The Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 strengthened the WB's protection against employer retaliation (he or she couldn't be fired, demoted, or passed over) The Act does not give the WB in any shape, manner or form anonymity. In fact, the WB is considered a charging angel against government abuses and
would be known --- hence the need for Congress to strengthen employment protections.
Any politician or pundit saying that Ciaramella
cannot be named is either too stupid to be let near a microphone or deliberately lying. Any politician saying Ciaramella should not be named, is swimming in the deep state swamp.
Here's the Act:
The Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989One Hundred First Congress of the United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, the third day of January,
one thousand nine hundred and eighty-nine
An Act
To amend title 5, United States Code, to strengthen the protections available
to Federal employees against prohibited personnel practices, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989'.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) FINDINGS- The Congress finds that--
(1) Federal employees who make disclosures described in section 2302(b)(8)
of title 5, United States Code, serve the public interest by assisting in the
elimination of fraud, waste, abuse, and unnecessary Government expenditures;
(2) protecting employees who disclose Government illegality, waste, and
corruption is a major step toward a more effective civil service; and
(3) in passing the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, Congress established
the Office of Special Counsel to protect whistleblowers (those individuals
who make disclosures described in such section 2302(b)(8)) from reprisal.
(b) PURPOSE- The purpose of this Act is to strengthen and improve protection
for the rights of Federal employees, to prevent reprisals, and to help
eliminate wrongdoing within the Government by--
(1) mandating that employees should not suffer adverse consequences as a
result of prohibited personnel practices; and
(2) establishing--
(A) that the primary role of the Office of Special Counsel is to protect
employees, especially whistleblowers, from prohibited personnel practices;
(B) that the Office of Special Counsel shall act in the interests of
employees who seek assistance from the Office of Special Counsel; and
(C) that while disciplining those who commit prohibited personnel practices
may be used as a means by which to help accomplish that goal, the protection
of individuals who are the subject of prohibited personnel practices remains
the paramount consideration.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/101st-congress/senate-bill/20/text
