# Revisions to the DOE Contractor Employee Protection Program
> **US Department of Energy** · Final rule. · Published 2019-08-02 · Effective 2019-10-01 · 84 FR 37752
## Document
- **Document number:** 2019-16569
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Energy
- **Federal Register citation:** 84 FR 37752
- **CFR reference:** 10 CFR 708
- **Publication date:** 2019-08-02
- **Effective date:** 2019-10-01
- **Energy docket:** DOE-OHA-2019-0017
## Abstract

The DOE Contractor Employee Protection Program extends whistleblower protections similar to those in the Whistleblower Protection Act to employees of DOE contractors and subcontractors. The Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) is amending its regulations to modernize the Department of Energy's (DOE or Department) contractor employee whistleblower program, as well as to provide improvements within the existing program.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/08/02/2019-16569/revisions-to-the-doe-contractor-employee-protection-program)
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