Government

Months before contaminated baby formula led to the death of two infants, a whistleblower contacted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with concerns about safety violations at the formula’s manufacturing plant, according to reporting by Politico. The FDA’s slow...

On April 19, Special Counsel of the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) Henry J. Kerner sent a letter to President Biden notifying him of a whistleblower’s allegations of wrongdoing at the John L. McLellan Memorial Hospital, a Department of Veterans...

The United States Department of Defense (DOD) and Coast Guard have failed to fully implement measures to oversee the prevention and response efforts to sexual assault, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). In particular, the March...

A March 24 report from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that a former official at the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)’s Education Service, Charmain Bogue, engaged in conflicts of interest and misconduct. The VA...

On March 22, the Senate Judiciary Committee continued hearings on the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Throughout the hearing, senators posed questions to Judge Jackson on a wide variety...

On March 21, the Senate Judiciary commenced confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Jackson Brown, President Biden’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. As the hearings continue on March 22, senators will ask Judge Jackson a variety of questions concerning her...

Sunshine Week was started in 2005 by the American Society of News Editors, now the News Leaders Association. The motto of the week is “Open government is good government,” and the week aims to raise awareness about and push for...

The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) published a new webpage dedicated to resources about worker retaliation. The page explains what retaliation is and what it can look like in the workplace, provides examples of retaliation,...

On March 1, 2022, President Joe Biden delivered the 2022 State of the Union address. In his speech, he expressed support for watchdogs that oversee pandemic funds and ensure that no one is taking advantage of pandemic relief funds. He...

On March 1, the U.S. Senate confirmed Raymond Limon and Tristan Leavitt to the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), which oversees all federal employee whistleblower retaliation cases. Prior to their confirmation, the Board had been without a quorum, or the...