NIH Whistleblowers Being Targeted?

Employees within the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (part of the NIH) have recently been asked to report all contacts with Congressional members and agencies to superiors. This is to be done on a standard form. Senator Charles Grassley, a champion of whistleblower rights, is upset at this for very good reason. The distribution of this form was made in the midst of his investigation into charges of wrongdoing at NIEHS by employees.

Grassley is pondering whether this form is whistleblower intimidation.