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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 …

Whistleblower Network News On September 22, five whistleblower advocacy groups co-signed a letter to a group of senators voicing concerns about a section of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022. The groups worry that language in Section 321 of the Act would discourage intelligence whistleblowers from speaking out and obfuscate where their disclosures are protected. …

Free Beacon The Biden administration awarded more than $250,000 to an organization whose founder waged a secret campaign last year to undercut the theory that the coronavirus originated in a Chinese lab. The Defense Threat Reduction Agency granted $253,279 to EcoHealth Alliance in July to conduct research to thwart the use of viruses as weapons of mass …

Just The News A whistleblower group is calling for further investigation into whether information about a Department of Veterans Affairs plan last year to prevent veterans from using G.I. benefits at some for-profit schools was either mishandled or intentionally leaked to “enable insider trading.” The agency announced its intentions in a March 2020 press release, …

A nonpartisan Beltway accountability and public integrity group has asked the U.S. State Department for the full details behind the recent sanctions against Russian ammunition.  Empower Oversight Whistleblowers & Research based in Arlington, Virginia, is concerned that the ban could be a “deceptive abuse of the sanctions process in order to pursue President Biden’s domestic gun control …

“The government watchdog group Empower Oversight is asking the Justice Department whether Attorney General Merrick Garland will allow Special Counsel John Druham’s Russia collusion probe to continue and provide funding for it in the fast-approaching, new fiscal year. “Under the regulations governing the special counsel, it is up to the attorney general to decide whether …