Government

This weekend the AP ran this article detailing the decade-long struggle of EPA whistleblower Dr. David Lewis. Lewis, an internationally renowned microbiologist, first ran into trouble at the agency when he questioned the science behind the policy of allowing farmers...

Congress must enact real whistleblower protections The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced today that it has entered into agreements with the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) and Office of Special Counsel (OSC) to permit TSA employees to appeal whistleblower complaints...

Back in May I blogged about the disgrace that has become the Office of Special Counsel. At that time the head of the OSC, Scott Bloch, had his home and office raided by FBI agents in an obstruction of justice...

Last week on "This American Life," Chicago Public Radio's overwhelmingly popular radio show, thousands of listeners heard the riveting story of DOJ whistleblower Rick Convertino. Mr. Convertino is a former top United States Prosecutor who successfully prosecuted the first terrorist...

This Monday, May 12, the Democratic Policy Committee is scheduled to hold hearings  to  "examine  the impact  of  American  reconstruction  and  anti-corruption failures on the U.S. mission in Iraq." Several former government employees will be offering testimony. This hearing is...

Many MSM sources (such as the New York Times and CNN)and blogs (like Talk Left) are now reporting that the Office of Special Counsel was raided by the FBI today, along with the home of agency head Scott Bloch. Bloch...

Recently I wrote a blog post on the need for whistleblower protection in the South Carolina State Police and how their upper eschelon was retaliating against troopers who blew the whistle on a fellow officer who intentionally hit a suspect...

As you have no doubt heard, last week two Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees told reporters that Southwest Airlines had engaged in an extended campaign to avoid mandatory safety inspections and had attempted to have FAA inspectors who discovered the...

A troubling whistleblower story has been developing in South Carolina. The federal authorities and  the South Carolina state senate is investigating systematic retaliation by the SC State Police against their own officers who report illegal activity within the agency. Read...

Federal employees got a bit of good news last month when the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia struck down a district court’s attempt to keep federal employees from being able to litigate non-discrimination claims as...