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POGO's Reaction To Robert Bauer Assuming White House Ethics DutiesAugust 6, 2010
Groups Urge Court to Hold Accountable Disgraced Federal OfficialJuly 19, 2010
POGO Calls for Real Accountability and Transparency in Financial Reform End GameJune 9, 2010
Groups Urge Lawmakers to Ensure Public Access to Whistleblower Disclosures on Financial FraudMay 11, 2010
DC Council Ahead of the Curve on Whistleblower ProtectionsMarch 10, 2010
POGO praises Senator Grassley for raising concerns about integrity of finances at UCSFDecember 8, 2009
Anti-Corruption and Whistleblower Advocacy Groups Urge Holder to Review UBS Whistleblower CaseOctober 22, 2009
GAP, POGO Praise Senator McCaskill's Contractor Whistleblower BillOctober 1, 2009
Whistle-Blower Protections for All Federal WorkersSeptember 17, 2009
Brad Birkenfeld Resource PageAugust 25, 2009
POGO Condemns Sentencing of UBS WhistleblowerAugust 21, 2009
Advocates Applaud Progress of Bill to Strengthen Protections for Whistleblowers and TaxpayersJuly 29, 2009
Groups Seek Whistleblower Rights Clarification from Obama April 1, 2009
Federal Whistleblowers Get Mugged In Final Stimulus BillFebruary 11, 2009
Post Editorial Misses Mark on Whistleblowers: Protections in Stimulus Bill Help Workers Hold Government AccountableFebruary 3, 2009
Groups Hail Bi-Partisan Amendment Which Adds Federal Whistleblower Protections To Economic Stimulus BillJanuary 27, 2009
House Appropriations Stimulus Bill Omits Protections For Federal WhistleblowersJanuary 16, 2009
Email Goof Exposes Whistleblower Problems at FAMSDecember 8, 2008
White House Ousts Special Counsel Bloch: Federal Workers Are VindicatedOctober 23, 2008
Special Counsel Scott Bloch Submits Resignation LetterOctober 22, 2008
Court Rules Against University of California WhistleblowersAugust 12, 2008
POGO and Others Urge White House to Wrap Up OSC InvestigationJuly 31, 2008
Rep. Waxman and Davis Call for Bloch's ResignationJuly 29, 2008
Oberstar Pushes Stronger FAA Whistleblower OfficeJuly 17, 2008
Deputy Criticizes Office of Special Counsel Scott Bloch in Resignation LetterJuly 17, 2008
Terror, Where? The HomecomingJuly 14, 2008
Lurching from Bad to Worse to...July 11, 2008
Over 900 Whistleblower Fraud Cases in BacklogJuly 2, 2008
Hostile Work Environment & E-Discovery: OSC Gives On-the-job LessonsJune 19, 2008
KBR Whistleblower Comes ForwardJune 17, 2008
112 Organizations Endorse Quick Action to Restore Comprehensive Federal Worker Whistleblower RightsJune 5, 2008
POGO Reveals Internal OSC Document Shows Bloch Misused Own Task ForceMay 7, 2008
FBI Agents Raid OSC OfficesMay 6, 2008
Criminal Charges Against Boeing Whistleblower Set Dangerous Precedent: Jurors Disagreed on Earlier Charges Resulting in a MistrialApril 28, 2008
The Federal Graveyard of Whistleblower CasesApril 1, 2008
Coast Guard Blogger FiredMarch 19, 2008
Troubled WatersMarch 12, 2008
Attorney Urges End to Investigation Into Coast Guard WhistleblowerFebruary 29, 2008
POGO Criticizes Lack of Accountability in Coast Guard Program and Scurrilous Investigation of WhistleblowerFebruary 1, 2008
Whistleblower groups call on President Bush to fire Special Counsel Scott Bloch in wake of relevations he destroyed evidence and obstructed investigation of his misconductNovember 28, 2007
Groups Urge Congress to Deny Funds to Discredited Special Counsel Obstruction Delaying Completion of InvestigationOctober 11, 2007
New Probe of White House Already Foundering; Jurisdiction and Subpoena Limits Hamstring Questionable Special Counsel GambitApril 26, 2007
Who Will Blink First? White House and OSC Investigate Each Other: Bloch Must Recuse HimselfApril 24, 2007
POGO Calls for Congress to Protect Whistleblowers Despite White House Veto ThreatMarch 14, 2007
Department of Homeland Security Violates Whistleblower Protection Laws: TSA Fired Air Marshal for Exposing Operational Plan that Endangered Public SafetyOctober 30, 2006
