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Press Release: Government Accountability Project Applauds Landmark Whistleblower Legislation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 29, 2021 Government Accountability Project Applauds Landmark Whistleblower Legislation WASHINGTON— Government Accountability Project today praised the House Committee on Oversight and Reform for approving landmark legislation to modernize the Whistleblower Protection Act (WPA) of 1989. The last time Congress updated our national whistleblowing law was through the Whistleblowing Protection Enhancement Act of 2012, which passed after a thirteen-year campaign, but the most [...]

Abby Schneekloth2021-06-29T16:21:47-04:00June 29th, 2021|Congress: Legislation and Oversight, Press release, US Government, Whistleblower Rights|

The Daily Caller: CLARK: The Justice Dept’s Spying On Congress, Journalists To Find Leakers Is A Disturbing, Unconstitutional Development

CLARK: The Justice Dept’s Spying On Congress, Journalists To Find Leakers Is A Disturbing, Unconstitutional Development This op-ed was written by our Executive Director and CEO Louis Clark and was originally published here. During the winter of 2017, someone most likely within the White House or intelligence agencies released a classified document to the Washington [...]

Abby Schneekloth2021-06-29T17:07:00-04:00June 22nd, 2021|Congress: Legislation and Oversight, Department of Justice, Government Accountability, In The News, US Government|

Whistleblower Network News: Strong Whistleblower Protections Must Be Included in the George Floyd Policing Act

Strong Whistleblower Protections Must Be Included in the George Floyd Policing Act This article features Government Accountability Project and was originally published here. As the country reflects on the one year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder by a Minneapolis police officer, we mourn his loss as we also mourn the lack of real progress on police [...]

Abby Schneekloth2021-06-08T15:36:22-04:00June 7th, 2021|Congress: Legislation and Oversight, In The News, National Security, Police accountability, Whistleblower Rights|

JD Supra: Momentum Grows for Fixing the AML Whistleblower Law

Momentum Grows for Fixing the AML Whistleblower Law This article features Government Accountability Project and was originally published here. When the Anti-Money Laundering Whistleblower Act (“AML Act”) became law on January 1, 2021, some commentators praised it as a breakthrough. The law was modelled on the highly successful Dodd-Frank Act (“DFA”) and shared some of its important [...]

Abby Schneekloth2021-06-08T15:44:37-04:00June 3rd, 2021|Congress: Legislation and Oversight, Financial Accountability, In The News, Judicial Oversight, Whistleblower Rights|

Politico: The Recast: Today’s GOP is all about fealty. That’s risky.

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, [...]

Abby Schneekloth2021-05-19T16:33:24-04:00May 19th, 2021|Congress: Legislation and Oversight, Government Accountability, Illegal Gag Orders, In The News, National Security, Police accountability, US Government, Whistleblower Rights|

Whistleblower News Network: Bipartisan Bill Grants Court Access to Federal Employee Whistlblowers

Bipartisan Bill Grants Court Access to Federal Employee Whistleblowers This article features Government Accountability Project and was originally published here. On May 4, a bipartisan group of U.S. Representatives reintroduced the Whistleblower Protection Improvement Act of 2021 (WPIA). The bill aims to address a number of shortcomings with the Whistleblower Protection Act (WPA), the main law offering whistleblower protections [...]

Abby Schneekloth2021-05-05T15:36:26-04:00May 5th, 2021|Congress: Legislation and Oversight, Government Accountability, In The News, Whistleblower Rights|

Federal News Network: Whistleblower protection bill gives feds facing retaliation avenue for relief outside MSPB

Whistleblower protection bill gives feds facing retaliation avenue for relief outside MSPB This article features our Legal Director Tom Devine and was originally published here. Whistleblowing federal employees and contractors who face retaliation from their agencies would have a new legal remedy available to them through a bill introduced by members of the House Oversight [...]

Abby Schneekloth2021-05-04T16:04:28-04:00May 4th, 2021|Congress: Legislation and Oversight, Federal Whistleblowers, In The News, Whistleblower Rights|

Federal News Network: After years of complaints, House committee considering changes to VA accountability office

After years of complaints, House committee considering changes to VA accountability office This article features Government Accountability Project and was originally published here. The House Veterans Affairs Committee is discussing improvements for VA’s Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection (OAWP), following years of complaints about the organization’s performance from employees, oversight groups and members of [...]

Abby Schneekloth2021-04-23T10:43:18-04:00April 22nd, 2021|Congress: Legislation and Oversight, Government Accountability, In The News, VA Accountability|

The Hill: Lawmakers, whistleblower advocates push Biden to fill federal employment board

Lawmakers, whistleblower advocates push Biden to fill federal employment board This article features our Senior Counsel David Seide and was originally published here. Lawmakers are urging President Biden to fill an obscure employment board responsible for determining the fate of whistleblowers and other workers dismissed by the federal government. The three-member Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) lost [...]

Abby Schneekloth2021-04-07T14:45:38-04:00April 7th, 2021|Congress: Legislation and Oversight, Government Accountability, In The News, US Government|

Government Executive: GovExec Daily: A Request for Stronger Whistleblower Protections

GovExec Daily: A Request for Stronger Whistleblower Protections This podcast features our National Security Analyst Irvin McCullough and was originally published here. Last week, more than 200 groups called on President Biden and congressional leadership to enact stronger whistleblower protection laws, especially to ensure that the government is fairly spending trillions of dollars in pandemic [...]

Abby Schneekloth2021-04-06T14:53:52-04:00April 6th, 2021|Congress: Legislation and Oversight, Government Accountability, In The News, US Government, Whistleblower Rights|