Government Accountability Project

Chairman Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., speaks during a Senate Governmental Affairs Committee hybrid nominations hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 22, 2021, to consider the nominees for Postal Service Governors Anton Hajjar, Amber McReynolds, and Ronald Stroman, along with Kiran Ahuja, the nominee to be Office of Personnel Management Director. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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After years of historic absences, Biden’s MSPB nominees face their first test

Senators on both sides of the aisle agreed the president’s nominees for the Merit Systems Protection Board are experienced, and they expressed a desire…

Workforce

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Federal employees have some of the worst whistleblower protections in the country, advocates say

Workforce Rights/Governance

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Whistleblower protection bill gives feds facing retaliation avenue for relief outside MSPB

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After years of complaints, House committee considering changes to VA accountability office

Veterans Affairs

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Pandemic board launches spending tracker, but with little for oversight groups to parse

Agency Oversight

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Glenn Fine, inspector general, Defense Department

Trump’s watchdog shakeup underscores legal limits for IG independence

Agency Oversight

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From left, Dennis Kirk, Julia Clark and Andrew Maunz Merit Systems Protection board nominees Senate hearing

Whistleblower groups urge congressional action on MSPB nominees

Workforce Rights/Governance

New accountability office hasn’t made a dent in VA’s ‘culture of retaliation,’ whistleblowers say

Veterans Affairs

Culture of retaliation still prevalent at VA, whistleblowers say

Veterans Affairs

Organizations team up to produce survival guide for government whistleblowers

Federal Drive

New bill to provide financial help to feds during government shutdowns

Federal Newscast

In this Aug. 7, 2018, photo, Mark Robbins, the last remaining member of the Merit Systems Protection Board, looks through stacks of legal cases piled up on his desk in Washington office. Robbins reads through federal workplace disputes, analyzes the cases, marks them with notes and logs his legal opinions. He then passes them along to nobody. He’s the only member of a three-member board that legally can’t operate until the president and Congress give him at least one colleague. (AP Photo/Juliet Linderman)

With no quick fix in sight, MSPB careening toward ‘unprecedented’ scenario Thursday

Good government groups are making a last-ditch effort to resolve an increasingly likely scenario at the Merit Systems Protection Board. The board will…

Workforce Rights/Governance

Trump names long-awaited second member to MSPB

If the Senate confirms President Donald Trump’s nominee to the Merit Systems Protection Board, it would restore a quorum after a year-long gap.

OSC issues new training, performance standards to protect whistleblower rights

Workforce Rights/Governance

The Office of Special Counsel reminds agencies of employee whistleblower rights, as the Justice Department tightens its control on communication to Congress.