Leave Sharon Stone Look at Home: Govt Sexism InvestigatorSeptember 7, 2006
Subpoena to Rumsfeld from House Government Reform Committee – Answers Demanded re: Abu GhraibJuly 5, 2006
POGO Says FannieMae Case Shows Whistleblowers Still Subject to RetaliationMay 23, 2006
POGO Hails Introduction of Davis-Waxman Legislation: Calls the "Executive Branch Reform Act of 2006" a Landmark Step on the Road to Open GovernmentApril 6, 2006
POGO Testifies before Congress: Without Protections Against Retaliation, Whistleblowers Will Leak to News MediaFebruary 13, 2006
Manager Censors Analyst at Congressional Research ServiceJanuary 25, 2006
Government Report: National Security Whistleblower Protections Have FailedJanuary 6, 2006
Bureau of Prisons Retaliates – Puts Whistleblower in Danger: FBI Arrests Individual Who Threatens Whistleblower December 14, 2005
Another Kind of Prison TortureDecember 8, 2005
POGO Urges Supreme Court to Consider State Secrets Case: POGO joined other organizations in urging the Supreme Court to examine whether the State Secrets Privilege is constitutionalOctober 10, 2005
Republicans Embrace Whistleblower Protections for Contractors; Baggage Screeners, National Security Whistleblowers Left BehindSeptember 29, 2005
National Security Whistleblowers Criticize Legislative Markup As Pentagon Blocks Able Danger TestimonySeptember 21, 2005
Government Fails to Protect Employees Who Blow the Whistle on National and Homeland Security WeaknessesApril 26, 2005
FBI to Investigate Whistleblower Protection Agency New Complaint Charges Partisanship in Enforcement of Hatch Act March 31, 2005
Special Counsel Tags Interns to Close Out Whistleblower Cases; Staff Resignations Leave Agency Short-HandedMarch 9, 2005
Whistleblower Staff Blow the Whistle on Special CounselMarch 3, 2005
Staff "PURGE" at Office of Special Counsel; Whistleblower Staff Claiming Retaliation Forced Moves to New "Midwest Field Office"January 10, 2005
Gonzales Record on Government SecrecyNovember 16, 2004
U.S. Special Counsel Issues Gag Order to His Own EmployeesApril 15, 2004
S. 1358 and H.R. 3281 Will Strengthen Protections for WhistleblowersOctober 16, 2003
Whistleblower Groups Challenge DOE Officials' Optimism That Employees Who Raise Concerns Will Be ProtectedFebruary 5, 2003
How-to Guide for Public Employees Exposing Problems - Support Groups Warn: Anonymous Whistleblowing SaferNovember 14, 2002
Good Government Groups Hail Historic Whistleblower Accord As Legal Revolution For Corporate Freedom Of SpeechJuly 24, 2002
Whistleblower Protections Included on Homeland Security BillJuly 12, 2002
Whistleblower Protection Act PetitionJuly 1, 2002
Organizations and Individuals Signing the Whistleblower Protection Act PetitionJuly 1, 2002
Nuclear Whistleblowers Fighting Terrorism Face RetaliationJanuary 1, 2002
Whistleblowers Propose "10 Commandments" For Reducing Vulnerabilities of Nuclear Power Plants and Weapons Facilities to Terrorist AttackNovember 29, 2001
Whistleblowers Are Modern Paul Reveres Against TerrorismSeptember 19, 2001
Senate Hearings on Whistleblower Protections Set for Wednesday, July 25; Experts to Discuss Whether Whistleblowers Are Protected from Retaliation July 23, 2001
Media Briefer: Whistleblower Protection ActJuly 7, 2001
Congressional Support for the Whistleblower Protection ActJune 6, 2001
Statement of Danielle Brian in support of the False Claims ActApril 27, 1998
ADDICTED TO FRAUD?: Health Care Industry Forced to Return Nearly $2 Billion to Taxpayers Under the False Claims ActApril 27, 1998
Defense and Health Care Industries: Rather Than Clean Up Their Act, They Attack the ActJanuary 28, 1997
Survey of Defense Contractor Signatories of the "Position Paper: Reform of the Federal Civil False Claims Act": Partial Listing of the Fines and Settlements Paid for Fraud, Waste and Abuse in Government ContractingJanuary 1, 1994