Blowing The Whistle
Whistleblowers play a difficult, extremely important role in federal contracting, involving the good use of taxpayer money in general and other matters of public concern.
Nobody likes a snitch, right? On the other hand, we all admire people willing to take risks to tell the truth.
We know that there's sometimes waste, abuse and, too often, fraud in the award and execution of federal contracts. There's misleading information about science and the environment. There are security issues that ought to become public but sometimes do not.
Whistleblowers sometimes help bring those problems to light.
What do they get for their trouble? A lot of grief and all too often harassment. There was this report in Salon late last year from James Sandler of the Center for Investigative Reporting (where Government Inc.'s scribe serves as an advisor), documenting the failure of the government whistleblower protection system.
Now, a mondo collection of 112 liberal and conservative public interest groups has issued a letter "to support the completion of the landmark, eight-year legislative effort to restore a credible Whistleblower Protection Act."
"Unfortunately, every month that passes has very tangible consequences for scores of
whistleblowers who still lack viable legal rights," the letter says. "In just the first three months of this year, since both chambers passed their versions of the legislation, whistleblowers have a 2-49 win-loss record in initial decisions from administrative hearings at the Merit Systems Protection Board."
By Robert O'Harrow |
June 6, 2008; 11:24 AM ET
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Posted by: JohnSchilling | June 7, 2008 6:47 AM
http://www.youtube.com/user/MasterLeeMochow
this if very good. Explain a lot.
thanks you
Todd Williams
Dallas TX.
Posted by: Todd Williams | June 9, 2008 3:29 PM
I am a whistle-blower. A Registered Nurse, Michigan taxpayer and Retired(24 yrs) General Motors Salary (NO union) emp.Though I have documentation to prove gross breach in laws/mandates regarding Delphi Bankruptcy(Orchestrated by GM-to OUTSOURCE American jobs and Bust the union) the FBI hangs up on me. I am dismissed by the IRS, SEC, DOJ,DOL and over 400 political contacts in Washington and Michigan. PLEASE HEAR ME. I WILL NOT BE SILENT. Paul McNulty(DOJ allowed to resign with Gonzales and the other white Collar criminals) said: "BANKRUPT IS THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG". Sadly- OUR LEADERS BETRAY US. WE ARE THE TITANIC- IT'S NOT JUST MICHIGAN.
WHO WILL TELL THE REAL STORY TO AMERICA.?
Gail DeCaire RN- The Last GM nurse(general motors) & whistle-blower.
Posted by: Gail DeCaire RN | June 12, 2008 10:16 AM
There is nothing surprising about this. Tha attorney at DOD who was charged with examining whistleblower complaints was destroying what was filed and telling the filer to keep quiet and not worry about what was occuring. I am sure this goes on in all government ageniceies at all levels abou any issue of fraud that may arrise. So know the triuth. Until you demand accountability nothing will ever happem at any level of government.
Posted by: Ralph Dreifus | June 16, 2008 10:55 AM
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Whistleblowers are important to our society and need the support and protections of the Whistleblower Protection Act. Whistleblowers take incredible risks, expose fraud, and assist the government in recovering billions of dollars of fraud. A whistleblower is only trying to right a wrong. I know I was one.
John W Schilling
Author "Undercover"
http://ethicsolutionsllc.com