President Obama has signed into law the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (WPEA), a bipartisan bill designed to protect the rights of federal employees to report government wrongdoing. The bill passed both chambers of Congress by unanimous consent earlier this fall after narrowly failing in the closing days of each of the last four sessions. Its enactment is a victory for transparency advocates, some of whom had been campaigning for the legislation for thirteen years.

The WPEA includes, among others, provisions clarifying the scope of protected disclosures, closing judicially created loopholes in existing coverage, and empowering various agencies to take action protecting whistleblowers and educating employees about their rights.

Read the entire article, “President Signs Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (WPEA)”
Read the bill, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012 (pdf)