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Warning! Although I have been a whistleblower myself, and despite
laws, regulations, and rules that supposedly offer job protections to
whistleblowers, I strongly recommend that you do not take any action to
report allegations without first contacting a representative from the
Government Accountability Project (GAP),
the
National Whistleblower Center,
or the Project On Government Oversight (POGO).
Why have I remained silent for more than ten years and why have I decided
to become involved again?
I will be releasing this information over the coming weeks as I have
the time to bring the story online.
Links to U.S. Gov't Sites:
Links to Organizations:
Links to Whistleblower Stories
Point Paper
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Why Should You Be Concerned About Whistleblowers?
Because sooner or later someone in our government is going to have
information that could save your life or the life of a loved one and their
management chain will not want to release the information to the public.
Of course there are less significant government secrets that could also
affect the quality of your life or the efficiency of government if they
were made known. However, as it stands now, the laws that are supposed to
protect whistleblowers are ineffective and the person with the knowledge
should be afraid of losing their job if they speak out. I believe the time
has come to end the financial retaliation against whistleblowers and that
the best way to accomplish this is to guarantee the income of the
whistleblower as explained in the
Point Paper. I will need your help to get
this done, so please take an interest in this site and do whatever you can
to help. -- Thomas F. Day |
What you can do:
- The most important thing you can do you can help get the word out
about this page by emailing your contacts and asking them to visit this
page.
- Next, let your Senator and
Congressman know that you support legislation that would protect
whistleblowers from retaliation by guaranteeing their income.
Use the following link to contact
your Senator:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
Use this link to contact your Congressman:
http://www.house.gov/writerep/
I've also placed online a MailMerge file that can be used to create a
form letter to mail to all or selected Senators and/or Congressman.
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MailMergeCongress
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MailMergeSenate |
MailMergeHouse |. These files contain the information on the current
Congress and will be updated as the information for office locations
becomes available for the new Congress.
At this time, I am not asking for your financial support until I can
complete the incorporation of the not-for-profit organizations and bring
online a secure credit card payment and accounting system.
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If you are a whistleblower, I am forming an advocacy organization that
will be working on a variety of legislation including the whistleblower
income guarantee as explained in the
Point Paper. If you would like to
be involved, contact me at WhistleWatch@aol.com.
Help wanted!
If you are a lawyer, I could use your help in the establishment of three
not for profit organizations. If you would like to help, contact me at
WhistleWatch@aol.com.
Help wanted!
If you can assist with the online payment system, I could use your help, contact me at
WhistleWatch@aol.com.
Help wanted!
If you have the technical expertise to help me put interactive MySQL
databases online, contact me at WhistleWatch@aol.com.
Help wanted!
If you have experience in professional fundraising, contact me at WhistleWatch@aol.com.
If you would like to see changes made in the judicial process at the State
or Federal level, contact me at WhistleWatch@aol.com.
Letters to all current Members of Congress have been mailed informing
them of the
Point Paper and the important issue of
working in a bi-partisan manner for a more efficient Federal spending.
I am now beginning the process of contacting contacting individual
whistleblowers and related support organizations. If you want to forward
the
Point Paper onto others who you
think will be interested, please do so.
Thanks for your time and consideration,
Thomas Day |
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Get Involved:
The most important thing you can do is to let others know that this site
is online and revisit the site often. You are invited to contribute
content by mail or email whichever is most convenient for you. If you are
a whistleblower or know of a person who has been a whistleblower, I am
most interested in adding your information to the Value of Savings page.
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Email
will be my primary means to contact you.
I am rebuilding my mailing lists for whistleblowers, lawyers and
advocates who have or will represent whistleblowers, and other interested
parties. If you send me an email, tell me about yourself and I'll add you
to the appropriate email list. If you do not want to receive emails you
can let me know and I will not add you to my email lists. |
Informing Congress:
I've started the process of informing the Members of Congress about this
proposed direction of protections and will continue this process over the
next couple of weeks.
Informing the White House:
Because I am a Federal employee, I am prohibited from contacting
the White House directly. Therefore, if you are not a Federal employee,
you may inform the White House about this
proposal. Please let me know if you do this. |
Informing Other Organizations:
Once I've completed the task of informing Congress, I will start the
process of contacting those organization who have had an interest and/or
have supported whistleblower legislation in the past.
Forming a Membership Organization:
Then, I will begin forming a membership organization that will focus on
the Federal legislation, but will be structured to work on legislation at
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Current Legislation:
Although legislation is moving through Congress to close more loopholes,
this process has been going on for decades with one loophole patch after
another. While these changes are needed, it is
time to begin moving in a different direction to change the way we protect whistleblowers by guaranteeing their
income to retirement. Read the Point Paper to learn more.
What are
the current bills under consideration by Congress?
S. 494 read more about this bill at the
Government Accountability Project's Action Alert |
U.S. Senate
S. 494
-- Federal Employee Protection of Disclosures Act -- A bill to amend
chapter 23 of title 5, United States Code, to clarify the disclosures of
information protected from prohibited personnel practices, require a
statement in nondisclosure policies, forms, and agreements that such
policies, forms, and agreements conform with certain disclosure
protections, provide certain authority for the Special Counsel, and for
other purposes.
Related Bills:
H.R.1317
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce
and the District of Columbia
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U.S. House of
Representatives
H.R.1317 --Federal Employee Protection of Disclosures Act -- To
amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify which disclosures of
information are protected from prohibited personnel practices; to require
a statement in nondisclosure policies, forms, and agreements to the effect
that such policies, forms, and agreements are consistent with certain
disclosure protections; and for other purposes.
Related Bills:
H.R.3097
S. 494
Government Reform Committee
Chairman, Tom Davis:
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The
following link can be used to search for legislation in either house:
Thomas (Library of
Congress )
Federal Legislation
Protecting (?) Corporate Whistleblowers - Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Resource:
Whistleblower Law: A guide to Corporate Legal Protections and
Procedures by Stephen M. Kohn, Michael D. Kohn, David K. Colapinto.
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