WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Mark R. Warner issued the following press release:
WASHINGTON - U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) along with more than 15 of their colleaguesare pushing back on the Trump administration's Office of Personnel Management (OPM) proposed rule on government-wide nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) for all federal employees. The senators noted concerns that the proposed rule would prohibit the discussion of nearly all non-public government information despite existing regulations that already protect confidential information - creating uncertainty regarding federal employees' rights under federal whistleblower laws and their obligations to provide information to Congressional oversight entities. T...