GAP and other watchdog groups are “ramping up the pressure on President Obama to fire the Commerce Department’s Inspector General Todd Zinser—amid allegations that the watchdog has retaliated against whistleblowers attempting to expose wrongdoing at this agency.”
Will Obama Fire a Scandal-Plagued Watchdog?
The Fiscal Times
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“High-profile whistleblowers have joined forces for the first time in demanding that the United Nations change a global system they say deters its thousands of staffers from exposing crime, corruption and other wrongdoing.
In a letter sent to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday, nine current and former U.N. workers say current policies offer “little to no measure of real or meaningful protection” from retaliation that can include firing, harassment and intimidation.”
Whistleblowers to UN chief: World body offers little protection for exposing wrongdoing
The Associated Press
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A whistleblower’s attorneys said they suspect that the World Bank may be singling their client out because of his criticism of the bank’s leadership over the last year.
“We’re looking into the possibility that the actions taken with respect to him by the bank are discriminatory and retaliatory,” said Beatrice Edwards, executive director of the Government Accountability Project (GAP), a public interest law firm that specializes in defending whistleblowers.
LGBT Employee Leader Under Investigation at World Bank
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