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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
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 Protection Enhancement Act , Darrell Issa , workforce
DoJ IG ombudsman to guarantee whistleblower rights
Long-time federal prosecutor Robert Storch is the first whistleblower ombudsman at the Justice Department. In this newly-created position, Storch is charged with making sure whistleblower complaints coming into the Office of the Inspector General are reviewed in a timely and proper manner.
Tags: Robert Storch , inspector general , DoJ , ombudsman , oversight , POGO , Federal Drive
New Justice position focuses on whistleblowers
Tags: Justice Department , inspector general , Robert Storch
Reasons unclear for drop in whistleblower disclosures
The Office of Special Counsel's annual report to Congress found the number of employees bringing cases of potential wrongdoing declined for the first time in five years.
Tags: management , Federal Drive , OSC , John Mahoney , Retaliation , Tully Rinckey , Ann OHanlon , Taeja Smith
OSC warns agencies of email monitoring restrictions
The Office of Special Counsel is reminding agencies not to target email monitoring of employees that could have a chilling effect on whistleblowers who report waste, fraud and abuse.
Tags: OSC , OMB , email monitoring , FDA , technology , Federal Drive
Senators frustrated by FAA nominee's lack of specifics about delayed safety provisions
Acting administrator Michael Huerta had few answers for members of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee concerning the FAA's lack of progress on pilot training and safety regulations. Huerta said the final directive is expected to be out by October 2013. He also said the NextGen system is making progress and establishing important baselines.
Tags: management , FAA , Michael Huerta , Keith BieryGolick , Jared Serbu , Congress , NextGen , Air Transportation System , John Rockefeller , Frank Lautenberg , Senate Commerce , Science and Transportation Commi , OSC
