Whistleblowers Continue to Need Your Support

Hi Everyone,

I hope this blog is helpful to you.  There is a dramatic increase in published articles regarding Whistleblowers and their situations.   I am researching, posting and doing a bit of writing myself, but primarily my goal on this blog is to facilitate others, (whistleblowers and others who have interest in their situations), being able to read and update more quickly and easily, the increasing reporting being done on this topic by others.  (I understand that many people involved in Whistleblower situations have even less time and energy than I do to research and read and it is important that they continue to do so.)

 

There are a growing number of sincere and persistent federal and industry employees out there who are totally fed up with the corruption in their workplaces which makes is very difficult for them to ethically do the jobs they were trained and hired to do.  The Whistleblower Protection Act passed by the Senate and House recently that still awaits the promised Presidential Veto, President Bush threatened he would render should Congress pass this legislation which would offer further protection of Federal and Defense Whistleblowers.  The protection we're talking about is protection from Prohibited Personnel Practices, harassment, discrimination, persecution, and a host of other despicable activities undertaken by wrongdoers who may be outed by honest employees doing their oversight jobs and pointing out the problems.

I pass along a site that is keeping track of the Office of Special Counsel, the government office that is supposed to be watchdogging and protecting federal employees who may be making complaints or noting corruption within our government.  These observations and disclosures are usually a result of the employee becoming clearly aware of a problem in the course of doing their job as assigned.  Unfortunately, particularly in the atmosphere we have at this time in government work, many of these employees are treated very badly and in punitive fashion.  Many are afraid to complain.  Those that do, typically go to the Office of Special Counsel, who is supposed to uphold PPP law, and stop  the illegal actions of the corrupt coworkers and supervisors committing violations of Prohibited Personnel Practices policies/laws.  Tragically, this office has notably not done its job and in fact has a track record under the current Chief of committing violations itself against its own employees.

 

To read more about this, please visit:  http://whsknox.blogs.com/osc_watch/

   

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Take care of yourselves!  (It appears we cannot count on the government doing so lately!)

GFS