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GSA contracting officers are driving schedule holders crazy

Federal News Network

They say contracting officers are trying to re-negotiate finished contracts and making unreasonable demands for information. What are contracting officers actually doing, that the contractors are complaining about? Six months (or) a year later, a company comes in and asks for a contract modification. Larry Allen Right.

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Whistleblower who Established Hostile Work Protections for Federal Employees Sues to Enforce Settlement

Whistleblower Network News

Tommie (“Toni”) Savage’s federal employee whistleblower case has stretched on for nearly a decade and a half since she began to experience retaliation for blowing the whistle on systemic contracting fraud within the Army Corps of Engineers. All her allegations of contract fraud were confirmed by the auditing department.

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SEC Sanctions JP Morgan $18 Million for Impeding Whistleblowing

Whistleblower Network News

Morgan Securities LLC in which the company agreed to pay $18 million to settle charges that it impeded the ability of advisory clients and brokerage customers to blow the whistle to the SEC. In recent months, the SEC has stepped up its enforcement of the rule. Grewal, Director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement.

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Broad NDAs which Silence Whistleblowers May be Illegal, CFPB Warns

Whistleblower Network News

Both of these agencies have rules which prohibit companies from taking any action which impede individuals from blowing the whistle to authorities on potential violations and both have taken enforcement actions against restrictive NDAs.

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MSPB Orders Army Corps of Engineers to Offer “Sincere Thanks” to Whistleblower

Whistleblower Network News

Dr. Savage’s federal employee whistleblower case has stretched on for nearly a decade and a half since she began to experience retaliation for blowing the whistle on systemic contracting fraud within the Army Corps of Engineers. All her allegations of contract fraud were confirmed by the auditing department.

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OpenAI Whistleblowers File Complaint with SEC on Illegal NDAs

Whistleblower Network News

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) alleging that the company is silencing employees from sharing concerns with the public and federal employees about its AI technology through its employment contracts. Read a fact sheet from Kohn, Kohn, and Colapinto LLP on the rules and regulations governing these contracts.

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OpenAI Allegedly Employing Illegal Non-Disparagement Agreements

Whistleblower Network News

Sanctions often require violators to pay hefty monetary penalties, make a commitment to fix illegal practices, and amend illegal NDA contracts, notifying all affected. Employees who have signed an illegal restrictive NDA can blow the whistle anonymously by filing a confidential and anonymous complaint with the SEC under the Dodd-Frank Act.