whistleblower

Whistleblower: 665 FBI employees under misconduct investigations left prior to ruling

Hundreds of FBI employees under investigation for alleged misconduct either retired or left the agency over nearly two decades before the Justice Department…

Agency Oversight

FILE - In this May 14, 2013, photo, the Department of Justice headquarters building in Washington is photographed early in the morning. Twelve people, including three U.S. Army soldiers, are accused in a large-scale gun trafficking ring that prosecutors allege supplied nearly 100 guns to gang members in Chicago. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the indictment on April 1, 2022. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

DOJ indicts 3 for impersonating federal employees in $7.5M phone scam

Federal Newscast

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Whistle blower or whistleblower concept as a symbol of a secret informer agent posing as an employee with his cast shadow of a whistle as a metaphor for inside infoermation on misconduct in a 3D illustration style.

SEC proposes return to 30% awards for corporate whistleblowers

Agency Oversight

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

Intelligence Community

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Brussels, Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021. Facebook Whistleblower, Frances Haugen spoke Monday to MEP's about the negative impact of big tech companies' business models on users and societies and how this could be tackled by the EU's digital legislation. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Whistleblower awards are falling faster than Facebook stock

Workforce Rights/Governance

With all of the mandates and threats, should companies really “want” federal contracts?

Contracting

Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., questions Colonial Pipeline CEO Joseph Blount during a Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee hearing one day after the Justice Department revealed it had recovered the majority of the $4.4 million ransom payment the company made in hopes of getting its system back online, Tuesday, June 8, 2021, on Capitol Hill, in Washington. (Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP)

Senators looking to mandate whistleblower training for all VA employees

Federal Newscast

White House makes fighting corruption a major focal point of national security policy

Federal Newscast

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

Whistleblower advocates say federal employees need some educating

Workforce

Dr. Cletus Oppong, who specializes in occupational medicine, is the first to receive the first round of the Moderna vaccine by Clinical Pharmacist Erin Conkright on Thursday morning , Dec. 24, 2020, at the Owensboro Health Regional Hospital in Owensboro, Ky.

Va. congressman wants to know vaccination plans for federal employees

Federal Newscast

Whistleblower retaliation complaints have gone unanswered

Many whistleblowers complain of retaliation to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. But OSHA resolved only a tiny fraction of the retaliation…

Agency Oversight

Is the SEC shortchanging corporate whistleblowers?

A proposed Securities and Exchange Commission rule change would limit whistleblower payouts, seeming to disincentive the very whistleblowers the SEC relies on.

Agency Oversight

FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2019, file photo mist rolls over the U.S. Capitol dome on Capitol Hill in Washington. The federal government recorded a budget deficit of $1.88 trillion for the first eight months of 2020, larger than even any annual shortfalls in U.S. history. The sea of red ink grew as government spending shot up to deal with the coronavirus pandemic and tax revenue shrank when millions lost their jobs. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

First Look

This employee’s call for pandemic help is detailed, heartfelt and futile

Federal Report

Letter mailed to officials across the country is chock full of valid complaints, but too short on detail.