Groups call for whistleblowers to come forward

[The Straight Story]

Groups call for whistleblowers to come forward
By Daniel Pulliam
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Three nonprofit whistleblower protection groups are asking federal employees who have filed complaints with the Office of Special Counsel to come forward and share information on how their cases were handled.


The Government Accountability Project issued an "action alert" this month, asking federal workers who have filed whistleblower complaints in the past 18 months to contact them regarding how OSC handled their cases. The GAP statement alleges that about 1,000 cases were closed without investigation, "often without even calling the whistleblower."


"We want to develop a record of what has happened to these people," said Tom Devine, legal director of GAP.


Devine is working with the Project on Government Oversight and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, collecting information about how U.S. Special Counsel Scott Bloch is managing OSC and how the agency has been investigating whistleblower accusations and protecting employees from retaliation.

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