Friday, February 20, 2009

New Whistleblower Protections Enacted As Part of Stimulus Bill

Amid the many issues of taxes and spending in the economic stimulus bill, you may have missed that it contains Section 1553, which is full of new protections for whistleblowers who work for state and local governments or who work for private contractors receiving monies under the bill.

The idea behind the provision is that whistleblower protections will improve accountability and transparency in the way the public's monies are spent. And there is support for this proposition.  According...




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[Source: HR Lawyer's Blog]

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