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Intelligence community employees to gain whistleblower protections
Employees in the intelligence community (IC) who report waste, fraud and abuse have gained whistleblower protections, under a directive President Barack Obama issued Wednesday. The presidential policy directive aims to ensure intelligence and national security employees are able to legally report agency wrongdoing and be protected from retaliation for doing so.
Tags: whistleblower , Intelligence Community , POGO , Congress , Jack Moore
House votes to expand whistleblower protections
The House voted Friday to significantly expand protections for federal employees who expose fraud, waste and abuse and make it easier to punish supervisors who try to retaliate against the whistleblowers.
Tags: House , Congress , whistleblower , Darrell Issa , workforce
Leaked GAO report reveals whistleblower program flaws
Debra Roth, partner at Shaw, Bransford and Roth, said the leaking of the Government Accountability Office's draft report back to DoD was unusual. The report was an evaluation of the whistleblower protection program for military service members.
Tags: whistleblower , Debra Roth , Legal Loop , Federal Drive , DoD , inspector general
House committee passes workforce reduction, whistleblower bills
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee approved H.R. 3029, which would cut the workforce by 10 percent by September 2014.
Tags: House Oversight and Government Reform Commitee , Reducing the Size of the Federal Government Throug , Mick Mulvaney , OMB , OSC , Congress
Whistleblowers face challenges to protection under existing law
Merit Systems Protection Board Senior Research Analyst Sharon Roth explains what protections federal whistleblowers receive under the current laws
Tags: Federal Drive , management , Merit Systems Protection Board , whistleblowers , Sharon Roth , Jamie Blanco
