The article noted, “On July 30, 1778, the Continental Congress unanimously passed the first whistleblower legislation in the United States, stating that ‘it is the duty of all persons in the service of the United States, as well as all other the inhabitants thereof, to give the earliest information to Congress or other proper authority of any misconduct, frauds or misdemeanors committed by any officers or persons in the service of these states, which may come to their knowledge.’” | 
