Support Accountability and Transparency in Government! Tell Congress: Protect Whistleblowers and Taxpayers! When scientific research is altered or suppressed, when government contractors waste millions of taxpayer dollars, or when national security documents are falsified, witnesses need to know that they can blow the whistle without threatening their careers. We are close to ending retaliation against those who speak up to protect us—but the Senate needs to strengthen its bill! President Obama has often said transparency and accountability are priorities for his administration. As a candidate, he made this promise: “Barack Obama will strengthen whistleblower laws to protect federal workers who expose waste, fraud, and abuse of authority in government. Obama will ensure that federal agencies expedite the process for reviewing whistleblower claims and whistleblowers have full access to the courts and due process.” The legislation that will make Obama’s campaign promise law is the Whistleblower Enhancement Act of 2009. Public Citizen and our partners in the Make It Safe Coalition strongly support the House version of the bill (H.R. 1507), which is on track to pass again for the THIRD time. It includes two critical provisions missing from the Senate bill (S. 372): 1. Provides federal employees and contractors access to jury trials for their claims of retaliation when the government’s administrative review process fails, as it often has in the past. This right has been repeatedly granted to private-sector employees over the past 10 years and makes the law work. 2. Recognizes the special circumstances of intelligence and national security workers, providing safe channels for disclosure of wrongdoing without compromising our national security.  Help federal employees uphold the public trust! Use the simple form below right now to tell your senators that you support the strongest possible protections for federal employees who keep the government transparent and accountable. Tell the Senate it’s time to improve the bill and gain our support by adding these two provisions! It’s your government—take action today so it works for you tomorrow. Don't forget to Sign the Petition! Watch Public Citizen Testify for Whistleblowers in the House of Representatives and Learn More. Please take a moment to add some of your own words to the email below. This greatly increases the likelihood that your message will make a difference!

July 11, 2009 Subject: As your constituent, I am writing to urge you to strengthen The Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 (S. 372). The bill currently is missing two critical protections that are present in its companion bill in the House (H.R. 1507): 1. Access to jury trials for federal employees and contractors with claims of retaliation when the administrative process fails. This right has been repeatedly granted to private sector employees in 8 laws over the past 10 years and makes the law work. 2. Recognition of the special circumstances of intelligence and national security workers, providing safe channels for disclosure of wrongdoing without compromising our national security. We need strong whistleblower protections so that federal workers and contractors can and will report waste, risk, fraud, and abuse. These are the people best situated, and most qualified, to make sure that our tax money—including hundreds of billions of dollars in stimulus spending—is being spent the way it was intended. Do we want them to be so afraid of retaliation that they can’t even do their jobs? Please support amendments to extend coverage to all federal workers and contractors and provide them with access to jury trials. Support the rights of the civil servants who safeguard the public trust and our tax dollars to ensure real accountability. Thank you for listening to my concerns and I look forward to your reply. We will add your signature from the information you provide.		First Name* Last Name* Email* Street* Street 2 Street 3 City* State/Province* Select a state Alabama Alaska American Samoa Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware D.C. Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virgin Islands Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Armed Forces (the) Americas Armed Forces Europe Armed Forces Pacific Alberta British Columbia Manitoba Newfoundland New Brunswick Nova Scotia Northwest Territories Nunavut Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan Yukon Territory Other Zip/Postal Code* Send an Email
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