
Whistleblower Protections Usually Fall Short
One of the committees in the House of Representatives introduced a bill aimed at increasing whistleblower protections for federal employees and preventing agencies from retaliating against its employees. The bill also seeks to give #whistleblowers the right to proceed to a federal jury trial if the Merit Systems Protections Board (MSPB), the agency chartered to protect federal employees from agency retaliation, does not act on the employee's complaint within 180 days. Althoug