Government

On April 1, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a hearing “Safety First: Restoring Boeing’s Status as a Great American Manufacturer” featuring testimony from Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg. During the hearing, Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) grilled...

On March 26, Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced the Congressional Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025, which increases protections for federal employee whistleblowers who provide information to Congress. The Act is endorsed by major U.S. whistleblower organizations, who believe that the...

Describing himself as one of the “most significant whistleblowers in FBI history,” 15-year veteran FBI Special Agent Johnathan Buma was arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport on March 17, 2025, as he was attempting to board an outbound international...

As massive layoffs continue to affect thousands of federal employees, a leading whistleblower attorney has penned an article outlining the legal rights and options available to employees looking to challenge their termination. In an article for the National Law Review,...

On February 26, 2025, Judge Amy Jackson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia heard arguments in a preliminary injunction hearing between attorneys for Hampton Dellinger, Special Counsel of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC), and...

While Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger continues to challenge President Trump's attempts to fire him, he has been allowed to remain in his post as the head of the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) by a federal judge. On February 24,...

On February 21, the U.S. Supreme Court chose not to weigh in on President Trump's firing of Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger, after a district court  found that the Trump administration violated the law in firing Dellinger without cause and temporarily...

The system for anti-retaliation protections for federal employees who blow the whistle or speak out about their agency’s conduct is infamously weak, with whistleblowers usually forced to pursue relief through the delay-plagued and presidentially appointed Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB)...

On February 10, Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger sued President Donald Trump in response to his sudden termination late on February 7. Under federal law, the Special Counsel can be removed by the President “only for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or...

On November 12, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released two reports following an extensive review into how the Department of Justice (DOJ) handles whistleblower protections for employees of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI). According to the GAO, the DOJ...