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

Telemundo: Un alto oficial migratorio denuncia fallos en la atención médica en la frontera y le dice al Congreso que la CBP ignoró sus reportes

Un alto oficial de la Oficina de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza (CBP, por su sigla en inglés) ha denunciado ante el Congreso en una carta a la que tuvo acceso el diario The Washington Post que sus supervisores le cambiaron de puesto cuando apuntó presuntas deficiencias del proveedor médico que atiende a migrantes en las instalaciones federales en la frontera, y evitó investigar su denuncia.

December 1st, 2023|Categories: Government Contractors, Immigration, In The News, US Government|

Washington Post: Whistleblower alleges failures in medical care at U.S. border facilities

Washington Post: Whistleblower alleges failures in medical care at U.S. border facilities This article features Government Accountability Project whistleblower client, Troy Hendrickson, and was originally published here. A senior U.S. Customs and Border Protection official Thursday filed a whistleblower complaint with Congress alleging his supervisors failed to adequately monitor [...]

November 30th, 2023|Categories: Immigration, In The News, Top Tier Outlet|

StarteFacts: Only 8 History Shows on Netflix Have a Perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes Score

StarteFacts: Only 8 History Shows on Netflix Have a Perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes Score This articles features Meltdown: Three Mile Island and was originally published here. 1. High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America Based on the book by Jessica B. Harris, High on the Hog [...]

November 28th, 2023|Categories: In The News, Meltdown, Nuclear Regulation|

Capitol Beat: U.S. Senate Panel Hears Tragic Stories from Georgia’s Foster Care System

U.S. Senate Panel Hears Tragic Stories from Georgia’s Foster Care SystemThis article features Government Accountability Project clients and was originally published here. ATLANTA – The mother of a murdered two-year-old girl and a young woman neglected and abused in Georgia’s foster-care system described their tragic experiences Wednesday to a U.S. Senate [...]

November 21st, 2023|Categories: Foster Care System, In The News|

NewsNation: DeWine visits East Palestine to meet with EPA, health officials

NewsNation: DeWine visits East Palestine to meet with EPA, health officials This article features Government Accountability Project's Environmental Investigator, Lesley Pacey, and was originally published here. (NewsNation) — Nine months after a train derailment in East Palestine and four months after he asked President Joe Biden to declare an emergency, Ohio Gov. Mike [...]

November 20th, 2023|Categories: East Palestine, Environment, In The News|

Byline Times: ‘The Power Imbalance is Enormous’: Inside the Ordeal of Employment Tribunals

Byline Times: ‘The Power Imbalance is Enormous’: Inside the Ordeal of Employment Tribunals This article features Government Accountability Project Staff Attorney and International Program Director, Samantha Feinstein. When industrial – later renamed employment – tribunals began hearing employment claims in the 1970s, legislators hoped for a ‘speedy’ resolution to [...]

November 16th, 2023|Categories: In The News, International, Transparency|

OCCRP: Dozens of DEA Agents Exposed in Colombian Prosecutor’s Office Leak

OCCRP: Dozens of DEA Agents Exposed in Colombian Prosecutor’s Office Leak This article features Government Accountability Project's Legal Director, Tom Devine, and was originally published here. A cyber breach at Colombia’s prosecutor’s office has exposed the identities of more than 100 agents of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and [...]

November 6th, 2023|Categories: D.E.A., In The News|

Stars and Stripes: VA is ‘free speech Death Valley’ for whistleblowers, advocate tells House lawmakers

Stars and Stripes: Stars and Stripes: VA is ‘free speech Death Valley’ for whistleblowers, advocate tells House lawmakers This article features Government Accountability Project's Legal Director, Tom, Devine, and was originally published here. The Department of Veterans Affairs is a “free speech Death Valley” for whistleblowers who raise concerns [...]

November 6th, 2023|Categories: 1st Amendment, In The News, Veterans|

Head Topics: EPA Announces ‘Completion of Major Cleanup Activities’ in East Palestine, OH, 8 Months After Toxic Train Derailment

Head Topics: EPA Announces ‘Completion of Major Cleanup Activities’ in East Palestine, OH, 8 Months After Toxic Train Derailment This article features Government Accountability Project's Environmental Investigator, Lesley Pacey, and was originally published here. The EPA is facing criticism for its response, including from the agency’s own inspector general, [...]

November 2nd, 2023|Categories: Environment, EPA, In The News|

World Socialist Website: 24 migrant children illegally working at Ohio chicken slaughter house

24 migrant children illegally working at Ohio chicken slaughter house This article features Government Accountability Project and was originally published here. Twenty-four migrant children were removed from a chicken slaughter house in Kidron, Ohio, southwest of Akron, earlier this month. The children were being illegally employed by Gerber Poultry [...]

October 31st, 2023|Categories: Children's Rights, Immigration, In The News, Public Health|

Daja: Caribbean passports: How did Iraqi banker Hassan Nasser Jaafar al-Lami benefit from Dominican citizenship?

Al-Lami is considered the most prominent holder of this nationality along with other Iraqi businessmen, but Al-Lami has a different story, as his cross-border relations extended from Iraq to Iran, Syria and then Lebanon, until a woman who claimed to be an employee of the Central Bank of Iraq described him, in a television interview, as "Qassem Soleimani financial" in Iraq.

October 24th, 2023|Categories: Corruption, In The News, International, Investigations|

Blitz: Bangladeshis illegally bought citizenship of Caribbean countries

Caribbean nation Dominica is accused of selling citizenship under its ‘citizenship by investment’ program, which allows the purchase of a passport for a base price of US$100,000, whereas Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit is accused of selling citizenship to oligarchs, officials from repressive regimes, politicians, human rights abusers, drug and weapon traffickers, money-launderers, and notorious criminals.

October 19th, 2023|Categories: Corruption, In The News, International, Investigations, Transparency|