Whistleblowers Soar To Record Levels Under Obama; Being Punished For Speaking Out
Government workers routinely threatened with “directed reassignment” by superiors
Steve Watson
Prisonplanet.com
May 12, 2015
Government workers speaking out in the face of security lapses and corruption have soared to record levels, while many are being retaliated against and punished by higher ups for daring to report misconduct.
The Washington Times reports that The Office of Special Counsel, which oversees government whistleblower complaints, has experienced an “unprecedented rise” in its caseload.
The OSC notes that 5,200 complaints were filed in fiscal 2014. That figure constitutes a 17 percent increase on 2013 cases, as well as a 30 percent rise in three years.
The leading source of whistleblowers within the Obama government is the Department of Veterans Affairs, which filed 1,504 cases throughout the year. The DoD filed 1,365 cases, while The Department of Homeland Security presented 489.
Instead of being rewarded and praised for speaking out in an effort to improve the inner workings of those government departments, whistleblowers are more often being punished.
“Whistleblowers are not the most beloved people by their leaders,” said Steven Bucci, an analyst on homeland security at The Heritage Foundation. “Unfortunately, the system that protects them is really imperfect. Rather than get the corrective action, instead you end up seeing organizations expend more effort to screw with the person who raised the issue.”
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