“The new documents, obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by the Empower Oversight whistleblower group, are raising questions about whether politics influenced a supposedly neutral process conducted by the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency’s Integrity Committee, the disciplinary arm of the inspector general community.” Read more here.
“Empower Oversight, a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization with the goal of enhancing oversight of government, won an appeal for six Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, allowing the group to access documents previously undisclosed.” Read more here.
Whistleblower Network News In a letter to Denis McDonough, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) urges the VA to answer questions about alleged whistleblower retaliation and lack of action in responding to a congressional probe of issues whistleblowers raised regarding ethics. Grassley opens the letter by mentioning an article published on WNN and written by …
Just The News The whistleblower group Empower Oversight has filed a lawsuit against the National Institutes of Health to try to get the agency to comply with its Freedom of Information Act by releasing documents related to a request by Chinese researchers to remove genetic sequences of the SARS-CoV-2 virus from a NIH-controlled database. In July, the …
Just The News A group funded by George Soros and other donors to continue investigating the Russia collusion allegations after the 2016 election met with the FBI, offering its assistance to agents and alerting them it was working with one of their terminated confidential sources in the case, Christopher Steele, according to court testimony made …
Whistleblower Network News On October 14, a collection of whistleblower advocacy groups sent a letter to Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) commending him for recently questioning nominees to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) about their support for the agency’s whistleblower program. According to the groups, Grassley’s questions “are highly encouraging to us as organizations deeply committed to whistleblower protection.” …
“The non-partisan government watchdog group Empower Oversight is looking into the origins of COVID-19, and whether the government knowingly or unwittingly contributed monetarily to the Chinese lab at the center of the outbreak. “According to Empower Oversight, the group submitted numerous Freedom of Information Act requests in order to obtain a better understanding of what …
The Federalist A Senate staffer may have violated rules when he gave sensitive information to a prominent member of the Russia collusion hoax and received a free report in return, says a letter from Empower Oversight to the Senate Select Committee on Ethics. In the letter, Empower Oversight, a nonprofit anti-corruption and independent oversight group, implored …
Just The News A watchdog group is calling for a Senate ethics investigation into a Democratic staffer for the Armed Services Committee regarding the Russia collusion hoax. Empower Oversight sent a letter of complaint to the Senate Select Committee on Ethics requesting an investigation into Thomas Kirk McConnell, a staffer on the Armed Services Committee, for asking for and …
CBS News A whistleblower is accusing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives of fraud, waste and abuse. CBS News was told the alleged practice could potentially involve hundreds of millions of tax dollars across multiple federal agencies. The whistleblower said some in administrative jobs at the agency were paid a special bonus known …