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By Joe Davidson Washington Post Thursday, January 22, 2009; D04 “And the way to make government accountable is make it transparent so that the American people can know exactly what decisions are being made, how they’re being made and whether their interests are being well-served.” — Barack Obama   These words from President Obama yesterday, […]

Key Privacy Protections Improperly Challenged Washington, D.C. January 15, 2009. The National Whistleblowers Center strongly opposes the lawsuit filed today by the American Civil Liberties Union, the Government Accountability Project, and OMB Watch concerning the constitutionality of the sealing provisions of the False Claims Act. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court for the […]

Anchorage Daily News (01/15/09) On Wednesday, federal prosecutors revealed that Anchorage FBI agent Chad Joy was the person alleging misconduct in the Ted Stevens corruption investigation and also said he had been “denied whistle-blower status.”   On Thursday, they told the judge they were wrong on the second point. A document filed in court late […]

The unnamed center staffers charge CDRH and Office of Device Evaluation managers with coercing and intimidating underlings into modifying scientific evaluations, conclusions and recommendations and failing to “apply even the most fundamental scientific and legal requirements.” The letter calls for the dismantling of ODE into multiple offices headed by rotating leadership as a means to […]

An official at the Food and Drug Administration overruled front-line agency scientists and approved the sale of an imaging device for breast cancer after receiving a phone call from a Connecticut congressman, according to internal agency documents. The legislator’s call and its effect on what is supposed to be a science-based approval process is only […]