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Whistleblower Network News: Bill Introduced to Better Protect Congressional Whistleblowers

Bill Introduced to Better Protect Congressional Whistleblowers This article features our Deputy Director of Legislation Irvin McCullough and was originally published here. On July 29, Senator Dianne Feinstein introduced the Congressional Whistleblower Protection Act. The bill strengthens whistleblower protections for federal employees who make protected disclosures to Congress. The 1912 Lloyd-LaFollette Act guarantees federal employees the right to [...]

Abby Schneekloth2021-08-09T15:14:10-04:00August 9th, 2021|Congress: Legislation and Oversight, Federal Whistleblowers, In The News, US Government, Whistleblower Rights|

Business Insider Australia: ‘We have already caught staff with minors inappropriately’: recordings indicate sexual misconduct at migrant shelter, according to report

‘We have already caught staff with minors inappropriately’: recordings indicate sexual misconduct at migrant shelter, according to report This article features Government Accountability Project and was originally published here. Audio obtained by NBC News from a May staff training session at Fort Bliss appears to capture a federal contractor discussing staff sexual misconduct with minors. Fort Bliss, [...]

Abby Schneekloth2021-08-05T11:59:56-04:00August 5th, 2021|Children's Rights, Federal Whistleblowers, Fort Bliss, Immigration, In The News, Public Health, US Government|

The Livingston Parish News: Audio released detailing complaints of abuse of unaccompanied minors at migrant facility

Audio released detailing complaints of abuse of unaccompanied minors at migrant facility This article features our clients Arthur Pearlstein and Lauren Reinhold and was originally published here. After two federal workers came forward as whistleblowers filing a complaint with Congress over how unaccompanied minors are being treated at a temporary facility at Fort Bliss, audio [...]

Abby Schneekloth2021-08-05T11:54:27-04:00August 5th, 2021|Children's Rights, Federal Whistleblowers, Fort Bliss, Immigration, In The News, Public Health, US Government|

Federal News Network: Looks like the Pentagon may have itself to blame for its cyber recruiting troubles

Looks like the Pentagon may have itself to blame for its cyber recruiting troubles This podcast features our Legal Director Tom Devine and was originally published here. The Defense Department Inspector General said the Pentagon’s bureaucracy is getting in the way of hiring the cyber employees the military needs. In a recent report, the DoD IG found [...]

Abby Schneekloth2021-08-04T15:31:10-04:00August 4th, 2021|Federal Whistleblowers, In The News, US Government, Whistleblower Rights|

The News Station: U.S. SENATORS EYE WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS FOR POLICE OFFICERS

U.S. SENATORS EYE WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS FOR POLICE OFFICERS This article features our Legal Director Tom Devine and Deputy Director of Legislation Irvin McCullough and was originally published here. WASHINGTON — As police reform talks sputter on Capitol Hill, with key lawmakers still sparring over the most substantial elements on the negotiating table, one idea has [...]

Abby Schneekloth2021-08-03T13:41:39-04:00August 3rd, 2021|Congress: Legislation and Oversight, In The News, Police accountability, US Government, Whistleblower Rights|

Federal News Network: Federal employees have some of the worst whistleblower protections in the country, advocates say

Federal employees have some of the worst whistleblower protections in the country, advocates say This article features our Legal Director Tom Devine and Deputy Director of Legislation Irvin McCullough and was originally published here. Whistleblower advocates are hopeful 2021 is the year they can make stronger protections for federal employees a reality. And they believe [...]

Abby Schneekloth2021-08-03T13:34:34-04:00August 3rd, 2021|Federal Whistleblowers, In The News, US Government, Whistleblower Rights|

Axios: Whistleblowers: Depression plagues migrant children in border camp

Whistleblowers: Depression plagues migrant children in border camp This article features Government Accountability Project and our client Arthur Pearlstein and was originally published here. Unaccompanied migrant children detained in the U.S. Fort Bliss Army base in Texas live in poor mental and physical conditions, according to a whistleblower complaint submitted to Congress and government watchdogs on Wednesday. Why it [...]

Abby Schneekloth2021-08-02T15:04:14-04:00August 2nd, 2021|Children's Rights, COVID19, Federal Whistleblowers, Fort Bliss, Immigration, In The News, Public Health, US Government|

Miami Herald: U.S. special counsel lays blame on DEA in bungled Haiti drug-trafficking case

U.S. special counsel lays blame on DEA in bungled Haiti drug-trafficking case This article features our Legal Director Tom Devine and Staff Attorney Samantha Feinstein and was originally published here. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s office in Haiti mishandled a major investigation into a Colombian ship loaded with hundreds of kilos of cocaine and heroin, [...]

Abby Schneekloth2021-08-03T13:25:51-04:00August 2nd, 2021|In The News, International, Office of Special Council, US Government|

El Paso Herald-Post: Op-Ed: Chaos at Fort Bliss Refugee Camp

Op-Ed: Chaos at Fort Bliss Refugee Camp This article features our clients Arthur Pearlstein and Lauren Reinhold and was originally published here. One would think that $1,000,000,000 paid to contractors would result in gold-star treatment! But it didn’t. This bottomless pit of taxpayer-dollar-at-waste paid for “organizational chaos.” Both reports I read described the living conditions [...]

Abby Schneekloth2021-08-03T13:12:45-04:00August 2nd, 2021|Children's Rights, COVID19, Federal Whistleblowers, Fort Bliss, Immigration, In The News, Public Health, US Government|

The Hill: Federal contractor raises allegations of sexual misconduct at Fort Bliss facility: report

Federal contractor raises allegations of sexual misconduct at Fort Bliss facility: report This article features our clients Arthur Pearlstein and Lauren Reinhold and was originally published here. A federal contractor at a facility housing unaccompanied minors in Fort Bliss, Texas, allegedly said staff members were engaging in inappropriate sexual conduct with minors in the shelter, according [...]

Abby Schneekloth2021-08-03T13:06:31-04:00August 2nd, 2021|Children's Rights, Federal Whistleblowers, Fort Bliss, Immigration, In The News, Public Health, US Government|