
One of two whistleblowers to win even a temporary victory before a government whistleblower review board under a Bush administration appointee lost last week after the board’s February reversal was upheld by the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. Read more
A government whistleblower review board has upheld the firing of a federal air marshal for disclosing “sensitive security information”, even though the information had not been marked as “sensitive” at the time. And in an ironic twist, the board’s decision was itself labeled “sensitive security information” and posted on a publicly accessible government website, due to a “computer glitch,” the board says. Read more
After years of executive branch hostility to whistleblowers, will President Barack Obama — himself a former whistleblower attorney — hire some of those conscientious employees back? Democratic Rep. Carolyn Maloney of New York and six other members of Congress have asked Obama to consider doing so. Read more

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