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Pentagon Closing Whistleblower Reprisal Cases Prematurely According to GAO

robhb — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:21:24 +0000

The GAO recently reported that the DOD Office of the Inspector General has been closing whistleblower reprisal cases prematurely. However, the report does not say how many of the closed cases would have been substantiated if investigated correctly.

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Insider Trading Ban May Muzzle Whistleblowers

robhb — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:10:46 +0000

A bill to ban insider trading by members of Congress may have unintended consequences by muzzling whistleblowers, says Huffington Post political reporter, Michael McAuliff.

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Court Order Could Undermine Whistleblower’s Disclosures to SEC.

robhb — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:54:25 +0000

A U.S. District Court ruling could hinder a whistleblower’s right to disclose SEC violations to the government or Congress. Investigator Michael Smallberg of the Project on Government Oversight (POGO) wrote an interesting article regarding this possible court ruling.

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Whistleblower Experiences in Qui Tam Cases

robhb — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:26:18 +0000

The New England Journal of Medicine conducted a study of whistleblower experiences in pursuing qui tam cases against pharmaceutical companies with interesting results.

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Would You Blow The Whistle?

robhb — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:34:01 +0000

Dina Rasor wrote this article on the question of who would blow the whistle with interesting results.

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Army Civilian Whistleblower Retaliated Against

robhb — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:29:51 +0000

Mike Helms, an Army civilian intelligence specialist, while in Iraq in 2004, fell victim to an IED that hit his humvee causing him serious injuries. Unfortuanetly, as a civilian, he was wrongfully denied military medical care. When he spoke out about the military’s poor treatment of deployed civilians in Iraq, he was retaliated against by his bosses and lost his job.

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Pentagon Whistleblower Reinstated

robhb — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:13:48 +0000

Marine Corps veteran, Franz Gayl, who blew the whistle on top Marine Corps officials for failing to quickly get MRAP vehicles to Iraq to save lives of Marines exposed to IED blasts, was reinstated as a science adviser at the Pentagon after a Navy review board overturned a Marine Corps decision to strip Gayl of his security clearances. Gayl had been suspended from his job indefinitely last year after complaining publicly about the MRAP problem and embarrassing Pentagon officials.

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How to Cut Billions from the Pentagon Budget

robhb — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:53:13 +0000

There is a way for the Pentagon to seriously cut the costs of overpriced weapon systems. Will they adopt it? In a new Solutions column by Dina Rasor, she offers a time-tested method the Pentagon can adopt to make weapon systems cost what they “should cost” instead of “will cost.”

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DCAA Whistleblower’s Allegations of Retaliation Sustained

robhb — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:12:56 +0000

In a recent decision by the Federal Office of Special Counsel, DCAA whistleblower, Auditor, Diem Thi Le’s complaints of retaliation by DCAA managers for her blowing the whistle were upheld.

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House Committee Approves Whistleblower Protection Bill

robhb — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 18:43:37 +0000

In a rare display of bi-partisanship, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform passed a new bill providing whistleblower protection to federal employees and by extension, a pilot program to protect federal contractor whistleblowers.

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