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December 19, 2012
Celebrating a New Day for Whistleblowers
The Project On Government Oversight, Make It Safe Coalition, and Fund for Constitutional Government hosted a celebration of the enactment of the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act, honoring whistleblowers,
advocates, and cosponsors of the landmark l
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Topics: Whistleblower Protections
December 4, 2012
Video: Government Secrets and Whistleblowers
POGO Executive Director Danielle Brian appeared on MSNBC's Up w/ Chris Hayes to talk about government secrecy and high-profile whistleblower cases.
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Topics: Whistleblower Protections
December 6, 2011
POGO Shows Support for Contractor Whistleblower Protection Bill in Hearing Today
In tough economic times, whistleblowers play an even more vital role in exposing corporate misconduct and saving taxpayer dollars--but U.S. legislation is still failing to protect a massive segment of people working for the government: contractors.
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April 27, 2012
Non-Federal Employee Whistleblower Protection Act Clears Committee
On Wednesday, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) passed a bill that would expand much-needed whistleblower protections to all non-federal recipients of federal funds.
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July 2, 2012
Finally Some Justice for a Defense Contractor Whistleblower
The Department of Defense (DoD) Inspector General (IG) recently validated a contractor whistleblower reprisal for the first time in six years. The IG was able to side with the whistleblower in this special case because the complaint was related to a defens
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Topics: Whistleblower Protections
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In March 2011, AllGov reported that DARPA, the Pentagon's premier research arm, had awarded a contract to a company founded by the agency's director. Wired's Spencer Ackerman joined POGO staffers to discuss how it all went down.
