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OSC WPA Guidelines

Listed below are OSC compliance guidelines for the Whistleblower Protection Act(WPA):

POSTINGS:  Agencies should post the laws regarding prohibited personnel practices as well as information regarding the process for making confidential disclosures to OSC.
 
The sample Whistleblower Poster is at http://www.osc.gov/documents/info/poster1.htm
The sample Prohibited Personnel Practices poster is at http://www.osc.gov/documents/info/poster2.htm

NEW EMPLOYEES:  Written materials on PPP's, the WPA and OSC's role in enforcing these laws should be provided in new employee orientation packets. They can either be printed or sent via e-mail.
 
The web version of "Your Rights as a Federal Employee is at http://www.osc.gov/documents/info/rights.htm
The Adobe Acrobat version is at http://www.osc.gov/documents/info/rights.pdf

EMPLOYEE NOTIFICATION:  Written materials on PPP's, the WPA and OSC's role in enforcing these laws, should be provided to all employees on an annual basis. Agencies should also include this information on their web sites. As noted above, OSC has developed materials, which can be e-mailed, to help agencies fulfill this requirement (Your Rights as a Federal Employee). Examples of letters sent to agency employees by agency heads, outlining rights and remedies under the WPA, are also available below:
 
Example letter 1
Example letter 2
Example letter 3
 
The same information we give to new employees (Your Rights as a Federal Employee) can be made available to all employees by sending them an e-mail pointing them to the links on our page to the information:
 
The web version of "Your Rights as a Federal Employee is at http://www.osc.gov/documents/info/rights.htm
The Adobe Acrobat version is at http://www.osc.gov/documents/info/rights.pdf

SUPERVISORY TRAINING:  Each agency, in consultation with OSC, should provide training to managers and supervisors to ensure their understanding of their responsibilities under the PPP and whistleblower protection provisions of Title 5. OSC has developed several options to aid agencies in fulfilling this requirement of the program including providing speakers for satellite training or to address large groups of employees, a slide presentation, and a 1-hour videotape training session.

COMPUTER LINK:  Each agency should provide a link from its own web site or intra-net site to the OSC web site (www.osc.gov).
 

    
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