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POGO in the News - Whistleblower Issues
Whistleblower bill draws lobbying, Andrew Joseph with The National Journal, Government Executive (govexec.com), January 10, 2012
Whistleblower protection bill clears House oversight panel, Charles S. Clark, Government Executive (govexec.com), November 3, 2011
Former Office of Special Counsel chief can withdraw guilty plea, Charles S. Clark, Government Executive, August 4, 2011
Crowd sourcing can supplement whistleblowing, experts say, Joseph Marks, Nextgov.com, July 29, 2011
William Welch: Obama Administration’s Point Man to Stop Leaks, Shane Harris, Washingtonian, July 20, 2011
Secret government report vindicates NSA whistleblower FBI Targeted Individual Continue reading on Examiner.com Secret government report vindicates NSA whistleblower FBI Targeted Individual, Deborah Dupre, Examiner.com, June 25, 2011
Classified Pentagon report upholds Thomas Drake’s complaints about NSA, R. Jeffrey Smith, The Washington Post, June 22, 2011
The Secret Sharer Is Thomas Drake an enemy of the state?, By Jane Mayer, The New Yorker, May 23, 2011
WikiLeaks furor causes defeat of rights bill with Las Vegas ties, By Alan Maimon, The Las Vegas Review-Journal, January 31, 2011
GOP Objections Threaten Whistle-Blower Rights Bill, Associated Press, National Public Radio (NPR), December 21, 2010
Obama To Nominate A Defender For Whistle-Blowers, By Ari Shapiro, National Public Radio (NPR), December 15, 2010
POGO: DoD Whistleblower System Far From Perfect, By Siddhartha Mahanta, Mother Jones, December 7, 2010
Whistleblower Protection Legislation Will Help Some, but Not All, By Yana Kunichoff, Truthout.org, March 25, 2010
Whistle-blowers' rights get second look, By Peter Eisler, USA Today, March 15, 2010
Thinking about telling on your boss? Whistle blowers face many retaliatory perils, By Kimberly Dvorak, Diego County Political Buzz Examiner, January 19, 2010
Whistleblower Web Site Goes Dark, Seeks Funding, By Joshua Rhett Miller, FoxNews.com, January 6, 2010
'Don't wait until the bombs have fallen', By Jen DiMascio , Politico Click, October 29, 2009
Whistle-Blower Protections for All Federal Workers, By Danielle Brian, Special to Roll Call, September 17, 2009
UC Whistleblower Protection Bill Sent to Governor, California Political Desk , California Chronicle, August 27, 2009
FBI whistleblower shields likely to stay: White House shifts FBI plan, By Tom LoBianaco, The Washington Times, August 20, 2009
Good News for the Whistleblowers, By Joe Davidson, The Washington Post, July 30, 2009
Whistleblower Bill Advances in the Senate, By Justin Grant and Yuliya Talanova, ABC News with Brian Ross , July 30, 2009
Committee okays expanded whistleblower protections, By Richard Lardner, Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle, July 29, 2009
Committee Approves Bill to Protect UC Whistleblowers, , The California Chronicle, June 25, 2009
Obama backs whistle-blowers but not in intell, By Alice Lipowicz, Federal Computer Week, May 14, 2009
Responders without a clue, By Charlie Peters, Washington Monthly/Tilting at Windmills, May 1, 2009
Speaking Scientifically Without Fear or Favor, By Shawn Zeller, Congressional Quarterly; CQ Today Online News, April 13, 2009
Groups Challenge Obama on whistleblower policy, By Betsy King, The Hill, April 1, 2009
Groups Urge Obama to Strengthen Whistleblower Rights, By Joe Davidson, The Washington Post, Federal Diary, April 1, 2009
Obama Urged To Back New Whistleblower Act, By Ed O’Keefe, The Federal Eye, Washington Post, April 1, 2009
Groups criticize whistleblower policies, , United Press International, April 1, 2009
Obama gets mixed reviews on government ‘openness’, By Alexandra Marks, Christian Science Monitor, March 19, 2009
Collins Strips Stim Bill Of Whistleblower Protections, By Zachary Roth , TPMMuckraker , February 11, 2009
Federal Whistleblowers NOT Protected in Stimulus Bill, By Daphne Eviator, The Washington Independent, February 11, 2009
Whistleblowers need more protection, Oped By Danielle Brian, Kennebec Journal, February 11, 2009
