Comprehensive National Whistleblower Protection Law

This blog post will begin a series of posts on the book “The Whistleblower’s Handbook” by Stephen Martin Kohn.  The book is organized into different rules and checklists that guides an individual on how to become a whistleblower.
Rule 1 “Understand the Maze” discusses the laws that have been recently passed to protect whistleblowers.  Stephen acknowledge a key point that “to this day Congress still has not passed a comprehensive national whistleblower protection law.”
According to the The Obama-Biden Plan:
“Protect Whistleblowers: Often the best source of information about waste, fraud, and abuse in government is an existing government employee committed to public integrity and willing to speak out.   Such acts of courage and patriotism, which can sometimes save lives and often save taxpayer dollars, should be encouraged rather than stifled.   We need to empower federal employees as watchdogs of wrongdoing and partners in performance.   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 courts and due process.”
President Obama has stated that whistleblowers acts save lives and save taxpayers dollars; however, Congress nor the President has passed a comprehensive national whistleblower protection law.   According to the National Whistleblower Center, “The absence of a comprehensive National Whistleblower Protection Act has resulted in serious loopholes in protection.   This creates major hardship for honest employees who speak the truth to prevent disaster, only to learn that their government has let them down. ”  It’s time to act Mr. President and the members of Congress…what are you waiting for?  Pass a comprehensive national whistleblower protection law NOW!