...Section 2302 (b) of Title 5 of the United States Code, makes it contrary to law for: (b) Any employee who has authority to take, direct others to take,...action, shall not, with respect to such authority -- (6) take or fail to take a personnel action with respect to any employee or applicant for employment...

...Intelligence or counterintelligence activities; or (in) the General Accounting Office. (b) Any employee who has authority to take, direct others to take,...personnel action, shall not. with respect to such authority(1 ) discriminate for or against any employee or applicant for employment— (A) on the basis...

...without the whistleblower's concurrence, in which case he/she will be informed in writing. Any employee who has authority to take, direct others to- take,...approve any personnel action, shall not, with respect to snch authority, take or threaten to take any action against any employee as a reprisal for making a...

...TTie Meaning of Reprisal The Act prohibits reprisal for protected whistleblowing by "(a]ny employee who has authority to take, direct others to take, recommend, or approve any personnel action with respect to such authority."132 The prohibited conduct covers a wide range of situations. The words...

...without the whist leblower's concurrence, in which case he/she will be informed in writing. Any employee who has authority to take, direct others to take, recommend, or approve any personnel action, shell not, with respect to such suthority, take or threaten to take any action against any employee...

...Personnel. Any employee: of the Department who has authority to take, direct others to take, recomend, or approve any personnel action, shall not, with respect to such authority, take or threaten to take ajiy action against any employee as a reprisal for •naking a coraplaint or disclosing...

...recognize self-initiated improvement in performance. 3. Prohibited Personnel Practices. All persons with authority to take, direct others to take, recommend, or approve any personnel action are prohibited from: a. Discriminating Because of Non-Merit Factors: (1) Do not discriminate for or...

...informed in writing. 28-106 O - 84 Any employee who has authority to take, direct others to take, le approve any personnel action, shall not. with respect to such authority, take ^n threaten to take any action against any employee as a reprisal for making a c«. -tsis plaint or...

...determines such disclosure is unavoidable during the course of the investigation. (c) Any employee who has authority to take, direct others to take,...shall not, with respect to such authority, take or threaten to take any action against any employee as a reprisal for making a complaint or disclosing...

...employee exercises jurisdiction or control as such an official; (8) take or fail to take, or threaten to take or fail to take, a personnel action with respect to any employee or applicant for employment because of — (A) any disclosure of information by an employee or applicant...