updated Fri. September 6, 2024
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Newsweek
March 30, 2018
The documents were obtained by CNN from the Government Accountability Project, a whistleblower nonprofit, after it received them from a Freedom of Information Act request. On Wednesday The New York Times revealed that, also in July, Trump's former top lawyer in the Russia investigation John DowdÃâà...
WTVA
March 29, 2018
The emails, obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request made by the whistleblower rights nonprofit Government Accountability Project and provided to CNN, reveal a candid exchange within the Department of Justice about the process by which the government's legal body might be consulted onÃâà...
Food Integrity Campaign (blog)
March 23, 2018
FIC, part of the non-profit Government Accountability Project, has released the browser game to raise awareness of the Trump administration's plans to deregulate the pork industry—as well as to drive home the message that the public needs to take action to stop it. “Americans are obsessed with bacon,Ãâà...
Food Integrity Campaign (blog)
March 22, 2018
Detractors, such as FIC, a program that works under the not-for-profit Government Accountability Project, believe workers will face greater danger on the job and pork products will more frequently be contaminated with such unsavory things as feces, toenails, and hair. “Even a novice Bacon Defender playerÃâà...
CNN
March 20, 2018
"It is a travesty of justice for intelligence agencies to demand that national security whistleblowers go through proper channels, then to blow up those very channels," Louis Clark, the executive director of the Government Accountability Project, wrote in a statement to CNN. "Senator Grassley has demandedÃâà...
Politico
March 15, 2018
“There's no statutory basis to go to court,” said Tom Devine of the Government Accountability Project. While the usual civil service avenues are closed to McCabe, a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Washington is a possibility, lawyers said, but would probably require him to argue that his firing departed fromÃâà...
Union of Concerned Scientists (blog)
March 15, 2018
Dana Gold is an attorney and currently serves as the Government Accountability Project's (GAP) Director of Education, implementing public education initiatives and partnering with diverse stakeholders in collaborative efforts to foster awareness of the essential role whistleblowers play in promotingÃâà...
WXPR
March 13, 2018
It's everything," he said. "You could literally look through a day's paper, in the local pages, and find something that was written relying on public records law." The Society of Professional Journalists and the Government Accountability Project are launching The Whistleblower Project to shed light on the workÃâà...
EFF
March 13, 2018
... Government Accountability Project, Government Information Watch, Human Rights Watch, Liberty Coalition, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, National Black Justice Coalition, New America's Open Technology Institute, OpenMedia, People For the American Way, and Restore The Fourth.
Whistleblowers Protection Blog (blog)
March 12, 2018
... Project on Government Oversight, and Government Accountability Project, among others. When explaining his commitment to strengthening whistleblower protections in the NSA, the IG stated, “there is no right without a remedy.” Unfortunately, as the NSA whistleblower law currently stands, rights are onlyÃâà...
Government Accountability Project (blog)
March 9, 2018
WASHINGTON – The Government Accountability Project (GAP) and the Society of Professional Journalists' (SPJ) Freedom of Information Committee Washington DC chapter invite you to a Sunshine Week panel discussing the role of journalists in whistleblowing. The panelists will share their first-handÃâà...
Investigate reporting workshop
March 8, 2018
Wednesday, March 14: Truth Be Told: Whistleblowers, Journalism & Democracy, co-sponsored by the Government Accountability Project, the Society of Professional Journalists' national Freedom of Information Committee and SPJ DC Pro; 7 to 9 p.m., UDC David A. Clarke School of Law, 4340 ConnecticutÃâà...
FederalNewsRadio.com
March 7, 2018
The Federal Employment Law Training Group, which teaches employment law to federal managers, described the announcement as exciting news in an email to its members and described Maunz as someone who would be familiar with the agency's principles. The Government Accountability Project,Ãâà...
GovExec.com
March 6, 2018
The intelligence community whistleblower ombudsman threatened with firing last year has received a show of support from two nonprofits long critical of enforcement of disclosure rights in the national security workforce. The Government Accountability Project and the Project on Government Oversight on March 2 teamed upÃâà...
FederalNewsRadio.com
February 22, 2018
The Make It Safe Coalition, which includes the Government Accountability Project, Project on Government Oversight, Public Citizen and Union of Concerned Scientists, also called out Sessions' new policy. “When an agency unlawfully gags its employees, it threatens Congress' ability to engage in oversightÃâà...
Union of Concerned Scientists
February 21, 2018
“Carefully documenting events as they occur is one of the most important means for holding government officials accountable,” said Louis Clark, Executive Director and CEO of the Government Accountability Project (GAP), the nation's leading whistleblower organization. “Any federal employee whoÃâà...
FederalNewsRadio.com
February 13, 2018
A move the organizations say violates the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act. The Government Accountability Project, Project on Government Oversight, and Public Citizen all signed the letter. Kevin Deeley, the Justice Department's deputy chief information officer, passed away suddenly over theÃâà...
FoodQualityNews.com
February 9, 2018
USDA-FSIS said the New Swine Slaughter Inspection System (NSIS) will modernize the system. The deadline for comments on the proposed rule has been extended to 2 May with more than 8,000 comments already having been received. The Government Accountability Project (GAP) and Food & WaterÃâà...
Government Accountability Project (blog)
October 26, 2017
If the situation in Catalonia is left unaddressed, the utopian vision of a free, prosperous, and unified West—which has prevented the outbreak of war in continental Europe for over 70 years—will likely unravel. Luke Drabyn is a Communications Officer at the Government Accountability Project and a formerÃâà...
Government Accountability Project (blog)
September 20, 2017
In recent days, the Secretary General of the United Nations and the US president have both made statements about the need to protect whistleblowers at the UN. Unfortunately, we've heard this before – many, many times. The United Nations produces megabytes of rhetoric per second, to little effect.
Government Accountability Project (blog)
December 31, 1999
The training provides key pointers from a new guide by the Government Accountability Project, Working with Whistleblowers, a Guide for Public Interest Organizations. This must-read manual covers more than 40 years of lessons learned and best practices from the nation's leading whistleblower protectionÃâà...
