Notice
The Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012 (WPEA) was signed into law in 2012. The law strengthened the protections for federal employees who disclose evidence of waste, fraud, or abuse. The WPEA also requires that any non-disclosure policy, form, or agreement include the statement copied below, and provides that any such policy, form or agreement executed without the language may be enforced as long as agencies give employees notice of the statement. This communication serves as that notice to employees.
As an Army Sustainment Command employee, you may have been required to sign a non-disclosure policy, form, or agreement to access classified or other information. You should read this statement as if it were incorporated into any non-disclosure policy, form, or agreement you have signed.
These provisions are consistent with and do not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter the employee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by existing statute or Executive order relating to (1) classified information, (2) communications to Congress, (3) the reporting to an Inspector General of a violation of any law, rule, or regulation, or mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety, or (4) any other whistleblower protection. The definitions, requirements, obligations, rights, sanctions,and liabilities created by controlling Executive orders and statutory provisions are incorporated into this agreement and are controlling.
Employees are reminded that reporting evidence of waste, fraud, or abuse involving classified information or classified programs must continue to be made consistent with established rules and procedures designed to protect classified information.