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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 […]

On Nov. 17, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce launched an investigation into whether senior managers at the device center “knowingly corrupted the scientific review process and approved or cleared medical device applications in gross violation” of the law and agency regulations. The investigation was prompted by an Oct. 14 1letter to Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.), […]

WASHINGTON – Top federal health officials engaged in “serious misconduct” by ignoring concerns of scientists at the Food and Drug Administration and approving for sale unsafe or ineffective medical devices, the scientists have written in a letter to Congress. The House Committee on Energy and Commerce will investigate the accusations, first aired when eight agency […]

Washington, D.C. August 14, 2008. Today President Bush signed the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act. Overwhelming Congressional majorities sent the bipartisan bill to the president’s desk on July 30, after a reaching compromise on several key provisions, including whistleblower protection. This Legislation is Congress’ response to recent massive consumer product recalls, on everything from lead-laden […]