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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
The American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act (ARRA) of 2009, P.L. 111-5, provides explicit protections
for certain individuals who make specified disclosures relating
to funds covered by the Act in Division A, Title XV, section
1553, Protecting State and Local Government and Contractor
Whistleblowers .
Specifically, the Act expressly prohibits any non-federal
employer receiving covered funds (i.e., stimulus funds) from
discharging, demoting, or otherwise discriminating against any
employee as reprisal for that employee's disclosing to the
Recovery Accountability and Transparency (RAAT) Board, an IG,
the Comptroller General, a member of Congress, a state or
federal regulatory or law enforcement agency, a person with
supervisory authority over the employee, a court or grand jury,
or the head of a federal agency or his/her representatives
information that the employee believes is evidence of:
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gross mismanagement of an agency contract or grant relating to
covered funds
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a gross waste of covered funds;
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a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety
related to the implementation or use of covered funds;
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an abuse of authority related to the implementation or use of
covered funds; or
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a violation of law, rule, or regulation related to an agency
contract or grant awarded or issued relating to covered funds.
The
ARRA Act provides specific remedies which may be viewed at this
link:
ARRA ACT
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