A federal bipartisan AI whistleblower law was introduced in May 2025 and is in its early stages. While this bill makes its way through Congress and federal efforts to preempt state AI laws advance, employers must be aware that employees who report concerns about AI tools in healthcare diagnostics may be protected by existing whistleblower laws.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) staffers who signed a letter critical of the Trump administration were unsuspended, then resuspended when the administration learned about their reinstatement.
The Trump administration is reversing the reinstatement of workers at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) who were placed on administrative leave after writing an open letter of dissent.
The 14 FEMA employees who signed the so-called Katrina declaration went back to work for a little while Monday — but the Department of Homeland Security now says that should never have happened.
Days after reinstating a group of Federal Emergency Management Agency employees who raised concerns about the government’s disaster preparedness, federal officials have placed those whistleblowers back on administrative leave.
The Trump administration said on Monday that it was revoking the reinstatement of 14 employees of the Federal Emergency Management Agency who have been on administrative leave since August, when they wrote a letter to Congress warning that President Trump was gutting disaster response in the United States.
The Trump administration last week told lawmakers that it would further shrink the broadcasting capacity of Voice of America despite a judge’s order to maintain robust news operations at the federally funded news group, which provides independent reporting to countries with limited press freedoms.
FEMA reinstated 14 employees who were placed on leave this summer after signing a petition protesting the White House's disaster response efforts.
A group of FEMA workers has been reinstated after three months of forced leave and an investigation into alleged misconduct for signing an open letter to Congress that criticized the Trump administration’s overhaul of the disaster relief agency and warned it could put American lives in danger.
Today, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) employees who were illegally terminated or placed on administrative leave for exercising their First Amendment and whistleblower rights returned to work.
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