Whistleblowers seek protection, By Audrey Hudson, Washington Times, February 2, 2009
House amendment offers more protection for whistleblowers , By Elise Castelli , Federal Times, January 30, 2009
In Stimulus, Can Lawmakers Spend Billions Without Wasting Billions?, By Amanda Ruggeri , U.S. News & World Report, January 28, 2009
Whistleblowers May Have a Friend in the Oval Office, By Joe Davidson, The Washington Post, December 11, 2008
Lighting Up the Night, and a Legal Battle, By Jonathan D. Glater, New York Times, November 1, 2008
'Rogue' special counsel chief ousted, By Jon Ward, Washington Times, October 24, 2008
Workers Applaud Special Counsel's Return to Private Sector, By Joe Davidson, Washington Post, October 22, 2008
Groups Seek Whistle-Blower Protection in Bailout Legislation, By Joe Davidson, The Washington Post, September 24, 2008
Criticism is part of the job, embattled special counsel says, By Gregg Carlstrom, Federal Times, September 16, 2008
Interview with Jim Mitchell -- recently terminated U.S. Office of Special Counsel Chief of Staff/ Director of Communications, By Natasha Barrett, NewsChannel 8, September 10, 2008
More turmoil roils OSC as top deputy is fired, By Robert Brodsky, Government Executive, September 4, 2008
Reid wants to expand whistle-blowers' rights , By Alan Maimon, The Las Vegas Review-Journal, August 17, 2008
Waxman joins calls urging OSC chief to resign, By Dan Friedman, CongressDaily, July 29, 2008
Bush Shuns Advice To Fire Special Counsel, By Ari Shapiro, National Public Radio, July 18, 2008
Pressure builds on Special Counsel chief to resign, By Dan Friedman, CongressDaily, July 18, 2008
Office of Special Counsel official quits in protest, By Tom Hamburger, Los Angeles Times, July 17, 2008
Office of Special Counsel official quits in protest, By Tom Hamburger, The Los Angeles Times, July 17, 2008
Anthropologists At War, By Bill Stamets, In These Times, June 19, 2008
Sibel Edmonds vs the Nuclear Terrorists, , Pakistan Daily, June 9, 2008
Watchdog Group Seeks Deal on Whistleblower Protections, By Dan Friedman, Government Executive, June 6, 2008
Pressing for Stronger Protections for Whistle-Blowers, By Stephen Barr, The Washington Post, June 6, 2008
Coalition of NGO's calls on Congress to enhance whistleblower protections, , OhMyGov!, June 6, 2008
Watchdog Group Seeks Deal on Whistleblower Protections, By Dan Friedman, Government Executive, June 6, 2008
Pressing for Stronger Protections for Whistle-Blowers, By Stephen Barr, Washington Post, June 6, 2008
Think Again: The Case of the Missing Scandal, By Eric Alterman and George Zornick , Center for American Progress, May 29, 2008
United Whistleblowers Demand Resignation of Office of Special Counsel, by James Murtagh, OpEd News, May 24, 2008
Creation of Detroit office is focus of OSC inquiry, By Gregg Carlstrom, Federal Times, May 19, 2008
The Mutual Investigation Society?, By William Fisher May , Inter Press News Service, May 12, 2008
The strange case of Scott Bloch, By Gregg Carlstrom, Federal Times, May 11, 2008
Memo Shows Frustration With Special Counsel, By Christopher Lee, Washington Post, May 11, 2008
Watchdog, Watch Thyself, By Bonnie Goldstein, Slate, May 8, 2008
GOP's Davis Urges Bloch to Quit Special Counsel's Office, By Christopher Lee and Carrie Johnson, staff writer Stephen Barr also contributed to this report, Washington Post, May 8, 2008
Special Counsel shut down probe of Siegelman case last year, By Ben Evans, Associated Press; The Anniston Star, May 7, 2008
Agents raid OSC chief's office, home, By Jerry Seper, Washington Times, May 7, 2008
FBI scrutinizes special counsel's probe of Rice's trips, , Houston Chronicle, May 7, 2008
FBI search, leaked documents lead to renewed calls for ousting of Scott Bloch, By Elizabeth Newell and Dan Friedman, Government Executive, May 7, 2008
Special Counsel shut down probe of Siegelman case last year, , WZTV Fox 17 / Nashville, May 7, 2008
Special counsel butted heads with staff over inquiries, By Lara Jakes Jordan, Associated Press, May 7, 2008
FBI raid on watchdog seeks records on Rice investigation, , McClatchy-Tribune, Postbulletin.com, May 7, 2008
