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Federal Employees Still Denied Coverage Washington, D.C. February 13, 2009.  In the final stimulus package approved by House-Senate conference, Congress approved a critical whistleblower protection amendment introduced by Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO).  The McCaskill amendment corrected major defects in the original Senate Bill, and provides protections for private contractors and state and local government workers […]

By JIM ABRAMS Associated Press Writer February 13, 2009 WASHINGTON (AP) – Protections for federal whistle-blowers that were part of an earlier version of the economic stimulus bill were left out in the final legislation. Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., who has led efforts to better protect federal workers exposing waste and abuse, said it […]

By LAUREN C. WILLIAMS, Capital News Service Published February 13, 2009 WASHINGTON – Maryland’s congressional delegation won one and lost one in the negotiations over the $790 billion stimulus package awaiting a vote on Capitol Hill. Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., managed to retain her provision to provide car buyers with tax relief in the bill, […]

Commentary by Ann Woolner Feb. 11 (Bloomberg) — As Congress opens up the federal spigot to pour hundreds of billions of tax dollars into the withering economy, a thought intrudes. Considering the astounding size of the economic stimulant, how much of it will stimulate crooks? We know from Pentagon spending that the bigger and more […]

By Daphne Eviatar 2/11/09 Washington Independent Despite a strong push from whistleblower advocates, the final stimulus bill appears not to include protections for federal employees who call attention to waste, fraud and abuse of stimulus money. It’s an odd outcome, given that federal employees are often the first people to notice fraud and other abuses […]