USDOE Office of Hearings and Appeals

Whistleblower Protection Rule


The Rule

This page gives you access to the rule governing the DOE's Contractor Employee Protection Program. The rule is effective March 10, 2000. Click here to see the new rule.

History

The original rule governing the DOE's Contractor Employee Protection Program was published in the Federal Register in 1992. In January 1998, the DOE proposed to amend the rule. An Interim Final Rule was published in the Federal Register on March 15, 1999. OHA amended the Interim Final Rule effective August 11, 1999. The amendment was published in the Federal Register on July 12, 1999. As noted above, the Final Rule was published in the Federal Register on February 9, 2000. The Final Rule is effective March 10, 2000. A technical correction to the Final Rule was published on February 23, 2000.

All of these documents are available below in reverse chronological order:

Technical Correction to Rule Text PDF
Rule Text PDF
Amendment to Interim Final Rule Text PDF
Interim Final Rule Text PDF
Proposed Rule Change Text PDF
Original Rule Text