November 29, 2022 The Honorable Charles Schumer The Honorable Patrick Leahy United States Senate Washington, D.C., 20510 The Honorable Nancy Pelosi The Honorable Rosa DeLauro United States House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 Dear Leader Schumer, Speaker Pelosi, Chairman Leahy, and Chair DeLauro: As organizations committed to workers’ rights, civil rights, and the ongoing ability [...]
'All That Breathes,’ ‘Fire of Lice’ Erupt as IDA Documentary Awards Nominations AnnouncedThis article features Meltdown: Three Mile Island, and was originally published here.Fire of Love and All That Breathes further established themselves as solid Oscar contenders, leading all comers as the IDA Documentary Awards nominations were announced today.Fire of Love, about scientists Katia and Maurice Krafft, a French couple [...]
Whistle-Blowers Face a Lonely and Risky RoadThis article features Government Accountability Project’s Senior Counsel and Director of Education, Dana Gold and was originally published here.Nearly a year after Facebook whistle-blower Frances Haugen testified to the Senate about her employer’s alleged failures, one of cybersecurity’s most prominent figures was doing the same.On Tuesday, lawmakers questioned former Twitter Inc. security chief [...]
IRS Whistleblowing in 2021 This article features a coalition letter signed by Government Accountability Project and was originally published here. In 2021, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Whistleblower Program did not draw the same attention as other whistleblower reward programs. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Whistleblower Program made headlines for awarding over $500 million to whistleblowers [...]
Advocacy Organizations Host Live Event on Elon Musk’s Anti-Whistleblower Rhetoric This article features Government Accountability Project and was originally published here. On December 16, whistleblower advocacy organizations National Whistleblower Center (NWC) and Government Accountability Project (GAP) held a live discussion on Twitter about recent tweets Elon Musk made mocking whistleblowers. During the event, Tesla whistleblower Cristina Balan joined the conversation [...]
Note: this article, featuring our National Security Analyst and Deputy Director of Legislation Irvin McCullough, was originally published here. Trump Wages a War on Watchdogs as Coronavirus Elevates Their Importance WASHINGTON — As federal officials spend money at an unprecedented rate to stem coronavirus damage, President Trump is taking on the watchdogs charged with ensuring [...]
For Immediate Release: April 7, 2020 Government Accountability Project Condemns Removal of IG Leader Overseeing Pandemic Spending Whistleblower Advocates Criticize Trump’s Interference with IGs’ Independence WASHINGTON – Today, President Donald Trump relieved Glenn Fine, leader of the panel of Inspectors General (IGs) responsible for overseeing allocation and implementation of the $2 trillion pandemic stimulus law, [...]
Social Distancing in Detention: An Inherent Paradox that Threatens Lives, for Detainees and the Public By Emma Lyons Government Accountability Project has long represented federal whistleblowers who drew attention to threats to immigrant health and safety under the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” and “Remain in Mexico” policies. Even under normal circumstances, research has documented [...]
Note: this article, featuring our Legal Director Tom Devine, was originally published here. Group Calls on Citizens to Blow the Whistle on Motorola Cell Phone Safety Studies A new organization was launched last week to expose concealed information about the health and safety risks of mobile phones. The Mobile Phone Whistleblower Project – an initiative of [...]
Note: this video, featuring our Legal Director Tom Devine, is linked here. How Corporate Whistleblowers Make Millions In 2010, the SEC launched a whistleblower program complete with a bounty for exposing fraud. Since the inception of the program, 66 whistleblowers have been paid $387 million for their contributions. Ted Siedle is one of them. He [...]