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Merit Systems Protection Board Guts National Security Whistleblower Protection

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National Whistleblowers Center Calls for Immediate Review of Lame Duck MSPB Appointees


Washington, D.C. June 24, 2009.   On June 22, 2009, the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) issued a long awaited ruling in Robert J. MacLean v. Department of Homeland Security Agency.  Mr. MacLean blew the whistle on the Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Agency (TSA) plan to improperly remove U.S. Air Marshals from long distance flights during a heightened terrorist alert.  Mr. MacLean was concerned that the TSA's plan posed a serious threat to public health and safety.  After Mr. MacLean's internal warnings were ignored, he made a public disclosure that was protected under the Whistleblower Protection Act.  The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) subsequently fired Mr. MacLean in flagrant violation of the law.  However, in order to win their case, DHS retroactively labeled his disclosure as Sensitive Security Information. The MSPB declined to review this retroactive relabeling and upheld Mr. MacLean's termination.

Stephen M. Kohn, Executive Director of the National Whistleblowers Center issued the following statement:

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Senate Hearing Record Supports Whistleblower Protection For All Federal Employees

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Washington, D.C. June 8, 2009.  Statement issued by Stephen M. Kohn, Executive Director of the National Whistleblowers Center regarding today's hearing on whistleblower protections before the Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Colombia:

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Whistleblower Makes Herself Heard on the Hill

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Don't be fooled by Bunnatine H. Greenhouse's nickname.

"Bunny" might have a soft and cuddly side, but it's her watchdog self that got her in trouble.

When Greenhouse blew the whistle on noncompetitive multibillion-dollar contracts to Kellogg Brown & Root, then a Halliburton subsidiary, for work in Iraq's oil fields, she thought she was following her oath of office.

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President Signs Major Whistleblower Anti-Fraud Law

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Washington, D.C. May 20, 2009. Today President Barack Obama signed the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009. The Act significantly expands protections for whistleblowers who expose fraud in federal contracting.

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Tags: Government Contractor Fraud