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Many federal employees are protected from retaliation for reporting legal violations or government waste or fraud by the government agencies they work for. Federal employee whistleblowers are protected by the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 (WPA) and the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012. Read below for more information about what qualifies as whistleblowing in the federal government, and what actions are considered retaliation for whistleblowing. See workplacefairness.org for more information on Federal Employee Rights.