Meet Government Accountability Project’s Summer Interns – Part 1
Meet Government Accountability Project’s Summer Interns – Part 1 By Sydney Johnson Every summer, Government Accountability Project hosts interns in departments across the organization. This summer, we are featuring our interns on our blog to learn more about their work and what drives their interest in whistleblowers, legislation, and [...]
Miles Taylor Honors Whistleblowers in Compelling New Podcast, The Whistleblowers: Inside The Trump Administration
On July 17, 2023 at the E Street Cinema in Washington, DC, Best Case Studios and iHeart Podcasts premiered the seventh episode of Miles Taylor’s new podcast “The Whistleblowers: Inside The Trump Administration.”
Our Roses for Whistleblowers
July 30th is National Whistleblower Appreciation Day— a day to honor and celebrate everything whistleblowers do for us and how much has changed because of their dedicated efforts.
Government Accountability Project Welcomes Latin America and Caribbean Delegation Through Department of State Visitor Program
Government Accountability Project Welcomes Latin America and Caribbean Delegation Through Department of State Visitor Program By: Sydney Johnson On June 6, 2023, Government Accountability Project hosted representatives from 11 countries from Latin America and the Caribbean who are part of the International Visitors Leadership Program with the United [...]
Dana Gold Sits Down with Whistleblower on Admissible Podcast
Evidence is a key building block of our justice system. In our modern world, DNA and biological evidence is as irrefutable as science itself. However, what happens when it is flawed, disputed, or even manipulated? What happens when you are the person standing in the face of false evidence and calling out the truth?
Anonymous Russian FSB Letters Reveal Internal Turmoil in the Kremlin – Part 3
Anonymous Russian FSB Letters Reveal Internal Turmoil in the Kremlin – Part 3 By: Sydney Johnson The first two letters from the FBS agent go into the economic hardships, internal enemies, deteriorating support and health of the Russian population, and the panic of failed military plans. In the first [...]
Anonymous Russian FSB Letters Reveal Internal Turmoil in the Kremlin – Part 2
Anonymous Russian FSB Letters Reveal Internal Turmoil in the Kremlin – Part 2 By: Sydney Johnson In the agent’s second letter to Oschekin, there is more anxiety about the war and the Kremlin’s strategy. People in the special services who work on field operations are no longer allowed [...]
Anonymous Russian FSB Letters Reveal Internal Turmoil in the Kremlin – Part 1
Anonymous Russian FSB Letters Reveal Internal Turmoil in the Kremlin – Part 1 By: Sydney Johnson One year ago today, on February 24, the Russian military launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, escalating the Russo-Ukraine conflict to war. Very few individuals have come forward with information about the war [...]
Reflections from the Financial Crisis: Richard Bowen and Citigroup
Reflections from the Financial Crisis: Richard Bowen and Citigroup By Ian Herel In the culmination of almost 2 years of internal whistleblowing at Citigroup, Richard Bowen sent an email in November, 2007, to Robert Rubin on the eve of his appointment to Chairman of the Board of Directors. His [...]
Our Top 5 of 2022
Our Top 5 of 2022 2022 was a record year! At Government Accountability Project, we were hard at work protecting whistleblowers and helping bring their disclosures to light. As one year ends and the next begins, we want to look back and reflect upon our best work and most [...]
Notes From Underground: Season’s Greetings! Pipelines Leak! We Need Accountable Energy!
Notes From Underground: Season’s Greetings! Pipelines Leak! We Need Accountable Energy! By Adam Arnold, Environmental Counsel In 2022, we learned that humanity’s need for safe, reliable, accountable energy is still paramount. Or we should have – just like we should have in any of the forty or fifty years [...]
Whistleblowers and Corruption Prevention – You can’t have one without the other.
"Whistleblowers and Corruption Prevention – You can't have one without the other." Samantha Feinstein Highlights Importance of Whistleblowers at UN Anti-corruption event By: Samantha Feinstein and Ian Herel On October 11th, 2022, Samantha Feinstein, Vice Chair of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) Coalition, and International Program [...]
Vote for Government Accountability Project as one of CREDO Mobile’s November Grant Recipients!
Vote for Government Accountability Project as one of CREDO Mobile’s November Grant Recipients! This is the moment of truth for whistleblower—truthtellers who risk their careers and even their lives to challenge fraud, waste, abuse, and corruption. At Government Accountability Project, we have seen first-hand how employees of conscience make [...]
An Interview with Dawn Wooten
An Interview with Dawn Wooten By Ian Herel Dawn Wooten's revelations of criminal medical-malpractice at the Irwin County Detention Center (ICDC) incited public outcries for reform and justice in immigration. For her courageous action, Dawn was presented with the Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award at the National Press [...]
The Inflation Reduction Act: A Mixed Bag
The Inflation Reduction Act: A Mixed Bag By Adam Arnold, Environmental Counsel The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is undeniably the most substantial piece of climate legislation in US history. But is this a back-handed compliment, given the dearth of other substantial legislation on the world’s most pressing crisis? The [...]
The Concrete Wall of Silence
The Concrete Wall of Silence Written by Rick Parks To learn more about our work with Rick Parks, watch "Meltdown: Three Mile Island" on Netflix, and check out our page here. Recently, the American Nuclear Society published a one-hour long video of an interview with Lake Barrett, an [...]
5 Reasons You Should Comment on the Packers and Stockyards Act Rule
5 Reasons You Should Comment on the Packers and Stockyards Act Rule You may be wondering why you should care about an archaic antitrust law from 1921. Below we have collected FIC’s “Top Five Reasons” we think you should weigh in on this important issue. Whether you’re a farmer, [...]
Looking Back at the Past to Protect the Future: Lessons from Meltdown: Three Mile Island
Looking Back at the Past to Protect the Future: Lessons from Meltdown: Three Mile Island Temperatures in Waco, Texas hit 108 degrees Fahrenheit this year, shattering the previous record of 104 degrees reached in 1917, 1935 and 1978. This case is not an isolated event; in fact, 92 all-time [...]
Nuclear Whistleblowers Protected the Public from Disaster. Now We Must Protect their Right to Speak Up.
Nuclear Whistleblowers Protected the Public from Disaster. Now We Must Protect their Right to Speak Up. A new Netflix documentary released this spring, Meltdown: Three Mile Island, traced how brazen nuclear safety violations in the Three Mile Island (TMI) cleanup threatened a full meltdown that would’ve taken out the East [...]
Replacing the “Blue Wall of Silence” with the “Blue Wall of Integrity”
Replacing the “Blue Wall of Silence” with the “Blue Wall of Integrity” We have seen truth change the course of history through civilian intervention and documentation of police brutality and wrongdoing, but only after the harm is already done. The murder of George Floyd in June 2020 sparked a [...]