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Biden Announces Nominee to Lead Widely Criticized VA Whistleblower Office
On March 26, President Biden announced his intention to nominate Maryanne Donaghy to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection (OAWP). Established in 2017, the OAWP aims to protect VA whistleblowers but has been...
Representative Connolly Introduces Bill to Reauthorize MSPB
On February 23, Representative Gerald Connolly (D-VA) introduced the Merit Systems Protection Board Empowerment Act of 2021. The bill, which is endorsed by the National Whistleblower Center, reauthorizes the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) through 2026. It also requires administrative...
Congress Should Demand Merrick Garland Commit to Fixing the DOJ’s Whistleblower Programs
The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a confirmation hearing on Judge Merrick Garland’s nomination as the Attorney General for the United States. Congress must use this opportunity to question Judge Garland on his view of whistleblowers and the steps he...
OIG Reports: “Systemic Issue” At DOJ, Contractors Not Being Informed Of Whistleblower Rights
The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has released a public memorandum warning of a serious “systemic issue” in the DOJ. The February 10 memo claims that the DOJ has failed to ensure that federal...
Newly Introduced Bill Extends Federal Whistleblower Protections to TSA Employees
On February 5, a group of senior Democrats in the United States House of Representatives reintroduced The Rights for the Transportation Security Administration Workforce Act. The Act would extend the federal workplace rights of Title 5 of the U.S. Code,...
Abuse of Power, Mismanagement in Deal with ICE Union, Alleges Whistleblower
A whistleblower filed a complaint alleging that former Department of Homeland Security official Kenneth Cuccinelli II engaged in mismanagement in relation to an agreement with a union representing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to a February 1 article from...
Inspector General Substantiates Whistleblower Claim: Public Health Emergency Fund Was Misappropriated
A whistleblower complaint has led to an investigation of federal officials’ misappropriation of funds earmarked for biomedical research, finding that hundreds of millions of dollars were misused over the past decade. The Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human...
WNN Exclusive: MSPB Confirms Backlog of 3118 Federal Employment Cases
In response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by Whistleblower Network News, the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) has confirmed that there is a current backlog of 3118 federal employee cases at the Board. Of these, 774...
Census Bureau Director Resigns Following Whistleblower Complaint
1/19/21 2:24 EST Update: On January 18, U.S. Census Bureau Director Dr. Steve Dillingham announced his resignation, ending his tenure nearly a year before the end of his term. His resignation comes less than a week after the Inspector General...
VOA Whistleblowers Label Pompeo Speech as “Political Propaganda”
On January 11, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gave a speech to employees of the Voice of America (VOA) news service that was broadcast live, worldwide, through VOA channels. Prior to the speech, a group of anonymous whistleblowers within VOA...
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