Tag: Whistleblower
Whistleblower Gets Job In New Accountability Office at Trumps’ VA
Whistleblowers Say Manchester VA Hospital is Endangering Patients
Follow the Rules Act Broadens Whistleblower Protections
The Follow the Rules Act is a new law that may provide extra protections to federal employees who become whistleblowers. This is a summary of the new law.
Follow the Rules Act Signed into Law
President Trump has signed the Follow the Rules Act. It provides additional protection for federal employee whistleblowers.
Michael Moore Asks Federal Employees to Blow the Whistle on the Trump Administration
Michael Moore has set up a website that encourages whistleblowers to share information with him about the Trump administration.
Whistleblower Blows Whistle at Office of Special Counsel
A complaint has been filed and a hearing scheduled for a complaint against senior officials of the Office of Special Counsel, the agency that normally investigates and prosecutes these cases.
Unprotected Whistleblowing Will Not Undo Removal of Federal Employee
A Department of Education employee removed for various misconduct reasons tried to thwart the agency’s action by pointing to his whistleblowing activity. Since he could not prove it was protected whistleblowing and the agency could prove it would fire him even if it had been, he lost out on his appeal.
Whistleblowing or Failure to Communicate Properly With Supervisors?
Here’s a situation where a federal employee received a “counseling memo” following what he apparently considered as a whistleblowing complaint to his agency chain of command. He tried to challenge the informal discipline as retaliation for protected whistleblowing and eventually his case went to the federal appeals court.
Lawmakers Warn HHS Against Restricting Federal Employees From Communicating With Congress
Two lawmakers are questioning an HHS memo that they say appears to violate the rights of federal employees to communicate directly with Congress.
Another FOIA Lawsuit for the EPA
Two lawsuits are now pending involving issues surrounding the “Deep State” and EPA employees.
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