To Ensure a Transparent Government Biden and Congress Must Prioritize MSPB Appointments
President-elect Joe Biden has talked a lot about restoring transparency and accountability to the federal government. To do so, Biden ...
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New Rule Prohibits House Members from Disclosing Identity of Whistleblowers
On January 4, the U.S. House of Representatives approved rules for the 117th Congress. The rules include a new provision ...
Proposed House Rule Prohibits House Members from Disclosing the Identity of Federal Whistleblowers
On November 17, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) sent a letter to Chairman Jim McGovern (D-MA) of the ...
OIG Finds That Top Department of Interior Official Retaliated Against Whistleblower
In a report published on October 29, the U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that ...
Congress Take Note: Americans Support Stronger Legal Protections for Federal Employee Whistleblowers
In recent times, it seems as if federal whistleblowers are in the news more than ever. From last year’s Ukraine whistleblower to ...
The VA’s Use of an Intelligence Community Program Intimidates Whistleblowers
Allegations of a culture of intimidation towards whistleblowers at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) continue to arise. According to ...
Exclusive Marist Poll: Overwhelming Public Support Among Likely Voters For Increased Whistleblower Protections
In September, Marist (an A+ rated pollster) conducted a survey of American adults on behalf of Whistleblower Network News. The ...
Opinion: Ukraine Whistleblower’s Attorney Threatened: the Ugly Reality of Retaliation
In November 2019, federal prosecutors in Michigan indicted a man on charges of making death threats against Mark Zaid, the ...
Attacks on civil servants make some wary of blowing the whistle.
Two pieces of note for whistleblowers and their supporters from Government Executive. One reported on a survey that posed this ...
Growing number of federal employees report increase in discrimination and whistleblower reprisals
Nearly half of 14,000 federal employees surveyed said they had witnessed or experienced a prohibited personnel practice while on the job in ...
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