House Passes Whistleblower Protection Improvement Act
On September 15, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 221-203 to pass the Whistleblower Protection Improvement Act (WPIA). The bill ...
Tag: Federal Employees
Houses Passes Bill Mandating Whistleblower Training for VA Employees
On May 18, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill requiring whistleblower training for all employees of the Department ...
DoD Inspector General Finds Trump Officials Retaliated Against Col. Vindman
On May 18, the Inspector General (IG) of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) released a report outlining the findings ...
Advocacy Groups Demand Senate Vote on MSPB Nominees
Whistleblower advocates continue to pressure the U.S. Senate to vote on nominees for the Merit System Protections Board (MSPB). On ...
Former MSPB Member Predicts Case Backlog Will Take 5 Years to Resolve
The Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), the quasi-judicial agency tasked with ruling on federal employee whistleblower retaliation cases, has lacked ...
Department of Interior Pays $100,000 to Whistleblower
On January 18, Government Accountability Project (GAP) announced that the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) recently paid $100,000 to ...
MSPB’s Lack of Quorum Passes Five Year Mark; Advocates Demand Vote on Nominees
Since January 8, 2017, the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) has lacked a quorum. During this unprecedentedly long stretch ...
House Passes Whistleblower Protection Improvement Act as Part of Oversight Package
On December 9, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Protecting Our Democracy Act, a 174-page package of oversight and ...
Senate’s Delay on MSPB Nominations is Inexcusable
It is well documented that the lack of a quorum at the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) has undermined the ...
Whistleblower Alleges Payment Fraud at ATF, Claims He Experienced Whistleblower Retaliation
An anonymous whistleblower alleges that some administrative staff at the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and ...
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