Remove Government Remove Government Contracts Remove Whistle-blowing
article thumbnail

Navigating DOJ's Patchwork Whistleblower Regime

Government Contracts

attorney’s offices have issued different pilot programs aimed at incentivizing individuals to blow the whistle on misconduct, but this piecemeal approach may create confusion and suboptimal outcomes, say attorneys at BakerHostetler. In the past few months, the U.S. Department of Justice and several individual U.S.

article thumbnail

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. She then went to the auditing department.

professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Whistleblowers Must Note 5 Key Differences Of DOJ Program

Government Contracts

Department of Justice’s recently unveiled whistleblower awards program diverges in key ways from similar programs at other agencies, and individuals must weigh these differences and look first to programs with stronger, proven protections before blowing the whistle, say Stephen Kohn and Geoff Schweller at Kohn Kohn.

article thumbnail

Ex-Atlanta Worker Says City's Missing Docs Merits Sanctions

Government Contracts

Counsel for a former city of Atlanta department head who says she was fired after blowing the whistle on failures in its immigrant outreach services urged a Georgia federal judge on Thursday to hit the city with sanctions for reportedly destroying communications related to her termination.

article thumbnail

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

Whistleblower Network News

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. Dr. Savage raised concerns internally to the highest levels of the command, and nothing was done.

article thumbnail

Government shutdown puts contractors in precarious position

Federal News Network

There’s never a convenient time for a full or even a partial government shutdown, but we’ve reached the beginning of the end of another fiscal year with the likelihood of a shutdown rising. What are you hearing mostly from the folks who are on the government contracting side? Eric White Yeah.

article thumbnail

GSA contracting officers are driving schedule holders crazy

Federal News Network

And it’s time to get these issues out in front of people… get a little disinfecting sunshine on them, if you will, so that we have a program that works better not just for contractors, but for government customers. What are contracting officers actually doing, that the contractors are complaining about? Larry Allen Right.