July 30 was National Whistleblower Day. For the tenth consecutive year, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution designating the day and encouraging federal agencies to celebrate by informing employees of their whistleblower rights and “acknowledging the contributions of whistleblowers to combating waste, fraud, abuse, and violations of laws and regulations of the United States.”

Among the agencies which recognized National Whistleblower Day this year were two with hugely important whistleblower award programs: the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS).