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Press Releases
Press Release: Government Accountability Project and 266 Advocacy Organizations Call on President Biden and Congress to Pass Stronger Whistleblower Protections
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 1, 2021 Government Accountability Project and 266 Advocacy Organizations Call on President Biden and Congress to Pass Stronger Whistleblower Protections WASHINGTON—Today, Government Accountability Project is joined by 266 organizations in a letter to government leaders supporting accountability through strengthened whistleblower protections. The letter [...]
Press Release: Whistleblowers Reveal More Alarming Details About Law Firm Contracts Awarded by Voice of America Overseer to Investigate Federal Employees
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 18, 2021 Whistleblowers Reveal More Alarming Details About Law Firm Contracts Awarded by Voice of America Overseer to Investigate Federal Employees New Documents Show that McGuireWoods and Caplin & Drysdale Billed Federal Agency $1.7 Million—Gross Waste and Abuse of Authority According to Whistleblowers [...]
Press Release: Department of Justice Whistleblowers File Complaints Accusing Outgoing Trump Administration Official of Politicizing the Career Civil Service Promotion Process
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 10, 2021 Department of Justice Whistleblowers File Complaints Accusing Outgoing Trump Administration Official of Politicizing the Career Civil Service Promotion Process Political Appointee Jeffrey Bossert Clark Passed Over More Experienced Attorneys to Promote Defender of Controversial Trump Abortion Policy Just Days Before Departure [...]
Press Release: Whistleblowers Report Alarming Details on Payments for Investigation of Federal Employees Made to Law Firm by Voice of America’s Parent Agency
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 4, 2021 Whistleblowers Report Alarming Details on Payments for Investigation of Federal Employees Made to Law Firm by Voice of America’s Parent Agency Part 1 of materials produced today show, over only three months, McGuireWoods billed over 3,000 hours at an average rate [...]
Press Release: Government Accountability Project Launches International Whistleblower Protection Laws Map
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 3, 2021 Government Accountability Project Launches International Whistleblower Protection Laws Map The map is released alongside a global study of whistleblower protection legislation, conducted by Government Accountability Project and the International Bar Association. WASHINGTON — Government Accountability Project has launched a new resource that will allow users to find international [...]
Press Release: Are whistleblowing laws working? IBA and Government Accountability Project publish landmark report
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 2, 2021 Are whistleblowing laws working? IBA and Government Accountability Project publish landmark report WASHINGTON – A new report, Are Whistleblowing Laws Working? A Global Study of Whistleblower Protection Litigation, tracks the records of whistleblower laws in 37 countries and provides an unprecedented [...]
Press Release: Whistleblower Reinstated as CFO by US Agency for Global Media’s New Management
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 19, 2021 Whistleblower Reinstated as CFO by US Agency for Global Media's New Management Chief Financial Officer Grant Turner Wrongly Fired by Former USAGM CEO Michael Pack WASHINGTON—Today, Government Accountability Project applauds the recent reinstatement of Grant Turner, the long-serving and highly respected [...]
Press Statement: Government Accountability Project Praises DHS Secretary Mayorkas for Acting on Whistleblower’s Warning to Disapprove Dubious Agreements with ICE Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 17, 2021 Government Accountability Project Praises DHS Secretary Mayorkas for Acting on Whistleblower’s Warning to Disapprove Dubious Agreements with ICE Union WASHINGTON – On February 16, the Department of Homeland Security disapproved labor-management agreements intended to hamstring the Biden administration entered into by [...]
Press Statement: Government Accountability Project Applauds Another U.S. Office of Special Counsel Finding “Substantial Likelihood” of Wrongdoing by Trump Administration Officials at Voice of America Overseer
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 16, 2021 Government Accountability Project Applauds Another U.S. Office of Special Counsel Finding “Substantial Likelihood” of Wrongdoing by Trump Administration Officials at Voice of America Overseer Officials Paid Private Law Firm $2 Million to Investigate Agency Employees WASHINGTON — Government Accountability Project has filed [...]
Blog Posts
Women Whistleblowers in the Trump Era: A Celebration of Women Who Refused to Be Silenced (Part 2)
Women Whistleblowers in the Trump Era: A Celebration of Women [...]
To Promote Accountability, Support Whistleblowers
To Promote Accountability, Support Whistleblowers Whistleblowers are one of the [...]
Women Whistleblowers in the Trump Era: A Celebration of Women Who Refused to Be Silenced (Part 1)
Women Whistleblowers in the Trump Era: A Celebration of Women [...]
Celebrating Sunshine Week in the Time of a New Dawn
Celebrating Sunshine Week in the Time of a New Dawn [...]
Notes from Underground: The Frack Dance
Notes from Underground: The Frack Dance This blog, along with [...]
Notes from Underground: A New Landscape
Notes from Underground: A New Landscape The change of US [...]
Press Hits
Successful Farming: Petition Calls for EPA Regulation of Large Dairy and Hog Farms
Petition Calls for EPA Regulation of Large Dairy and Hog [...]
The Daily Californian: Reparations for CA forced sterlization survivors: Support AB 1007
Reparations for CA forced sterilization survivors: Support AB 1007 This [...]
The Hill: Lawmakers, whistleblower advocates push Biden to fill federal employment board
Lawmakers, whistleblower advocates push Biden to fill federal employment board [...]
Government Executive: GovExec Daily: A Request for Stronger Whistleblower Protections
GovExec Daily: A Request for Stronger Whistleblower Protections This podcast [...]
Federal News Network: Cabinet secretaries get their marching orders on the White House’s Buy American initiative
Cabinet secretaries get their marching orders on the White House’s [...]
NJ Today: Groups demand whistleblower protections
Groups demand whistleblower protections This article features our Legal Director [...]