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Press Releases
Press Release: House and Senate Propose Best Practice Whistleblower Rights for COVID Spending
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 15, 2020 House and Senate Propose Best Practice Whistleblower Rights for COVID Spending WASHINGTON – Today Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) and nine other Senators, as well as Representatives Jackie Speier (D-CA) and Jamie Raskin (D-MD), introduced the COVID 19 Whistleblower Protection Act, legislation [...]
Press Release: EPA Obliged to Update Oil-Spill Contingency Plan
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 5, 2020 EPA Obliged to Update Oil-Spill Contingency Plan On June 2, San Francisco Federal District Court ordered an end to federal inaction on dangerous dispersants used to “clean up” offshore oil spills. The court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has a legal obligation to update its National Contingency Plan (NCP) for oil-spill cleanup. Environmentalists and [...]
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 [...]
Blog Posts
Social Distancing in Detention: An Inherent Paradox that Threatens Lives, for Detainees and the Public
Social Distancing in Detention: An Inherent Paradox that Threatens Lives, [...]
What We Still Haven’t Learned Since the 1918 Pandemic
What We Still Haven’t Learned Since the 1918 Pandemic By [...]
Epidemics and Chilling Effects: A Dangerous Combination
Epidemics and Chilling Effects: A Dangerous Combination Barriers to Free [...]
Government Accountability Project Staffers Sign On to DOJ Letter
Government Accountability Project Staffers Sign On to DOJ Letter 2,500+ [...]
In Remembrance of Judge Nahum Litt
The Honorable Nahum "Naami" Litt (1935-2019) Government Accountability Project is [...]
Senate Bill to Overhaul Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
Senate Bill to Overhaul Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations On December [...]
Press Hits
Government Executive: Advocacy Groups Press Congress to Support Pandemic Whistleblower Protection Legislation
Note: this article mentions Government Accountability Project and was originally [...]
New Republic: How Taxpayer Dollars May Have Bought a Kurdish Strongman’s Beverly Hills Mansions
Note: this article, written by our Investigator Zack Kopplin, was [...]
Big Easy Magazine: Louisiana Detention Facility Mistreats Sick Immigrants as COVID-19 Spreads
Note: this article, featuring Government Accountability Project and our clients, [...]
AlterNet: Whistleblowers Say ICE Intentionally Withheld Personal Protective Equipment During COVID-19 Pandemic
Note: this article, featuring Government Accountability Project and our client, [...]
Republic World: US Lawmakers Come Up With Bill For Feds To Reveal Identity Amid Portland Controversy
Note: this article, featuring our Deputy Director of Legislation Irvin [...]
Mother Jones: Whistleblowers Say ICE Detention Center Used Deceptive Tricks to Conceal COVID Outbreak
Note: this article, featuring Government Accountability Project and our clients, [...]