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  1. August 10, 2009, 10:07 am

    ACCOUNTABILITY: Anti-Whistleblower Track Record Continues

    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

  2. June 25, 2009, 10:41 am

    TRANSPARENCY: A Shrill Message for Whistleblowers

    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

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