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Speaker of House Nancy Pelosi issued a press release expressing her support for the whistleblower amendment to the stimulus bill. Speaker Pelosi stated that “It is inconceivable that the people’s business had been conducted for so long without ‘whistleblower’ protections to encourage every public employee to do the right thing.” The Speaker’s press release is […]

Nine dissident scientists at the Food and Drug Administration who say they were forced to approve high-risk medical devices sent a letter to President Obama on Monday stating that agency officials might have made them the targets of a criminal investigation into their complaints. “It has been brought to our attention that F.D.A. management may […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted Wednesday to strengthen whistleblower protections for federal employees, including those working for the Transportation Security Agency and others employed in national security areas. The bill also would create specific protections for those who expose abuses of authority by those trying to manipulate or censor scientific research in federal agencies […]

The Food and Drug Administration has been justly pilloried for grievous flaws in its regulation of foods and drugs. Now Congressional investigators, and some of the agency’s own scientists, are charging that the F.D.A. has failed to adequately regulate medical devices The Government Accountability Office recently reported that the F.D.A. has failed – for decades […]