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The 25th Anniversary of the Whistleblower Protection Act
April 10, 2014 -
Congress Calls for Action After Whistleblower Retaliation
April 2, 2014 -
Coalition Applauds Committee Vote to Extend Whistleblower Rights
March 13, 2014 -
FDA Surveillance Threatened Whistleblowers
February 28, 2014 -
Effort to Discredit Snowden Short on Evidence; Ignores Need for NSA Reform
January 10, 2014 -
POGO Applauds Retirement of Head of DoD Sexual Assault Program
January 8, 2014 -
Obama Makes Commitments to Protect Whistleblowers?
December 20, 2013 -
Big Victory for Military Whistleblowers and Victims of Sexual Assault
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Office of Special Counsel Releases Report Confirming Misconduct by Then-Agency Head Scott Bloch
December 18, 2013
The (POGO) Blog
March 27, 2014
By Emily Binkow
EPA Fails to Monitor Its Purchase Card Spending
A recent report by the Office of the Inspector General for the Environmental Protection Agency found abuse of the EPA's purchase cards and significant problems with the agency's system for ensuring that charge cards are not misused.
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Topics: Government Accountability
March 25, 2014
By Adam Zagorin
Intelligence Official Cited for “Unauthorized Disclosure” to Congress: Oversight on the Rocks
Just over a year ago, an official at the Defense Department gave congressional oversight committees a document that had the potential to embarrass the Secretary of Defense and the Pentagon’s Office of Inspector General.
March 24, 2014
Screening of Rumsfeld Documentary Sparks Discussion About Government Secrecy
The Unknown Known documentary brings Rumsfeld national security memos to the big screen.
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Topics: National Security
March 19, 2014
By Neil Gordon
Afghanistan Watchdog Sinks Teeth Into Scrapped Incinerators
The Afghanistan reconstruction watchdog has launched a formal inquiry into an ill-fated U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contract to build waste incinerators at Forward Operating Base Sharana.
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Topics: Contract Oversight
March 19, 2014
U.S. Joins International Effort to Bring Transparency to Drilling, Mining Industries
An international organization working to bring greater transparency and accountability to industries that extract natural resources accepted the U.S. as a candidate for membership at a meeting of its board today in Oslo, Norway.
Topics: Energy and Natural Resources
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