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Senator Grassley Condemns FBI Inaction on Workplace Sexual Harassment and Child Exploitation Cases
On October 10, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland at the U.S. Department of Justice and Christopher Wray, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, urging the two agencies to take immediate action to...
OSC Plans to Increase Transparency Around Whistleblower Disclosures
On August 30, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) announced a policy proposal designed to increase transparency and accountability around federal employee whistleblower cases. Under the proposal, the OSC will publicly post a summary of whistleblower allegations about misconduct...
Senate Discusses Whistleblower Allegations about Unaccompanied Children Program
On July 8, Senator Chuck Grassley, Senator Bill Cassidy and Senator Ron Johnson co-hosted a roundtable to discuss abuse allegations and alleged failures in the Unaccompanied Children (UC) program. The roundtable centered around whistleblower allegations about the program. According to...
FBI Reinstates Security Clearance of Agent Who Testified before Congress Amidst Scrutiny Over DOJ Whistleblower Retaliation
In the wake of a Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General (DOJ OIG) memo which raised concerns about the DOJ and FBI’s practice of revoking security clearances of whistleblowers, the FBI has reinstated the security clearance of...
OSC Says Coast Guard has Addressed Unlawful NDAs which Chilled Sexual Assault Whistleblowing
On June 5, the U.S. Office of the Special Counsel (OSC) announced that the U.S. Coast Guard has taken corrective actions “to address its use of unlawful non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) entered into with sexual assault survivors and others.” In 2023,...
Office of Special Counsel Closes Hatch Act Loophole
Hampton Dellinger, nominated and confirmed by the Senate to lead the Office of Special Counsel (OSC), announced on May 20 that OSC will be updating the agency’s enforcement approach to the Hatch Act. The Hatch Act, passed in 1939, limits...
FBI Mishandled Serious Child and Sex Crimes Years before Nassar, According to 2003 Letter from Whistleblower Attorney
*Please be advised that this article contains sensitive themes relating to sex abuse and child crimes. This April, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) reached a settlement to pay $138 million in 139 claims regarding the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s...
DOJ Inspector General Raises Concerns of DOJ and FBI Revoking Security Clearances of Whistleblowers
On May 14, Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz released a memo sent to the Deputy Attorney General outlining concerns about the DOJ’s handling of whistleblowers with security clearances and its compliance with federal law. According to...
Experts Outline Keys to A Successful DOJ Whistleblower Program
On April 23, Siri Nelson, Executive Director of National Whistleblower Center (NWC) was joined by Forbes Top 200 Attorney and whistleblower law expert Stephen M. Kohn of Kohn, Kohn, & Colapinto (KKC) for a webinar discussing the Department of Justice’s (DOJ)...
FAA Investigating Boeing Whistleblower Claims about 787 Dreamliner
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating claims by a Boeing whistleblower, who raised safety and quality concerns in the production of the 787 Dreamliner. Sam Salehpour, an engineer who worked at Boeing for more than a decade, described in...
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