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Most who report retaliation don’t get help or protection. Friday, Feb. 27, 2009. Workplace whistleblowers have little to protect them from retaliation by employers, according to a new study by Congress’ investigative arm. In a report issued Thursday, the Government Accountability Office found that inadequate resources and poor tracking of complaints have left most whistleblowers […]

For Immediate Release Friday, February 27, 2009 Grassley urges the President to change culture of bureaucracy by honoring whistleblowers with a Rose Garden ceremony WASHINGTON — Senator Chuck Grassley today urged President Barack Obama to plan a Rose Garden ceremony to honor whistleblowers in order to strengthen transparency, good government and accountability in the federal […]

The Rolla Daily News Feb 26, 2009 Senators Chuck Grassley and Claire McCaskill today said that they are working to keep Congress living by the same rules as everybody else. They have introduced legislation that would give the same whistleblower protections to employees in the legislative branch as to those afforded in the executive branch […]

Wall Street Journal, February 26, 2009 By ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON and MELANIE TROTTMA WASHINGTON- President Barack Obama’s budget calls for billions of dollars in new spending to enforce stricter controls on business, signaling a decisive end to the era of deregulation under President George W. Bush. The Obama budget plan would spend more on the agencies […]