The Honorable Henry C. “Hank” Johnson Chairman House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet 2240 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515

The Honorable Darrell Issa Ranking Member House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet 2300 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515

Dear Chairman Johnson and Ranking Member Issa:

We, the undersigned organizations, represent a broad cohort of civil society groups, each with our own perspectives and ideological preferences on a wide range of public policy issues. However, we all share a commitment to protecting government whistleblowers as a key means of promoting a more accountable government and cracking down on waste, fraud, abuse, and corruption.

Whistleblowers are often on the front lines when it comes to exposing problems in the government, ranging from misuse of COVID-19 funding to deadly secret wait-lists for veterans seeking medical care.¹ One of the perpetual problems whistleblowers face is a lack of adequate protections from retaliation and intimidation from those who stand to be embarrassed (or worse) by a whistleblower’s revelations.²

While our organizations may have differing positions on H.R. 4827, the Judiciary Accountability Act of 2021,³ and this letter is not an endorsement of the bill in its entirety, we all strongly support efforts to enact protections for whistleblowers in the government, no matter which branch...

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