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2/3/2009--Introduced.Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Amends federal personnel law relating to whistleblower protections to: (1) expand the concept of protected disclosure to include lawful disclosures without restriction to time, place, form, motive, context, forum, or prior disclosure, including a disclosure made in the ordinary course of an employee's duties; (2) define evidentiary standards applicable to whistleblower disclosures; (3) include as a prohibited personnel practice against whistleblowers the implementation of enforcement of any nondisclosure policy, form, or agreement, a suspension or revocation of a security clearance, and an investigation of a whistleblower; (4) permit whistleblowers to file appeals in any federal court of appeals of competent jurisdiction; (5) authorize the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to obtain review of a final order of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) interpreting whistleblower protections under specified circumstances; (6) grant authority to the MSPB to determine whether whistleblower security clearances were properly suspended or revoked; (7) make whistleblower protections applicable to employees of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and individuals who disclose censorship by federal agencies of research, analysis, or technical information that causes any violation of law or gross mismanagement, waste, abuse of authority or that poses a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety; and (8) require the Comptroller General to report to Congress on the implementation of this Act and on the revocation of whistleblower security clearances.

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A000069 1924-09-11 4399 141 Hart Senate Office Building http://akaka.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Home 202-224-2126 Daniel 'd':4 'hi':5 'sen':1 'akaka':3,7,9 'daniel':2,6,8 M 300001 Akaka Don_Cazayoux Kahikina Sen. Daniel Akaka [D, HI] 2319 N00007653 10019 Democrat 202-224-6361 Congregationalist HI Daniel Akaka 2.26666666666667 http://akaka.senate.gov/public/index.cfm B001266 3192 387 Russell Senate Office Building http://burris.senate.gov/contact/contact.cfm 202-228-3333 Roland 'd':4 'il':5 'sen':1 'burri':3,7,9 'roland':2,6,8 M 412328 Burris Sen. Roland Burris [D, IL] 1886 N00015389 5162 Democrat 202-224-2854 IL Roland Burris 1.03846153846154 http://burris.senate.gov/ C000141 1943-10-05 3239 509 Hart Senate Office Building http://cardin.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm 202-224-1651 Benjamin 'd':4 'md':5 'sen':1 'cardin':3,7,9 'benjamin':2,6,8 M 400064 Cardin Benjamin_L._Cardin L. Sen. 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George Voinovich [R, OH] 3134 N00003583 12449 Republican 202-224-3353 Roman Catholic OH George Voinovich 2.88235294117647 http://voinovich.senate.gov/ calendar 54747 Thu Jul 30 18:58:33 -0500 2009 1248840000 Wed Jul 29 00:00:00 -0500 2009 205377 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. action 54747 1244692800 Thu Jun 11 00:00:00 -0500 2009 202775 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia. Hearings held. action 54747 1244692800 Thu Jun 11 00:00:00 -0500 2009 198987 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Hearings held. action 54747 1244692800 Thu Jun 11 00:00:00 -0500 2009 198132 Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia. Date of scheduled hearing. SD-342. 2:30 p.m. action 54747 1237521600 Fri Mar 20 00:00:00 -0500 2009 191571 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia. action 54747 1233637200 Tue Feb 03 00:00:00 -0600 2009 183173 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. action 54747 1233637200 Tue Feb 03 00:00:00 -0600 2009 183172 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1434-1435) introduced 54747 1233637200 Tue Feb 03 00:00:00 -0600 2009 183171