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News Hits2022-09-12T09:30:22-04:00

Medicine at Brown: Moral Authority

Medicine at Brown: Moral Authority  This article features Government Accountability Project clients, Drs. Scott Allen and Pam McPherson, and was originally published here.Two physicians with a record of calling out medical wrongdoing question why more doctors don’t.In 2014, internist Scott Allen MD’91 RES’94 was working as a consultant for the [...]

Politico: Daniel Ellsberg Is Dying. And He Has Some Final Things to Say.

Daniel Ellsberg Is Dying. And He Has Some Final Things to Say.\ This article was written by Government Accountability Project’s CEO, Louis Clark, and was originally published here. Daniel Ellsberg hates the word “legacy.” “I’m very put off by the word. It always throws me for a loop,” Ellsberg [...]

Rolling Stone: Grifter Arms Dealer is Only the Second American Convicted of Torture

Rolling Stone: Grifter Arms Dealer is Only the Second American Convicted of Torture  This article was written by Government Accountability Project Investigator, Zack Kopplin, and was originally published here. IN FEBRUARY OF 2022, Ross Roggio, a 54-year old former paratrooper and con artist from Stroudsbourg, Pennsylvania, was the second American ever [...]

May 22nd, 2023|Categories: Corruption, In The News, International, Investigations|

Voice of America News: Government Report Finds Former USAGM CEO Abused Authority, Wasted $1.6 Million in Funds

Voice of America News: Government Report Finds Former USAGM CEO Abused Authority, Wasted $1.6 Million in Funds This article features Government Accountability Project counsel, Davide Seide, and was originally published here. The first presidentially appointed head of the U.S. Agency for Global Media breached editorial firewall regulations, engaged in [...]

May 22nd, 2023|Categories: 1st Amendment, Corruption, In The News, VOA Whistleblowers|

National Public Radio: Federal Inquiry Details Abuses of Power by Trump CEO Over Voice of America

National Public Radio: Federal Inquiry Details Abuses of Power by Trump CEO Over Voice of America This article features Government Accountability Project counsel, Davide Seide, and was originally published here. On the day after his confirmation as chief executive of the U.S. Agency for Global Media in June 2020, [...]

May 22nd, 2023|Categories: 1st Amendment, Corruption, In The News, VOA Whistleblowers|

AlterNet: ‘Takes One’s Breath Away’: Voice of America CEO Found ‘Responsible for Numerous Improper Activities’

AlterNet: 'Takes One’s Breath Away’: Voice of America CEO Found ‘Responsible for Numerous Improper Activities’  This article features Government Accountability Project counsel, Davide Seide, and was originally published here. Michael Pack, the Chief Executive Officer of the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM), which oversees Voice of America, [...]

May 22nd, 2023|Categories: Accountability, In The News, Transparency, VOA Whistleblowers|

Government Executive: Trump’s Global Media CEO Abused Authority and Wasted Funds, Review Finds

Government Executive: Trump's Global Media CEP Abused Authority and Wasted Funds, Review Find This article features Government Accountability Project's Counsel, David Seide, and was originally published here. The controversial CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media during the end of the Trump administration abused his authority by making [...]

The Hill Times: ‘Long Overdue’ Update to Whistleblower Law Should Include Veterans, says Retired Air Force Officer and Accountability Advocate

The Hill Times: 'Long Overdue’ Update to Whistleblower Law Should Include Veterans, says Retired Air Force Officer and Accountability Advocate This article features Government Accountability Project's Legal Director, Tom Devine, and the full article was published here. A 'long overdue, vital, and desperately welcome first-step initiative” to update the [...]

May 9th, 2023|Categories: 1st Amendment, Activism, In The News, International|

Bloomberg Law: UBS Whistleblower Case Creates Avenue to Upend Retaliation Test

UBS Whistleblower Case Creates Avenue to Upend Retaliation Test This article features Government Accountability Project, and was originally published here. Whistleblowers across various industries potentially face a heightened standard for proving retaliation now that the US Supreme Court is on course to clarify the burden-shifting framework in a case [...]

May 5th, 2023|Categories: In The News, US Government, Whistleblower Rights|

Bloomberg Law: UBS Whistleblower’s Retaliation Case Taken Up by Supreme Court

Bloomberg Law: UBS Whistleblower’s Retaliation Case Taken Up by Supreme Court This article features Government Accountability Project and was originally published here. Appeals courts split over retaliatory intent requirement Lower court vacated worker’s $1.7 million trial win The US Supreme Court agreed to examine whether a former UBS Securities LLC research [...]

