Did you know that July 30 was the first-ever Whistleblower Appreciation Day in the United States? So says the U.S. Senate, which passed a bipartisan resolution making it so last month.
As part of the day’s celebration (what, no fireworks?), Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) announced he is working on legislation that would amend the False Claims Act (FCA) in a way he says would strengthen the law’s core purpose of helping whistleblowers shine the light on wrongdoing and fraud. One amendment would offer guaranteed whistleblower protections to law enforcement officers who report civil rights violations. Another would force the Department of Justice (DOJ) to state its reasons when it declines to prosecute a whistleblower’s claim.
