Other Acknowledgments. Nothing in this Plan restricts or prohibits a Participant from initiating communications directly with, responding to any inquiries from, providing testimony before, providing documents or other information to, reporting possible violations of law or regulation to, or from filing a claim or charge or assisting with an investigation directly with a self-regulatory authority or a government agency or entity, including the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Department of Labor, the National Labor Relations Board, the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Congress, or any agency Inspector General, or from making other disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of state or federal law or regulation.