Press Releases

Press Releases2022-09-12T09:42:47-04:00

Government Accountability Project launches investigation into East Palestine disaster response, files FOIA lawsuit against EPA, provides citizen whistleblower protection for independent scientist Scott Smith

Government Accountability Project is launching its own investigation into the EPA’s response to the East Palestine train derailment and providing citizen whistleblower protection to Scott Smith, the independent scientist who uncovered significantly elevated levels of dioxins and related compounds, or furans, in East Palestine, Ohio.

September 21st, 2023|Categories: Environment, EPA, Press release, Public Health, Scientific Integrity|

Government Accountability Project Releases Issue Brief on Whistleblowers at the Intersection of Oversight Failures in the Immigration & Food Production Systems

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  September 21, 2023  Government Accountability Project Releases Issue Brief on Whistleblowers at the Intersection of Oversight Failures in the Immigration & Food Production Systems   Numerous Reports of Immigrant Minors Working in Dangerous and Illegal Food Production Jobs Spur Need for Stronger Whistleblower Protections  WASHINGTON – Today, [...]

September 21st, 2023|Categories: Children's Rights, Family Detention, Food Integrity, Immigration, Policy Paper, Press release|

Government Accountability Project Represents Ethics Expert Who Testified Before Congress on the Ethics Failures of Two Supreme Court Justices

IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  September 14, 2023  Government Accountability Project Represents Ethics Expert Who Testified Before Congress on the Ethics Failures of Two Supreme Court Justices  WASHINGTON—On September 13, 2023, the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability held a hearing to ostensibly address problems when lawsuits are funded by third [...]

September 14th, 2023|Categories: Press, Press release, SCOTUS|

Rose Garden Advocacy Walk to Show Whistleblower Support in Front of White House

Every President since Ronald Reagan has been contacted by Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA.) to host an official Rose Garden Ceremony to honor and celebrate whistleblowers, yet none have done so. On Thursday, September 7, Whistleblowers of America and Government Accountability Project are hosting a Rose Garden Advocacy Walk to the White House.

August 28th, 2023|Categories: Activism, Press release, Whistleblower Rights|

Voice of America Whistleblower Describes Truth-Telling in The Trump Era in New Podcast

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  August 17, 2023  Voice of America Whistleblower Describes Truth-Telling in The Trump Era in New Podcast  “The Whistleblowers: Inside the Trump Administration” offers an insider’s view of whistleblowing in the Trump Administration  WASHINGTON – Today, Voice of America (VOA) whistleblower Grant Turner and his colleagues describe [...]

August 17th, 2023|Categories: Press Freedom, Press release, VOA Whistleblowers|

Press Statement: Former President Indicted for Inciting Attack on U.S. Capitol and Democracy

On the evening of August 1, 2023, a federal court indicted former President Donald J. Trump on four charges, including Conspiracy to Defraud the United States and Conspiracy Against Rights, after the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, seeking to overturn the results of the 2020 election. 

August 3rd, 2023|Categories: Corruption, January 6th, Press|

Press Release: Government Accountability Project Praises House of Representatives for the Reintroduction of the Protecting Our Democracy Act

Yesterday morning, Congressman Adam Schiff and Speaker Emerita Pelosi held a press conference and release at the House Triangle to announce the re-introduction of the Protecting Our Democracy Act (PODA) to the House floor.

July 28th, 2023|Categories: Federal Whistleblowers, PODA, Press release, US Government, Whistleblower Rights, WPIA|

Media Advisory: Whistleblower Organizations Host Premiere Screening of iHeart’s The Whistleblowers, Celebrate Publication of Blowback by Miles Taylor

iHeartPodcasts series "The Whistleblowers: Inside the Trump Administration," will be launching alongside Blowback: A Warning to Save Democracy from the Next Trump, the new book by Miles Taylor, best-selling author and former Trump administration official who authored the anonymous NYT op-ed.