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WASHINGTON (CNN) — Nine scientists at the Food and Drug Administration have written a letter to President-elect Barack Obama and his transition team, alleging gross mismanagement at the agency that has “placed the American public at risk.” The agency is “fundamentally broken” and “failing to fulfill its mission,” according to a copy of the six-page […]

WASHINGTON — A group of scientists at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday sent a letter to President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team pleading with him to restructure the agency, saying managers have ordered, intimidated and coerced scientists to manipulate data in violation of the law. The nine scientists, whose names have been provided […]

Washington, D.C. December 17, 2008. The National Whistleblower  Center and Government Accountability Project filed an amicus brief in support of a whistleblower in a case filed under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.   In this Maryland case, the judge ordered the case back to the Department of Labor’s Administrative Review Board (ARB) saying that the de novo […]

We told you that Obama’s hardest promise would be protecting whistleblowers. According to the Washington Post, he just might be up for it. See the Blog  Whistleblowers May Have a Friend in the Oval Office By Joe Davidson Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, December 11, 2008; D03 While Barack Obama’s election victory led millions of Americans to cheer […]

Washington, D.C. December 12, 2008. The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and its Department of Defense have approved new rules governing federal contracting which go into effect today. These rules, the result of a rulemaking proceeding initiated by the General Services Administration and the Department of Defense, now require all major federal contractors to implement “internal […]