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Legal issues: Congress expands whistleblower protections.
Set-Aside Alert, March, 2008 by Hallowell, Andrew; Pidgeon, Michael
The 2008 National Defense Authorization Act that was signed into law on January 28 broadens the laws concerning retaliation against whistleblowers who are employees of defense contractors. Defense contractors should be aware of the new, stricter rules governing treatment of such whistleblowers and the remedies available to those individuals.
The current statute governing defense contractor whistleblowers has been in effect since 1986. This statute, 10 U.S.C. [section] 2409, states that an employee:
[M]ay not be discharged, demoted, or otherwise discriminated against as a reprisal for disclosing to a Member of Congress or an authorized official of an agency or the Department of Justice information relating to a substantial violation of law related to a...
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