FBI raids special counsel's office, By Gregg Carlstrom, Federal Times, May 6, 2008
FBI agents search special counsel's home and office, By James Vicini and Andy Sullivan, Reuters, May 6, 2008
Former D.C. Workers Say Law Doesn't Prevent Retaliation, By Yolanda Woodlee, Washington Post, April 28, 2008
Human Terrain's 'Catch-22,', By Sharon Weinberger, Wired Blog, April 17, 2008
Into uncharted waters, By Alice Lipowicz, Washington Technology, March 24, 2008
Previous Post on Whistleblower Protection Warrants Clarification, by Rep. John Dingell (D-MI), The Hill's Congress Blog, March 3, 2008
Whistleblower cited for courage. "COURAGE: Doing the Right Thing,", By Kathleen McGowan, Psychology Today - March/April 2008 Issue, February 25, 2008
Julius Baer's court order springs a leak, By Elana Schor, Guardian.co.uk, February 20, 2008
Late addition of funds boosts Special Counsel probe of White House briefings, By Dan Friedman, Congress Daily, January 7, 2008
Head of Rove Inquiry in Hot Seat Himself, By John R. Wilke, The Wall Street Journal, November 28, 2007
CPSC's Ethics-Review Process For Travel Criticized by Experts, by Elizabeth Williamson, Washington Post, November 6, 2007
Sucking the air from the whistle, with Steve Henn, NPR Marketplace, November 2, 2007
That Whistle's Been Blowing for Two Years, By Stephen Barr, The Washington Post, October 12, 2007
POGO -The Project on Government Oversight Needs More Support and Awareness-as do federal whistle-blowers, by Kevin Stoda, OpEdNews.com, September 23, 2007
Those who blow whistle on contractor fraud in Iraq face penalties, by Deborah Hastings, Associated Press, August 23, 2007
In departure from Rumsfeld era, Pentagon aims to toughen whistleblower protections, by Roxana Tiron, The Hill, August 1, 2007
Pentagon whistleblower still paying the price for telling the truth, by Lyndsey Layton, Charleston Daily Mail, (from Washington Post ), July 8, 2007
Whistle-Blower's Fight For Pension Drags On, by Lyndsey Layton, The Washington Post, July 7, 2007
Special Counsel's Ties to White House Mar Probe, By William Fisher, Truthout.org, May 14, 2007
Some say Bloch should be careful, By Melissa Harris, Baltimore Sun, May 4, 2007
Agency watching the agencies walks fine line on conflict-of-interest issues, By Elana Schor , The Hill, April 25, 2007
Office of Special Counsel's War On Whistleblowers, By Daniel Schulman , Mother Jones, April 24, 2007
Special Counsel Accused Of Intimidation in Probe, by Elizabeth Williamson, Washington Post, February 16, 2007
Speaking up for the whistle-blowers, By Stephen Barr, The Washington Post, February 14, 2007
Lawmakers re-introduce whistleblower, ethics measures, By Jenny Mandel, GovExec.com, February 13, 2007
Rep. Murphy fires aide who made accusations, By David Brown, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, November 10, 2006
Report shows little progress reducing case backlog at OSC, by Jenny Mandel, Govexec.com, November 9, 2006
A Published Dress Code Is Dressed Down in Furor: Office of Special Counsel Retreats From Sartorial Rules, By Elizabeth Williamson, The Washington Post, September 7, 2006
Charges of Security Flaws Posted on YouTube by Michael De Kort, By Michael De Kort, YouTube, August 29, 2006
On YouTube, Charges of Security Flaws: Ex-Lockheed Worker Takes Concerns Over Coast Guard Ships to the Web, By Griff Witte, The Washington Post, August 29, 2006
Accountability Office Finds Itself Accused , By William Broad, The New York Times, April 2, 2006
Hill mulls new whistleblower protections, By Pamela Hess, United Press International, February 14, 2006
Senator Lautenberg Introduces Sweeping Whistleblower Legislation, , , February 14, 2006
Groundhog Day, By Molly Ivins, CNN, January 31, 2006
NSA Whistleblowers Were Allegedly Isolated, Intimidated, By Sherrie Gossett, CNSNews.com, January 26, 2006
National security vs. whistle-blowing: Protections erode for those who allege governmental wrongdoing - especially if going public risks state secrets, By Alexandra Marks, Christian Science Monitor, January 24, 2006
