Whistleblower protection program

For purposes of this section, a protected disclosure is a disclosure— of classified or other information that the covered individual reasonably believes to provide direct and specific evidence of any of the following: A person or entity specified in this subsection is any of the following: The Secretary, acting through the Inspector General of the Department of Energy, shall provide assistance and guidance to each covered individual who seeks to make a protected disclosure under this section. Such assistance and guidance shall include the following: The Secretary shall notify each covered individual of the following: For each complaint submitted under subsection (i), the Director of the Office of Hearings and Appeals shall— The Director shall submit a report on each investigation undertaken under paragraph (1)(B) to— Whenever the Secretary determines that a covered individual has been discharged, demoted, or otherwise discriminated against as a reprisal for making a protected disclosure under this section, the Secretary shall—