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Press Releases
Government Accountability Project Statement on the Protests Against Racism
June 2, 2020 Government Accountability Project Statement on the Protests Against Racism WASHINGTON – For the past week, tens of thousands of Americans have joined together to protest police brutality and systemic racism following the killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor. These protests [...]
Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Hearing on ICE and Prison Detention
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 1, 2020 Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Hearing on ICE and Prison Detention Government Accountability Project Client Testifies About Dangers During Pandemic WASHINGTON - Tomorrow, June 2, at 10:00 am, the Senate Committee on the Judiciary will hold a hearing titled “Examining Best Practices [...]
Press Release: Government Accountability Project Clients Spotlighted in New Publication by Award-Winning Journalist
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 05/14/20 Government Accountability Project Clients Spotlighted in New Publication by Award-Winning Journalist Acclaimed Journalist Publishes Book Showcasing Major Whistleblower Stories WASHINGTON – This week, acclaimed author and investigative journalist Daniel Moldea published Money, Politics, and Corruption in U.S. Higher Education: The Stories of Whistleblowers. Moldea focuses on the rampant corruption in higher education and uses case [...]
Press Release: Government Accountability Project Attorneys Submit Recommendations to United Nations Internal Justice Council
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 13, 2020 Government Accountability Project Attorneys Submit Recommendations to United Nations Internal Justice Council Letter Seeks to Improve Whistleblower Protection and Internal Justice System WASHINGTON – The United Nations International Justice Council (IJC) is submitting recommendations to the General Assembly on how to improve internal justice systems within the UN, including [...]
Press Release: Food Integrity Campaign Petition to Protect Meat Inspectors During COVID-19 Garners Thousands of Signatures
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 8, 2020 Food Integrity Campaign Petition to Protect Meat Inspectors During COVID-19 Garners Thousands of Signatures Petition Launch Follows Thousands of COVID-19 cases in Meat Industry WASHINGTON – This week, the Government Accountability Project’s Food Integrity Campaign launched a petition to expand and strengthen protections for [...]
Press Release: Senator Wyden Opposes Senior Intelligence Official’s Nomination Over Whistleblowers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 6, 2020 Senator Wyden Opposes Senior Intelligence Official’s Nomination Over Whistleblowers WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) opposed William Evanina’s nomination to serve as the Senate-confirmed Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC). Sen. Wyden’s opposition comes days after Senator [...]
Press Statement: Trump Administration Issues Executive Order Keeping Meat Plants Open Amidst Pandemic
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 30, 2020 Trump Administration Issues Executive Order Keeping Meat Plants Open Amidst Pandemic WASHINGTON – President Trump announced on Tuesday that he intended to order meat plants to stay open by declaring them essential infrastructure under the Defense Production Act. This order comes after more than 6,000 meat workers have tested positive and 20 have died of [...]
Study Projects Significant Impact on Immigrants and Local Health Care if ICE Detention Populations are not Decreased
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 4/27/2020 Study Projects Significant Impact on Immigrants and Local Health Care if ICE Detention Populations are not Decreased New Modeling Demonstrates How Spread of COVID-19 in Immigration Detention Will Impact Facility Populations and Local Health Care Systems Providence, RI – A new paper released today [...]
Press Release: Government Accountability Project Condemns Retaliation Against a DHS Director
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 04/23/20 Government Accountability Project Condemns Retaliation Against a DHS Director Doctor Leading Agency Effort to Develop Coronavirus Vaccine Removed from Post WASHINGTON – Yesterday, the New York Times reported that the top official responsible for researching a vaccine for the novel coronavirus had been dismissed from his post after pushing [...]
Blog Posts
Government Accountability Project Congratulates Department of Defense Whistleblower on Victory
Government Accountability Project Congratulates Department of Defense Whistleblower on Victory [...]
Without Restraint or Precedent: Trump’s Attacks on the Inspectors General System
Without Restraint or Precedent: Trump’s Attacks on the Inspectors General [...]
Empty Shelves, Culled Animals: COVID-19 Intersects with Decades of Industrialized Agriculture
Empty Shelves, Culled Animals: COVID-19 Intersects with Decades of Industrialized [...]
COVID-19 & the Dismantling of Oversight: How the Trump Administration is Exploiting the Pandemic and Public Distraction to Purge Whistleblowers
COVID-19 & the Dismantling of Oversight: How the Trump Administration is Exploiting the Pandemic [...]
Captain Crozier’s Whistleblowing: Unanswered Questions and the Need for Reform
Captain Crozier's Whistleblowing: Unanswered Questions and the Need for Reform [...]
COVID-19: The Largest Attack on Whistleblowers in the World
COVID-19: The Largest Attack on Whistleblowers in the World By [...]
Press Hits
Houston Chronicle: 1 in 5 immigrants at ICE detention in Houston has COVID-19
Note: this article, featuring our client Dr. Scott Allen and [...]
Buzzfeed News: After Trump’s Ukraine Scandal, Congress Is Moving To Strengthen Whistleblower Protections
Note: this article, featuring our National Security Analyst Irvin McCullough, [...]
PBS News Hour: WATCH: Senate Judiciary Committee holds hearing on incarceration practices during COVID-19
Note: this video and article, featuring our client Dr. Scott [...]
ABC News: Doctor Who Advised Homeland Security Testifies Against COVID-19 Protocols in Immigration Detention
Note: this article, featuring our client Dr. Scott Allen and [...]
Coalition Letter to Congress in Support of the CORE Act
May 26, 2020 Coalition Letter to Congress in Support of [...]
Foreign Policy: I Spy: Season 2 Episode 4: The Whistleblower
Note: this podcast, featuring Government Accountability Project, can be found [...]