whistleblower protections

Bob Tobias, professor at the Key Executive Leadership program of American University

Agencies aren’t always capable of investigating their own whistleblower complaints

Bob Tobias, a professor in the Key Executive Leadership Program at American University, has looked into this question.

Agency Oversight

Five key provisions in the just-signed 2022 intelligence authorization bill

Intelligence Community

(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

House-passed oversight package would expand federal employee whistleblower protections

Agency Oversight

(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

FILE - In this June 14, 2018, file photo, the FBI seal is seen before a news conference at FBI headquarters in Washington. An FBI employee has been indicted on charges that she stored classified documents and other national security information at home over the course of more than a decade, the Justice Department said Friday. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Congressional oversight leaders ask for GAO review of FBI whistleblower protections

Workforce Rights/Governance

Chuck Schumer, Raphael Warnock, Amy Klobuchar

Next question: Will the Senate go along with House oversight proposals?

Congress

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Long-awaited federal employee whistleblower protections advance in key House committee

Workforce Rights/Governance

(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

FILE- In this March 30, 2019, file photo the Dome of the U.S. Capitol Building is visible as cherry blossom trees bloom on the West Lawn in Washington. The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits fell to its lowest level since late 1969, a sign that employers are holding onto their workers despite signs of a slowing economy. Weekly applications for jobless aid fell 10,000 to a seasonally adjusted 202,000, the Labor Department said Thursday, April 4. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, FIle)

Congress again ponders the next round of whistleblower reform

Congress

Support for new proposed law to boost whistleblowers at Veterans Affairs

Veterans Affairs

FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2015, file photo, a U.S. flag flies at the U.S. embassy in Havana, Cuba. The United States is renewing calls for the Cuban government to determine the source of “attacks” on U.S. diplomats in Cuba that have affected some two dozen people. At a senior-level meeting with Cuban officials in Washington on June 14, 2018, the State Department said it had again raised the issue, which has prompted a significant reduction in staffing at the U.S. Embassy in Havana.(AP Photo/Desmond Boylan, File)

Senators want to provide financial aid for those suffering from mysterious Havana Syndrome

Federal Newscast

VA accountability office says it’s improved, but whistleblowers aren’t so sure

Veterans Affairs

Appeals court upholds whistleblower precedent in complex but consequential case for feds

Workforce Rights/Governance

Supporters line the street as motorcyclists participate in the 30th anniversary of the Rolling Thunder 'Ride for Freedom' demonstration in Washington, Sunday, May 28, 2017. Rolling Thunder seeks to bring full accountability for all U.S. prisoners of war and missing in action (POW/MIA) soldiers. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Pentagon declines permit for Rolling Thunder event to use parking lot

In today’s Federal Newscast, a prominent veterans group says the Pentagon has decided not to allow it use the building’s parking lots as the staging…

Federal Newscast

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

The Whistleblower Protection Improvement Act would grant whistleblowers access to a federal district court jury trial if the Merit Systems Protection Board…

Agency Oversight

Merit Systems Protection Board, files, seal, stack, papers

White House running out of time to restore functionality to MSPB, congressmen warn

Workforce Rights/Governance

Leaders of the House Oversight and Reform Government Operations Subcommittee are calling on the Biden administration to quickly nominate qualified members to the Merit Systems Protection Board.