On November 10, Whistleblower Network News, along with a group of 145 organizations, sent a letter to Congress urging passage of Senator Elizabeth Warren’s (D-MA) proposed amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022. Warren’s proposed amendment, S.Amdt.3899 to S.Amdt.3867 amending H.R.4350, would update whistleblower laws and extend whistleblower protections to government contractors and grantees, groups that were not previously protected by whistleblower laws.
The amendment would enact whistleblower protections for the two groups in conjunction with the new government spending aimed to address the COVID-19 pandemic and other “domestic priorities” like infrastructure. According to the organizations’ letter, a large portion of this government spending “will go to contractors and grantees for activities by over seven million contractor employees paid with federal funds, compared to less than two million civil service workers.”
The letter is addressed to Senate Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Chairman of the Armed Services Committee Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK), and Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY).
“With this unprecedented surge in spending, best practice whistleblower rights are essential to minimize fraud, waste, and abuse,” the letter states. The organizations explain that when a “$700 billion stimulus spending increase” was enacted during the Obama...
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