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S. 372 (111th)

Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2010

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Introduced

3 February 2009

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Summary

Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Amends federal personnel law relating to whistleblower protections to: (1) expand the concept of protected disclosure to include lawful disclosures without restriction to time, place, form, motive, context, forum, or prior disclosure, including a disclosure made in the ordinary course of an employee's duties; (2) define evidentiary standards applicable to whistleblower disclosures; (3) include as a prohibited personnel practice against whistleblowers the implementation of enforcement of any nondisclosure policy, form, or agreement, a suspension or revocation of a security clearance, and an investigation of a whistleblower; (4) permit whistleblowers to file appeals in any federal court of appeals of competent jurisdiction; (5) authorize the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to obtain review of a final order of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) interpreting whistleblower protections under specified circumstances; (6) grant authority to the MSPB to determine whether whistleblower security clearances were properly suspended or revoked; (7) make whistleblower protections applicable to employees of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and individuals who disclose censorship by federal agencies of research, analysis, or technical information; and (8) require the Comptroller General to report to Congress on the implementation of this Act and on the revocation of whistleblower security clearances.

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