In Idaho, Utah, and now Wyoming, federal courts have struck down, as unconstitutional speech restrictions, “Ag Gag” statutes aimed at criminalizing photography and undercover investigations at animal agriculture facilities. Challengers have defeated many of these corporate-backed attempts to trample the First Amendment rights of activists and journalists, but the fight continues with new legal challenges [...]

The Government Accountability Project's Director of Education & Parnerships, Dana Gold, was a featured speaker on the Whistleblower Panel. Where: Atlanta, GA When: November 1, 2018 

Integrity at Work (IAW) is a initiative developed by Transparency International Ireland that promotes supportive working environments in which people feel comfortable raising concerns of wrongdoing. The IAW Conference 2018 will explore how employers are responding to the Protected Disclosures Act (2014) and provide an opportunity to interact with speakers from a broad range of [...]

The Tanner Lecture Series on Ethics, Citizenship, and Public Responsibility along with the Syracuse University Lecture Series will present the "Americans Who Tell the Truth: Models of Courageous Citizenship" portrait series. The series' creator, Robert Shetterly, will deliver a lecture on his work and open the exhibition of his work. For the first time ever, all 235 [...]

Director of Public Health and the Food Integrity Campaign, Amanda Hitt, will be speaking at the National Lawyers Guild -- UCLA co-sponsored conference, "Liberation Lawyering." She will present on animal justice and human rights.

Government Accountability Project’s Director of Education & Senior Counsel, Dana Gold, is speaking on the panel Legal Protection for Scientists: Overcoming Real and Perceived Barriers at the American Association for the Advancement of Science 2019 Annual Meeting. Her segment of the panel, Scientists as Whistleblowers: Legal Rights, Risks and Options, will be the first of three and will go [...]

Show support for government transparency and accountability in the sciences by attending a Sunshine Week 2019 event: Science and Transparency in the Trump Era. Co-sponsored by the Union of Concerned Scientists, Government Accountability Project, and the Sunlight Foundation, this event will include a discussion with journalists who cover issues related to transparency in the sciences [...]