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S. 274 (110th)

Federal Employee Protection of Disclosures Act

openUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

11 January 2007

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7 April 2025

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Summary

Federal Employee Protection of Disclosures Act - Includes as a protected disclosure by a federal employee any lawful disclosure an employee or applicant reasonably believes is credible evidence of any violation of law, waste, abuse, or gross mismanagement, without restriction as to time, place, form, motive, context, or prior disclosure. Sets forth provisions concerning review and appeal of actions concerning such disclosures. Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide that, for purposes of provisions regarding the protection of voluntarily shared critical infrastructure information, a permissible use of independently obtained critical infrastructure information includes any lawful disclosure an employee or applicant reasonably believes is credible evidence of any violation of law, waste, fraud, abuse, or gross mismanagement, without restriction as to time, place, form, motive, context, or prior disclosure. Requires agencies to inform employees on how to make a lawful disclosure of information.

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