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Senate Hearing Record Supports Whistleblower Protection For All Federal Employees |
Washington, D.C. June 8, 2009. Statement issued by Stephen M. Kohn, Executive Director of the National Whistleblowers Center regarding today's hearing on whistleblower protections before the Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Colombia:
"We thank Senator Daniel Akaka for conducting this very significant
hearing. The testimony confirms, once again, that all federal
employees need effective whistleblower protections, including full
court access and the right to a jury trial."
"The reforms advocated during the hearing are needed to fix the
breakdown in the regulatory system. Warnings that our nation was at
risk to terrorist attack went unheeded. Warnings that the banking
system may collapse were ignored. Direct evidence that billions of
dollars in contracts were illegally awarded to politically connected
companies was covered-up. The workers who courageously reported these
abuses were silenced or fired."
"Fear, retaliation and intimidation have no place in the federal
government. The hearings demonstrated that federal workers who risk
their jobs to do the ‘right thing' need Congress' full support."
For more information go to the National Whistleblowers Center's Federal Employee Whistleblower Protection page.
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