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Court ruling could tie OSC's hands when it comes whistleblowers
The Office of Special Counsel is "deeply concerned" about the implications of a federal court ruling that stripped low-level Defense Department employees of their ability to appeal suspensions and demotions outside the agency. OSC, which filed an amicus brief earlier this month with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, is worried the ruling could have a chilling effect on whistleblowers.
Tags: oversight , workforce , MSPB , OSC , Federal Drive , Tom Temin , Emily Kopp , Jack Moore
FBI arrests NASA contractor about to leave U.S. for China
Agents charged Bo Jiang, a contractor at the National Institute of Aerospace, with lying to federal investigators. Jiang was under investigation for possible violations of the Arms Control Act.
Tags: Bo Jiang , China , NASA , NIA , FBI , Arms Control Act , House , Michael OConnell
Whistleblowers allege wrongdoing at VA center
In the letter sent Monday to the White House and Congress, the Office of Special Counsel said an initial 2009 report by a whistleblower employee at the G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center in Jackson, Miss., alleged that the staff routinely failed to properly clean and sterilize reusable medical equipment such as scalpels and bone cutters.
Tags: Veterans Affairs , Office of Special Counsel , Eric Shinseki , Congress
Ex-CIA man Kiriakou gets 2 1/2 years for leaks
Tags: CIA , leaks , John Kiriakou
In case involving Gallup, man to plead guilty
Tags: Gallup , Justice Department , State , U.S. Mint , lawsuit , oversight
President signs whistle-blower bill for US workers
Tags: whistleblower bill , Senate , Congress , good government , Government Accountability Project , Carolyn Lerner , Office of Special Counsel , TSA , workforce , management
Feds: Defense firm put untrained guards in Iraq
The federal government has joined a whistleblower's lawsuit against a major defense contractor in Iraq.
Tags: DoD , Triple Canopy , Iraq
Report: Federal whistleblowers don't sense letup in agency retaliation
Federal employees increasingly perceive less agency wrongdoing but that doesn't necessarily mean the threat of retaliation for reporting such misconduct has similarly decreased, according to a new Merit System Protection Board report.
Tags: MSPB , Susan Tsui Grundmann , EPA , FDA , OSC , best practices , Jack Moore
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 Protection Enhancement Act , intelligence community , POGO , Congress , Jack Moore
With $104M whistleblower payout, IRS hoping money talks
Providing awards to whistleblowers is key to bringing would-be informants forward. And a record $104 million after taxes payout to former UBS banker Bradley Birkenfeld serves as a billboard to whistleblowers that the IRS is willing to pay out for information that helps catch tax cheaters.
Tags: IRS , Stephen Kohn , Bradley Birkenfeld , tax evasion , fraud, waste and abuse
