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Hagel Orders Pentagon to Buy New Software for Heath Records
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Justice’s Seizure of AP’s Phone Records Threatens Press Freedom
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DATA Act 2.0: Fewer Bells, but Brighter Future
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Memo Leaked to Retaliate Against Fast and Furious Whistleblower
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Camp Lejeune Finally Cleaning Up Its Act
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DOE Contracting Woes Continue
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DOE Error Causes Contracting Redo
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White House Brings Back Bill to Shield Journalists
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AP Case Throws More Doubt on Obama’s Whistleblower Policies
May 15, 2013
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March 22, 2013
Retire Today, Do the Same Job for More Pay Tomorrow
The Department of Energy (DOE) Inspector General (IG) released an inspection report detailing prime contractor employees who retire and then go to work as a subcontractor doing the same work in the same office but at a higher salary, which might not be goo
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Topics: Contract Oversight
March 22, 2013
FDA to Tighten Regulations on Defibrillators
After 45,000 malfunctions and 88 recalls since 2005, the Food and Drug Administration is seeking tougher regulations on the heart defibrillator industry, according to an article in The New York Times.
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Topics: Public Health and Science
March 21, 2013
Big Businesses Offer Revolving Door Rewards
Major corporations are making it financially advantageous for executives to take government jobs, according to a new article by the Project On Government Oversight that reviewed regulatory filings from major Wall Street firms.
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Topics: Financial Sector
March 21, 2013
VA Backlog is Huge and Records Are Unreliable
As many as hundreds of thousands of veterans could be in the Department of Veteran Affairs backlog waiting for medical appointments, David Hilzenrath, the Project On Government Oversight’s editor-in-chief, said on Public News Service today.
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Topics: Public Health and Science
March 20, 2013
IRS Threatens to Weaken Whistleblower Program
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has proposed regulations that would “hamstring” its whistleblower program, according to Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA), a longtime champion of whistleblowers.
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Topics: Whistleblower Protections
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