistleblowers who are harassed, threatened, discharged or otherwise discriminated against in their employment because of their whistleblowing" (False Claims Act of 1986, 2012) ~~Emmmayork~~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Emmmayork (talk • contribs) 05:21, 17 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Peer Review

This was a very well done article. It contained lots of usefull information on the subject of the whistle blower act. The sections fit into the article nicely. The only thing I noticed that could be approved apon is the amount of sources. Since there is so much information packed into this article, I would expect a few more sources to create a more reliable page. Other than that everything else looked great. The language used was easy to read and understand. This article makes it easy to understand what the topic is about, and how the act affects todays workforce. Charlesvonrosenberg5 (talk) 23:27, 17 April 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Charlesvonrosenberg5 (talk • contribs) 23:25, 17 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Presidential directives aren't law

From the article: "President Barack Obama issued Presidential Policy Directive 19 (PPD-19), entitled "Protecting Whistleblowers with Access to Classified Information". According to the law signed by Obama on October 10, 2012..."

Policy directives aren't law. SeniorRusset (talk) 03:23, 6 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Peffer, S. L., Bocheko, A., Del Valle, R. E., Osmani, A., Peyton, S., & Roman, E. (2015). Whistle Where You Work? The Ineffectiveness of the Federal Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 and the Promise of the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012. Review Of Public Personnel Administration, 35(1), 70-81. doi:10.1177/0734371X13508414

[2] Devine, T. M. (1999). THE WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION ACT OF 1989: FOUNDATION FOR THE MODERN LAW OF EMPLOYMENT DISSENT. Administrative Law Review, (2). 531.

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