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Swordsmyth
10-13-2017, 01:32 PM
Congress voted Thursday to boost the protection of federal whistleblowers from retaliation, part of a bid to uncover bad behavior at the Department of Veterans Affairs and other government agencies.The House easily cleared the bill, 420-0. It now goes to President Donald Trump for his signature, having previously passed the Senate in May.
The measure would extend whistleblower protections to federal employees who are in probationary periods and provide training to ensure workers know their rights. It also establishes minimum disciplinary standards for supervisors who retaliate against employees for seeking to disclose wrongdoing.

More at: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/congress-oks-expanded-protections-federal-whistleblowers-201747624--politics.html

Zippyjuan
10-13-2017, 01:44 PM
http://time.com/4887864/trump-leaks-crackdown/


The Trump Administration Pledges to Crack Down on Leaks

The Trump administration on Friday announced a new effort to crack down on leaks, promising to prosecute the sources of disclosures of classified information and to review the legal protections of journalists.