GAO Critiques DOD OIG Process for Investigating Whistleblower Retaliation
Posted 10/11/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report yesterday criticizing the Department of Defense Office of the Inspector General’s (DOD OIG) process for investigating whistleblower-retaliation complaints brought by DOD civilian and contractor employees. The GAO report found that DOD OIG routinely missed timeliness targets and often failed to follow its own...
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Congress must take action to protect whistleblowers from the NSA -- At the end of this year, Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act is due to expire unless it is renewed by Congress. The provision is known for authorizing mass surveillance programs operated by the National Security Agency. If Congress renews the program, it should ensure strong whistleblower protections are in...
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This week the 
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This week the 
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Contractor gets 3-year sentence for Iraq fraud that cost U.S. millions – A former government contractor who helped scam the State Department out of millions of dollars was sentenced Friday to three years in prison. Jose Rivera, 57, of Potomac, Md., worked with two others to trick the contractor DynCorp into paying a grossly inflated rent for a training camp in Iraq, according...
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Four NCAA assistant coaches, among others, 
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The SEC charged a Westchester, New York-based investment adviser with fraud stemming from lies to retail investors about the value of their investments in a Ponzi-like scheme.
The SEC alleges that, starting in approximately 2010, Michael Scronic began to raise money from at least 42 friends and acquaintances, many of whom were from his suburban community, in order to invest...