On March 2, a group of whistleblowers, led by Whistleblower Network News’ Jane Turner, launched a campaign calling on President Biden to sign an Executive Order permanently establishing July 30 as National Whistleblower Day and requiring all federal agencies to recognize the day.
Each year since 2013, the U.S. Senate has unanimously passed a Resolution designating July 30 as National Whistleblower Day. The date commemorates the first whistleblower law in the history of the United States which was passed on July 30, 1778. In recent years, a growing number of federal agencies have celebrated National Whistleblower Day by informing employees of their whistleblower rights and by highlighting the critical role whistleblowers play in exposing fraud, corruption, and abuse of power.
The whistleblowers behind the campaign, Turner, Sherron Watkins, Frederic Whitehurst, Aaron Westrick, and Bunny Greenhouse, believe that it is time for the United States to permanently designate July 30 as National Whistleblower Day. According to the whistleblowers, by signing such an Executive Order, President Biden would honor the United State’s history of whistleblower protection, help change the culture around whistleblowing, and demand justice and respect for those whistleblowers who have sacrificed so much to speak truth to power.
In an op-ed published in WNN, Turner explains why she and her fellow whistleblowers believe the time is now for President Biden to permanently designate July 30 as...
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