Vermont Business Magazine: Welch Introduces Bill to Hold Corporations Accountable for Child Labor Violations

Vermont Business Magazine: Welch Introduces Bill to Hold Corporations Accountable for Child Labor Violations This article features Government Accountability Project and was originally published here. Today, US Senators Peter Welch (D-Vermont) and Cory Booker (D-NJ), both members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, introduced the bicameral Child Labor Exploitation Accountability [...]

April 27th, 2023|Categories: Activism, Children's Rights, Food Integrity, In The News|

New Business Ethiopia: African Development Bank Rolls Out New Whistleblowing Policy

New Business Ethiopia: African Development Bank Rolls Out New Whistleblowing Policy This article features Government Accountability Project and was originally published here. The African Development Bank Group has launched a six-month campaign to sensitize its internal and external stakeholders on its new Whistleblowing Policy, approved by the Boards of [...]

April 27th, 2023|Categories: Activism, In The News, International, Whistleblower Rights|

iPolitics: Foreign Investment Laws, Afghanistan Response, and Whistleblower Protections

iPolitics: Foreign Investment Laws, Afghanistan Response, and Whistleblower Protections This article features Government Accountability Project and the full article was originally published here.  Two Team Trudeau front benchers will hit the House committee circuit this afternoon, starting with Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne, who is booked in for a one-hour appearance at INDUSTRY [...]

April 27th, 2023|Categories: Corruption, In The News, International|

The Guardian: They Cleaned up BP’s Massive Oil Spill. Now They’re Sick – And Want Justice

The Guardian: They Cleaned up BP’s Massive Oil Spill. Now They’re Sick – And Want Justice This article features Government Accountability Project’s Legal Director, Tom Devine, and was originally published here. After 18 rounds of chemotherapy, Samuel Castleberry is tired. If it were up to him, he’d still be [...]

April 20th, 2023|Categories: BP Oil Spill Anniversary, Environment, In The News, Public Health|

Army Times: ‘Poop Falling from the Ceiling’ Shows Military Housing Issues Persist

Army Times: ‘Poop Falling from the Ceiling’ Shows Military Housing Issues Persist This article features whistleblower clients, Joy Viera and Erin Greer, and was originally published here. Joy Viera and her family were excited to move into base housing at Fort Gordon, Georgia, last May after living in hotels for [...]

Boston 25 News: Military Fmailies Say Housing Problems Remain ‘Ongoing Issue’ at Fort Gordon

Boston 25 News: Military Families Say Housing Problems Remain ‘Ongoing Issue’ at Fort Gordon  This article features whistleblower client, Joy Viera, and was originally published here.  WASHINGTON — Military families living on-base at Fort Gordon in Georgia say they’re still dealing with housing problems a year after a bipartisan Senate [...]

Military: ‘Poop Falling from the Ceiling’: Despite Improvements, Fort Gordon Families Detail Continued Housing Issues

Military: 'Poop Falling from the Ceiling’: Despite Improvements, Fort Gordon Families Detail Continued Housing Issues  This article features whistleblower client, Erin Greer, and was originally published here.  The Army and a private housing company have made some improvements in the year since the release of a scathing Senate investigation into unsafe [...]

WRDW: Fort Gordon Housing Problems Still Getting Worse, Families Tell Ossoff

WRDW: Fort Gordon Housing Problems Still Getting Worse, Families Tell Ossoff This article features whistleblower clients Erin Greer, Ashley Porras, and Joy Viera, and was originally published here. WASHINGTON (WRDW/WAGT) - Sen. Jon Ossoff continues to hear horror stories about the maintenance of family housing at Fort Gordon, with [...]

Stars & Stripes: Fort Gordon Families Say Base Housing Still Plagued with Mold, Sewage, and Other Problems

Stars & Stripes: Fort Gordon Families Say Base Housing Still Plagued with Mold, Sewage, and Other Problems This article features whistleblower client, Erin Greer, and was originally published here. Erin Greer, her husband and their children have lived with poor housing conditions on Fort Gordon for more than six [...]

WFXG FOX 54: Fort Gordon Families Reveal Housing Problems Are Getting Worse

WFXG Fox 54: Fort Gordon Families Reveal Housing Problems Are Getting Worse This article features whistleblower client claims and was originally published here. FORT GORDON, Ga. (WFXG) - Fort Gordon military families are in Washington, D.C. for an oversight session with U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff and top army officials to see what progress has been made to improve [...]

April 19th, 2023|Categories: Activism, Federal Whistleblowers, In The News, Military Whistleblowing|