Prison-Worker Transfer Sought After Threats, By Christopher Lee, The Washington Post, December 12, 2005
In federal job: Blow whistle, get boot; workers say broken system doesn't protect them from retaliation, By Rebecca Carr, Austin American Statesman and Cox News Service, December 11, 2005
On Government Back Lot, Act 2 Of a Merit System Drama Opens, by Christopher Lee, Washington Post, October 27, 2005
OPM investigator launches probe of Office of Special Counsel chief, by Daniel Pulliam, Govexec.com, October 19, 2005
Whistleblowers meet to share stories, plot strategies, By Chris Strohm, Govexec.com, October 11, 2005
Cicero Workers Warned on Probe, By Brett McNeil and David Jackson, Chicago Tribune, October 11, 2005
Uncharted Terrain , By Rachel Smolkin, American Journalism Review, October 1, 2005
Protecting the Rights of Whistleblowers, By Lauren Robinson, Social Education, October 1, 2005
Panel approves bill strengthening whistleblower protections, By Chris Strohm, Govexec.com, September 29, 2005
Four Years After 9/11, Higher Pressure, Rewards, By Stephen Barr, The Washington Post, September 11, 2005
Don't Fault the Messenger: Bolster Whistleblower Protections, By Danielle Brian and Martin Edwin Andersen, The Washington Times, May 24, 2005
Special Counsel Answers Critics: Ahead of Hearing Today, Bloch Claims Progress in Case Backlog, By Christopher Lee, The Washington Post , May 24, 2005
Retribution Turns A Whistleblower’s Life ‘Upside Down’, By Keith Epstein, Tampa Tribune, May 3, 2005
Whistle-Blowers Urge Congress to Get Tougher on Retaliation, By Stephen Barr, The Washington Post, April 29, 2005
Whistle-blowers deserve support, not punishment , By Rhonda Chriss Lokeman , Kansas City Star, April 12, 2005
Agency's Reorganization Results in Accusations, Employees Leaving, by Stephen Barr, Washington Post, March 18, 2005
Federal Whistleblower Office Faces Criticism, By Andrea Seabrook, All Things Considered, NPR, March 10, 2005
Survey: Science, politics at odds; and endangered species are in the middle, By Dan Vergano, USA Today, February 10, 2005
Security Dept. Eases Its Nondisclosure Rule, By John Files, The New York Times, January 18, 2005
Homeland Security Dropping Pledge of Secrecy for Workers, By Christopher Lee, The Washington Post, January 13, 2005
Watchdog group calls for tougher Los Alamos performance standards, By David McGlinchey, Govexec.com, January 12, 2005
Head of Worker Protection Office Is Accused of Retaliatory Transfers, By Christopher Lee, The Washington Post, January 11, 2005
Searches and Gag Orders: Homeland Security's Unprecedented Campaign Cloaks Unclassified Info, By Eileen Sullivan, Federal Times, December 6, 2004
Dangerous Government Secrecy Oaths, By Nick Schwellenbach and Peter Brand, San Diego Union - Tribune, December 2, 2004
Broad Influence for Justice Dept. Choice, By Eric Lichtblau, The New York TImes, November 21, 2004
Whistleblowers: US Intelligence on Shaky Ground with Weak Protection for Workers, By Nick Schwellenbach and Lauren Robinson, Detroit Free Press, November 21, 2004
Nation depends on feds brave enough to tell the truth, By Daniel Ellsberg and Ray McGovern , Federal Times, October 25, 2004
Congress Moves to Protect Federal Whistleblowers, By Robert Pear, The New York Times, October 3, 2004
Truths Worth Telling, by Daniel Ellsberg, The New York Times, September 28, 2004
Special Counsel's Chief Is Assailed: Bloch Accused of Silencing Staff, by Stephen Barr, The Washington Post, April 16, 2004
Whistling in the Dark, By Danielle Brian, TomPaine.com, October 9, 2003
More Help Sought for Those Who Blow Whistle; Stronger Safeguards Against Retaliation Urged, by Bill Miller, The Washington Post, February 28, 2002
Blowing the whistle, By Caroline E. Mayer and Amy Joyce, The Washington Post, February 10, 2002
Blowing the Whistle: Not for the Fainthearted, By Marci Alboher Nusbaum, The New York Times, February 10, 2002
Whistleblowers Deserve Rewards, Not Punishment, Danielle Brian, Federal Times, December 11, 2000
The False Claims Act Helps Prevent Corporate Fraud, Danielle Brian, Washington Times, January 10, 1998
