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 investigations. Look out for Part [...]
Representative Pramila Jayapal: Jayapal, McClintock, Davidson, Garamendi, Moulton Introduce Bipartisan Solution to Cut Wasteful Pentagon Spending This article features Government Accountability Project and was originally published here. WASHINGTON – U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Tom McClintock (CA-05), Warren Davidson (OH-08), John Garamendi (CA-08), and Seth Moulton (MA-06) are introducing bipartisan legislation to reform wasteful budget [...]
Hill Times: Advocates, MPs Point Fingers Over Delays to Long-Awaited Update to Canada's Whistleblower Laws This article features Government Accountability Project Legal Director, Tom Devine, and was originally published here. Advocates and opposition MPs on the House Government and Operations Committee are accusing the Liberals of delaying a long-awaited update to the Public Servants Disclosure [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 29, 2023 Government Accountability Project Raises Ongoing Concerns About ORR Emergency Operations for Unaccompanied Immigrant Minors Amidst News of New Influx Site WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, CBS News reported the Biden administration and Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) intend to open an “influx care [...]
The Hill Times: 'Long Overdue’ Update to Whistleblower Law Should Include Veterans, says Retired Air Force Officer and Accountability Advocate This article features Government Accountability Project's Legal Director, Tom Devine, and the full article was published here. A 'long overdue, vital, and desperately welcome first-step initiative” to update the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act [...]
Vermont Business Magazine: Welch Introduces Bill to Hold Corporations Accountable for Child Labor Violations This article features Government Accountability Project and was originally published here. Today, US Senators Peter Welch (D-Vermont) and Cory Booker (D-NJ), both members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, introduced the bicameral Child Labor Exploitation Accountability Act, legislation aimed at holding [...]
New Business Ethiopia: African Development Bank Rolls Out New Whistleblowing Policy This article features Government Accountability Project and was originally published here. The African Development Bank Group has launched a six-month campaign to sensitize its internal and external stakeholders on its new Whistleblowing Policy, approved by the Boards of Directors in January this year. [...]
Army Times: ‘Poop Falling from the Ceiling’ Shows Military Housing Issues Persist This article features whistleblower clients, Joy Viera and Erin Greer, and was originally published here. Joy Viera and her family were excited to move into base housing at Fort Gordon, Georgia, last May after living in hotels for five weeks. It didn’t last [...]
Boston 25 News: Military Families Say Housing Problems Remain ‘Ongoing Issue’ at Fort Gordon This article features whistleblower client, Joy Viera, and was originally published here. WASHINGTON — Military families living on-base at Fort Gordon in Georgia say they’re still dealing with housing problems a year after a bipartisan Senate investigation revealed mistreatment of families [...]
Military: 'Poop Falling from the Ceiling’: Despite Improvements, Fort Gordon Families Detail Continued Housing Issues This article features whistleblower client, Erin Greer, and was originally published here. The Army and a private housing company have made some improvements in the year since the release of a scathing Senate investigation into unsafe living conditions at Fort Gordon, Georgia, [...]