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Last week Bunny Greenhouse testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in support of the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act - H.R. 1507.   Although Bunny was removed from her Senior Executive Service position following her initial Congressional testimony about Halliburton no-bid contracts, she courageously returned to Capitol Hill because she believes that "all employees should be protected from retaliation for reporting waste, fraud and abuse."  Incredibly the Army Corps has once again retaliated against Bunny for exposing the truth.  Within hours of delivering her testimony, Bunny received an email from the Army Corps' Chief of Staff stating that all future testimony before Congress must be submitted for pre-approval by the Army Corps. In response to this unconstituional directive, Bunny has issued a new letter to the American people.  In the letter Bunny asks all Americans to take action to protect federal employees by demanding immediate passage of H.R. 1507.

"When the United States orders its employees to submit to censorship when they are exercising their constitutional right to 'petition Congress for redress of grievances,' it is time to fight back!"  

Click here to read Bunny's new letter and take action now.

Click here to read the National Whistleblowers Center's letter to President Obama concerning the retaliation against Bunny Greenhouse

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Today the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform heard from whistleblowers, their advocates, and even an administration official about the need for convincing remedies for federal employee whistleblowers.   Committee Chair Edolphus Towns (D-NY) opened the hearing with an encouraging word about the prospects for Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (WPEA), H.R. 1507. He indicated that he had positive signs from the Senate and the administration about getting improved whistleblower protections passed this year. It remains to be seen if these protections will provide full court access, including jury trials, and coverage for national security employees, as is already provided in Title VII cases, and is now proposed in the current text of H.R. 1507. Bunny Greenhouse spoke about how the current law failed to protect her.  She added, "I am well versed in how poorly it works when it comes to federal sector whistleblower protection."  Here is a photo of Michael German (ACLU), Corinne Kohn (Friends of Whistleblowers), David Colapinto (National Whistleblowers Center), Angela Canterbury (Public Citizen) and Michael D. Kohn (National Whistleblowers Center).

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