What is the Whistleblower Protection Act (or WPA)? The False Claims Act received some further provisions in 1986. These provisions did not exist before 1986 and most of them were anti-retaliatory in nature. Now contained in 31 U.S.C. Section 3730 (h), these provisions are recognized as the Whistleblower Protection Act. It enables people to blow the whistle on fraudulent activity without caring about how it will affect them personally. It fundamentally makes doing the decent thing an a lot less … Continue reading →