by the Whistleblower Protection Act, reduce the standard of proof of illicit activity that a whistleblower needs to have before they are entitled to the law's protection, outlaw non-disclosure agreements for federal employees that do not include exemptions for whistleblowers, or that limit other disclosures allowed under open government legislation, and increase the burden of proof needed to discipline managers who allegedly retaliate against those making disclosures. The bill also calls for a study of security clearance revocations to be conducted and a report on the study delivered to the House Committee on Government Reform. In a letter to the NSWBC, Democratic Rep. Henry Waxman praised the coalition and pledged his support for legislation protecting national security whistleblowers: Let me state unequivocally that all federal government workers deserve whistleblower protection, none more so than national security whistleblowers. ... Our own government has concluded that they can be trusted to work on the most important law enforcement and intelligence projects in today's post-9/11 environment. These officials are critical to our national defense. ... For these reasons, I favor expanding the Whistleblower Protection Act to cover these employees and contractors as fully as possible, as well as making the retaliatory revocation of a security clearance a prohibited personnel practice. Members Members include: Shawn Carpenter Bogdan Dzakovic Sibel Edmonds Daniel Ellsberg Melvin Goodman Daniel M. Hirsch Karen Kwiatkowski Donald Bussey Michael Levine David MacMichael Ray McGovern Michael Springmann Russ Tice Jane Turner Robert Wright, Jr. See also Colleen Rowley Edward Snowden Mark Klein Thomas Tamm Thomas Andrews Drake William Binney Concerned Foreign Service Officers Government Accountability Project National Whistleblower Center Project on Government Oversight Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity References External links NSWBC– National Security Whistleblowers Coalition (official website) H.R. 3097, the Federal Employee Protection of Disclosures Act (current version; awaiting committee action) H.R. 1317, the Federal Employee Protection of Disclosures Act (first version; inactive) GovExec.com – 'National security employees form whistleblowers coalition', Chris Strohm, Government Executive (April 27, 2005) IPSNews.net – 'Security Whistleblowers Demand End to Retaliation', William Fisher, Inter Press Service News Agency (May 11, 2005) NSWBC.org – 'New whistleblower law mired in Hill row', Shaun Waterman, UPI (June 16, 2005) Whistleblower support organizations Political advocacy groups in the United States National security 2004 establishments in the United States Organizations established in 2004 American whistleblowers