Common use of Protecting State and Local Government and Contractor Whistleblowers Clause in Contracts

Protecting State and Local Government and Contractor Whistleblowers. The requirements of Section 1553 of the Act are summarized below. They include, but are not limited to: Prohibition on Reprisals: An employee of any non-Federal employer receiving covered funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Pub. L. 111-5, may not be discharged, demoted, or otherwise discriminated against as a reprisal for disclosing, including a disclosure made in the ordinary course of an employee's duties, to the 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 (or other person working for the employer who has the authority to investigate, discover or terminate misconduct), a court or grant jury, the head of a Federal agency, or their representatives information that the employee believes is evidence of: - gross management of an agency contract or grant relating to covered funds; - a gross waste of covered funds; - a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety related to the implementation or use of covered funds; - an abuse of authority related to the implementation or use of covered funds; or - as violation of law, rule, or regulation related to an agency contract (including the competition for or negotiation of a contract) or grant, awarded or issued relating to covered funds.

Protecting State and Local Government and Contractor Whistleblowers. The requirements of Section 1553 of the Act are summarized below. They include, but are not limited to: Prohibition on Reprisals: An employee of any non-Federal employer receiving covered funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Pub. L. 111-5, may not be discharged, demoted, or otherwise discriminated against as a reprisal for disclosing, including a disclosure made in the ordinary course of an employee's ’s duties, to the 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 (or other person working for the employer who has the authority to investigate, discover or terminate misconduct), a court or grant jury, the head of a Federal agency, or their representatives information that the employee believes is evidence of: - • gross management of an agency contract or grant relating to covered funds; - • a gross waste of covered funds; - funds • a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety related to the implementation or use of covered funds; - • an abuse of authority related to the implementation or use of covered funds; or - • as violation of law, rule, or regulation related to an agency contract (including the competition for or negotiation of a contract) or grant, awarded or issued relating to covered funds.

Protecting State and Local Government and Contractor Whistleblowers. The requirements of Section 1553 of the Act are summarized below. They include, but are not limited to: Prohibition on Reprisals: An employee of any non-Federal employer receiving covered funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Pub. L. 111-5, may not be discharged, demoted, or otherwise discriminated against as a reprisal for disclosing, including a disclosure made in the ordinary course of an employee's duties, to the 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 (or other person working for the employer who has the authority to investigate, discover or terminate misconduct), a court or grant grand jury, the head of a Federal agency, or their representatives information that the employee believes is evidence of: - gross management mismanagement of an agency contract or grant relating to covered funds; - a gross waste of covered funds; - a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety related to the implementation or use of covered funds; - an abuse of authority related to the implementation or use of covered funds; or - as violation of law, rule, or regulation related to an agency contract (including the competition for or negotiation of a contract) or grant, awarded or issued relating to covered funds.

Protecting State and Local Government and Contractor Whistleblowers. The requirements of Section 1553 of the Act are summarized below. They include, but are not limited to: Prohibition on Reprisals: An employee of any non-Federal employer receiving covered funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Pub. L. 111-5, may not be discharged, demoted, or otherwise discriminated against as a reprisal for disclosing, including a disclosure made in the ordinary course of an employee's ’s duties, to the 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 (or other person working for the employer who has the authority to investigate, discover or terminate misconduct), a court or grant grand jury, the head of a Federal agency, or their representatives information that the employee believes is evidence of: - • gross mis-management of an agency contract or grant relating to covered funds; - • a gross waste of covered funds; - • a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety related to the implementation or use of covered funds; - • an abuse of authority related to the implementation or use of covered funds; or - • as violation of law, rule, or regulation related to an agency contract (including the competition for or negotiation of a contract) or grant, awarded or issued relating to covered funds.

