Section 1553 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, P.L. 111-5, provides protections for employees of non-federal employers receiving Recovery funds who make specified disclosures relating to Recovery Act funds. Any non-federal employer receiving Recovery funds is required to post a notice of the rights and remedies for Recovery Act Whistleblowers provided under this section of the Act.
Click here to download a whistleblower protection poster created by the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board.
Employees of non-federal employers receiving Recovery funds, including state and local governments, contractors, subcontractors, grantees or professional membership organizations acting in the interest of Recovery fund recipients.
Covered employees are protected from being discharged, demoted, or otherwise discriminated or retaliated against as a reprisal for making a protected disclosure. Allegations of reprisal may be reported to the appropriate Inspector General.
To be protected, the disclosure must be made by the employee to the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, an Inspector General, 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.
In addition, the disclosure must involve information that the employee reasonably believes is evidence of:
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