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 [...]
The Recast: Today's GOP is all about fealty. That's risky. This article features Government Accountability Project and was originally published here. On Tuesday, the Government Accountability Project, a leading whistleblower protection advocacy group, sent letters to House and Senate leadership urging them to pass “anti-retaliation rights” for those who report law enforcement misconduct. The group, [...]
Celebrating Sunshine Week in the Time of a New Dawn Government Accountability Project is shining a light on the importance of whistleblowers to open government during Sunshine Week, March 14-20, 2021. At Government Accountability Project, we believe that truth deserves a champion. Many of the truths we encounter would likely stay hidden if it weren’t [...]
Why Congress urgently needs to pass federal legislation to protect students and faculty from whistleblower retaliation When schools opened across the U.S. amidst the ongoing pandemic, students and public school employees blew the whistle on life-threatening public health and safety practices that violated CDC regulations. In several cases this was met with retaliation. Some school employees and students have legal protections from retaliation, though the [...]
Groups Request Reminder of Federal Employees’ Whistleblower Rights This article features Government Accountability Project and was originally published here. Four oversight and good government organizations sent letters to 25 federal agencies on Monday asking them to reinforce their employees' whistleblower rights amid the presidential transition. The Government Accountability Project, American Oversight, Protect Democracy and Public [...]
DHS Union Asks for Removal of 'Illegal Gag Order' Asking Employees to Report on Colleagues This article features Government Accountability Project and was originally published here. A recent directive sent to Homeland Security Department workers asking them to inform on colleagues they believe are leaking information constitutes an “illegal gag order,” according to a group [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 23, 2020 Government Accountability Project and the American Federation of Government Employees USCIS Council 119 File Letter to Department of Homeland Security on Illegal Gag Orders Gag orders are violations of workers’ whistleblowing and free speech rights WASHINGTON – Last week a senior official in the Department of Homeland Security attempted [...]