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The term "federal whistleblower" could be defined as:
There are more than 50 different federal laws that contain provisions designed to protect whistleblowers in various industries and circumstances, including:
An example of a federal whistleblower law that offers whistleblower protection to non-federal employees is the Contractor Employees of the Armed Forces provision (10 U.S.C. § 2409), which prohibits the firing of or discrimination against a contractor when he or she discloses information about a violation of law related to a military/defense contract.
Some of the other federal statutes listed above also have provisions that pertain to non-federal employees who blow the whistle on fraud, waste, corruption, abuse of authority, illegalities or other wrongdoing they have observed, whether in a federal agency, a contract or another aspect of governance or commerce.
Another layer of the patchwork of laws that protect whistleblowers is the various state provisions. About 20 states have explicit legal protections for whistleblowers. A greater number of states have laws that protect their own state or local government employees.
The complexity of whistleblower legal protection truly merits the attention of a knowledgeable attorney. If you want to blow the whistle on a wrongdoing and would like to know your legal rights, contact us to speak with an experienced whistleblower lawyer today.
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