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By Daphne Eviatar 2/4/09 Washington Independent Here’s some good news: since our story Tuesday about Congress’ failure to include adequate protection for government contractor whistleblowers in the stimulus bill, Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) has taken up the cause. McCaskill has introduced a whistleblower amendment – S.AMDT. 196 – to the stimulus bill. Although the amendment […]

By Daphne Eviatar 2/3/09 The Washington Independent I think I made the case pretty strongly in my piece today on why the failure of the stimulus bill to protect private contractor whistleblowers, and the omission in the Senate version to even protect federal employees, is a serious problem. Now a coalition of good-government and whistleblower […]

Protections in Stimulus Bill Help Workers Hold Government Accountable A Joint Statement from a Coalition of Public Interest Groups Washington, D.C. February 3, 2009. Monday’s Washington Post editorial, “Wrong Way to Protect,” did a disservice to its readers and the taxpayers when it opposed provisions in the economic stimulus bill that are designed to empower […]

Monday, February 2, 2009 Audrey Hudson (Contact), The Washington Times With a swipe of President Obama’s pen, Don Strange could get his job back with the Federal Air Marshal Service. The former special agent in charge of the Atlanta field office, one of the largest in the nation, was unceremoniously escorted from the building in […]

Congress Learns Lessons From Katrina, Iraq — But Not All By Daphne Eviatar 2/3/09 The Washington Independent While most of the debate over the proposed stimulus bill has focused on whether the federal government ought to embark on a plan expected to cost taxpayers some $885 billion, equally important is how that money gets spent. […]