Court: Fed Whistleblower Unprotected for Disclosing Non-Gov Wrongdoing
A federal appeals court ruled 8/24/2015 that disclosures about non-governmental wrongdoing are not protected by the Whistleblower Protection Act (WPA), …
federal employees
WaPo on Continued DHS Morale Problems
Washington Post has this today on continued morale problems at DHS, notwithstanding the change at the top. Hmmm…perhaps that means …
New Washington Times Story on Rep. Issa Letter to EPA on OIG
See October 6, 2014 Washington Times story link here
“EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy and her staff continue to coddle…”
House Oversight Committee demands EPA take action as to our client and related OIG obstruction.
Jumping Ship at DHS
The Washington Post is sounding the alarm about high turnover rates at the Department of Homeland Security. The accounts in …
CIA Performance Review Humor: Great Fun
Today’s Washington Post offers its favorites from some recently declassified outtakes of CIA employee evaluations. For the full document, go …
Am I protected?
If you are a federal employee who has information you need to get to Congress, you may wonder, “Am I …
Whose Obstructing Whom? Dueling Letters to House Oversight Committee…
The Washington Times recently posted dueling letters (one our’s) from the ongoing battle over whether it is EPA’s OIG that is …
Vet Rights: Honored More in Breach Than Observance
If you were to sit down and read the federal laws protecting the employment rights of veterans and providing preferences …
Photo from U.S. House Testimony
Our client, Special Agent Elisabeth Heller Drake, testifies to the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on EPA obstruction …
“…healthy and independent OIG is in everyone’s best interest”
Energy and Environment Daily has published a story about our client’s upcoming congressional testimony. . .Our attorney David Schleicher is noted …
Client to Testify to Congress on EPA Obstruction of OIG
Our client, EPA OIG Special Agent Elisabeth Heller Drake, was mentioned in this recent Washington Times article about the EPA Administrator …
Feds Short Changed
Today’s Washington Post is reporting 40,000 federal employees did not get their expected direct deposit of pay on the usual …
Bygones, Mental Anguish Damages for Fed Whistleblowers, and Kings
To put if briefly and profanely: if you have a fed employee whistleblower case filed before December 27, 2012, it …
Flirting at Work?
Workplace flirting is not rewarded even in environments where it is encouraged, according to this interesting article on a …
9.145 lawyers?
This photo is from a sign encouraging people to lease space about a mile from our DC office. We’ll assume …
A Smaller Whistle to Blow in Texas
The Texas Supreme Court has just ruled, in a case involving a University of Houston professor, that the state’s whistleblower …
Feds: OPM Comparison of Chap 43 (performance) v. Chap 75 (other adverse actions)
click here for source — with thanks to feltg.com for spotting it
New Client Comments Posted
Over on our “client praise” page you will see we just added these comments: “I cannot thank you enough for …
How to get a promotion at Homeland Security?
A recently-released survey (by the government, of the government, and for the government) reports only 33.5% of employees believe that …
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