Protecting State and Local Government and Contractor Whistleblowers. The requirements of Section 1553 of the Act are summarized below. They include, but are not limited to: Prohibition on Reprisals: An employee of any nonNon-Federal employer receiving covered funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Pub. L. 111-5, may not be discharged, demoted, or otherwise discriminated against as a reprisal for disclosing, including a disclosure made in the ordinary course of an employee's ’s duties, to the Accountability and Transparency Board, an inspector general, the Comptroller General, a member of Congress, a State or Federal regulatory or law enforcement agencyAgency, a person with supervisory authority over the employee (or other person working for the employer who has the authority to investigate, discover or terminate misconduct), a court or grant jury, the head of a Federal agency, or their representatives information that the employee believes is evidence of: - • gross management of an agency contract agreement or grant relating to covered funds; - a • gross waste of covered funds; - a funds • substantial and specific danger to public health or safety related to the implementation or use of covered funds; - an • abuse of authority related to the implementation or use of covered funds; or - as • violation of law, rule, or regulation related to an agency contract agreement (including the competition for or negotiation of a contract) or grant, awarded or issued relating to covered funds.

Protecting State and Local Government and Contractor Whistleblowers. The requirements of Section 1553 of the Act are summarized below. They include, but are not limited to: Prohibition on Reprisals: An employee of any non-Federal employer receiving covered funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Pub. L. 111-5, may not be discharged, demoted, or otherwise discriminated against as a reprisal for disclosing, including a disclosure made in the ordinary course of an employee's ’s duties, to the 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 (or other person working for the employer who has the authority to investigate, discover or terminate misconduct), a court or grant jury, the head of a Federal agency, or their representatives information that the employee believes is evidence of: - gross -gross management of an agency contract or grant relating to covered funds; - a -a gross waste of covered funds; - a -a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety related to the implementation or use of covered funds; - an -an abuse of authority related to the implementation or use of covered funds; or - as -as violation of law, rule, or regulation related to an agency contract (including the competition for or negotiation of a contract) or grant, awarded or issued relating to covered funds.

Protecting State and Local Government and Contractor Whistleblowers. The requirements of Section 1553 of the Act are summarized below. They include, but are not limited to: Prohibition on Reprisals: An employee of any non-Federal employer receiving covered funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Pub. L. 111-5, may not be discharged, demoted, or otherwise discriminated against as a reprisal for disclosing, including a disclosure made in the ordinary course of an employee's ’s duties, to the 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 (or other person working for the employer who has the authority to investigate, discover or terminate misconduct), a court or grant jury, the head of a Federal agency, or their representatives information that the employee believes is evidence of: - gross management of an agency contract or grant relating to covered funds; - a gross waste of covered funds; - a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety related to the implementation or use of covered funds; - an abuse of authority related to the implementation or use of covered funds; or - as violation of law, rule, or regulation related to an agency contract (including the competition for or negotiation of a contract) or grant, awarded or issued relating to covered funds.

Protecting State and Local Government and Contractor Whistleblowers. The requirements of Section 1553 of the Act are summarized below. They include, but are not limited to: Prohibition on Reprisals: An employee of any non-Federal employer receiving covered funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Pub. L. 111-5, may not be discharged, demoted, or otherwise discriminated against as a reprisal for disclosing, including a disclosure made in the ordinary course of an employee's ’s duties, to the 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 (or other person working for the employer who has the authority to investigate, discover or terminate misconduct), a court or grant grand jury, the head of a Federal agency, or their representatives representatives, information that the employee believes is evidence of: - • gross management of an agency contract or grant relating to covered funds; - • a gross waste of covered funds; - funds • a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety related to the implementation or use of covered funds; - • an abuse of authority related to the implementation or use of covered funds; or - as • a violation of law, rule, or regulation related to an agency contract (including the competition for or negotiation of a contract) or grant, awarded or issued relating to covered funds.

Protecting State and Local Government and Contractor Whistleblowers. The requirements of Section 1553 of the Act are summarized below. They include, but are not limited to: Prohibition on Reprisals: An employee of any non-Federal employer receiving covered funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Pub. L. 111-5, may not be discharged, demoted, or otherwise discriminated against as a reprisal for disclosing, including a disclosure made in the ordinary course of an employee's ’s duties, to the 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 (or other person working for the employer who has the authority to investigate, discover or terminate misconduct), a court or grant jury, the head of a Federal agency, or their representatives information that the employee believes is evidence of: - · gross management of an agency contract or grant relating to covered funds; - · a gross waste of covered funds; - · a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety related to the implementation or use of covered funds; - · an abuse of authority related to the implementation or use of covered funds; or - · as violation of law, rule, or regulation related to an agency contract (including the competition for or negotiation of a contract) or grant, awarded or issued relating to covered funds.