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Tag Archives: whistleblower
Disclosing Wrongdoing: How to Improve Protections for Federal Whistleblowers
Whistleblowers help protect the government from waste, fraud, and abuse by reporting potential wrongdoing. Because there’s a risk of reprisal, such as being fired or reassigned, it’s important to safeguard whistleblowers’ identities and the information they provide. For National Whistleblower … Continue reading
Posted in Fraud, Government Operations
Tagged Brenda Farrell, CNSA, Congress, contractors, DCM, Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, DOD, DODIG, FAIS, federal whistleblowers, fraud waste abuse, inspectors general, Internal Revenue Service, IRS, James R. McTigue Jr., Kathy Larin, Michelle Sager, misconduct, NASA, reprisal, Shelby Oakley, SI, VA, veterans, whistleblower, whistleblower protection, whistleblower retaliation
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IRS: Taxpayer Tips Can Turn Into Cash
The Internal Revenue Service helps keep the federal government funded by enforcing tax laws and working to ensure that everybody pays their share. Nevertheless, every year some taxpayers—intentionally or inadvertently—overstate deductions, understate income, and don’t pay what they owe. The … Continue reading
Building a Better Federal Workforce
This week marks Public Service Recognition Week. During this annual event, we usually feature some of our work on the federal workforce—and this year is no exception.
Posted in Employment, Government Operations, High Risk List, Human Capital
Tagged #fedBPTW, best places to work, federal telework, federal whistleblowers, millennials, Office of Personnel Management, OPM, PSRW, Public Service Recognition Week, Robert Goldenkoff, SI, telework, whistleblower, whistleblowers, Yvonne Jones
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Achieving Financial Benefits—One Action at a Time
Since 2011, we’ve outlined actions federal agencies and Congress can take to reduce fragmentation, overlap, and duplication in federal programs and activities—work that resulted in $56 billion in financial benefits to the federal government between fiscal years 2010 and 2015 … Continue reading
What Happens to FBI Whistleblower Retaliation Complaints?
Whistleblowers play a key role in saving taxpayer money and reducing fraud, waste, and abuse in the federal government. But what happens when one faces retaliation for blowing the whistle? Today’s WatchBlog explores what we found happens to whistleblowers at … Continue reading
Posted in Justice and Law Enforcement
Tagged Attorney General, Dave Maurer, Department of Justice, DOJ, FBI, FBI Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, HSJ, whistleblower, whistleblower complaint, whistleblower complaints, whistleblower corrective actions, whistleblower retaliation, whistleblowers
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Protecting Workers’ Safety and Health
The unofficial end of summer, Labor Day is a holiday for celebrating the economic and social contributions of the American worker. It’s also a good time to think about protecting those workers from occupational hazards. We have many federal safety … Continue reading
Posted in Employment, Worker and Family Assistance
Tagged accidents, health, occupational health, OSHA, protection, safety, West TX, whistleblower, workplace
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