As organizations that strive to ensure economic fairness and transparency in the marketplace, we urge you to oppose any policy riders in the FY 2024 Agriculture Appropriations bill that would prevent the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) from writing, finalizing, and implementing rules under the Packers and Stockyards Act (P&S Act).
AOL: Appeals Court Strikes Down Part of NC 'Ag Gag' Law, Protects Undercover Investigations This article features Government Accountability Project Food Integrity Director, Amanda Hitt, and was originally published here. Barring employees who are trying to expose wrongdoing from gathering data at work or recording there violates the First Amendment, the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court [...]
Animal Legal Defense Fund: Fourth Circuit Enjoins North Carolina Ag-Gag Law This article features Government Accountability Project and was originally published here. Raleigh, NC – Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit handed an important win to plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s Ag-Gag law, ruling that undercover investigations and whistleblowing are considered newsgathering activities protected [...]
Chicken Industry, reform advocates clash over proposed transparency rule This article excerpt features Government Accountability Project and was originally published here. “The Government Accountability Project applauded the proposed rule’s 'movement toward realizing the intent of the PSA by addressing transparency concerns regarding the formation of contracts, the tournament system, and input variability.’” [...]
State attorneys general, including NC’s Josh Stein, support new poultry rule but question oversight This article features Government Accountability Project’s whistleblower client, Rudy Howell, and was originally published here. The attorneys general of 10 states, including North Carolina’s Josh Stein, are backing a proposed rule by the U.S. Department of Agriculture that is meant [...]
Whistleblower retaliation suit by vet proceeds This article excerpt features Government Accountability Project’s whistleblower client, Dr. Karen Iovino, and was originally published here. "A whistleblower’s retaliatory termination suit against her former employer has survived dismissal, but the judge limited her allegations to those presented in her complaint to the Office of the Inspector General, [...]
Superbug-Infected Chicken is Being Sold All Over the US This article excerpt features Government Accountability Project’s whistleblower client, Rudy Howell, and was originally published here. A complaint filed with the Bureau of Consumer Protection from February 2021 documented the traumatic catching process, detailing how Tyson sends “catching crews” into the grow houses to grab [...]
PETA, other animal rights groups back pro-life activist facing multimillion dollar lawsuit This article features Government Accountability Project and was originally published here. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and several other animal rights and free speech groups are backing a pro-life activist who is facing a multimillion dollar lawsuit for exposing, through undercover journalism, Planned [...]
PETA Defends Pro-Life Journalist From Planned Parenthood's Anti-Free Speech Lawsuit This article features Government Accountability Project and was originally published here. Free speech battles can make strange bedfellows. This month, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) joined with two other animal-rights groups in supporting pro-life undercover journalist David Daleiden, whose sting videos revealed [...]