OSC Presses VA to Report on HIV Testing Methods After Whistleblower Exposes Slow Implementation of Latest Generation Testing Directive in Miami

OSC Welcomes Agency Change in Cattle Tick Preventive Treatment After Border Patrol Horses Fall Ill, Thanks Whistleblower for Disclosing the Problem

OSC Finds Shortcomings in VA Response to Spinal Cord Care Problems at Manchester, N.H., VA Hospital

Peace Corps encouraged to improve sexual assault prevention steps

OSC Welcomes New Class of Attorneys

OSC Concludes Hatch Act Investigation of Kellyanne Conway, Finds Two Violations, and Refers Findings to President for Appropriate Disciplinary Action: The U.S. Office of Special Counsel today sent an investigative report to President Donald Trump finding that Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway violated the Hatch Act in two television interviews.

OSC Presses VA to Report on HIV Testing Methods After Whistleblower Exposes Slow Implementation of Latest Generation Testing Directive in Miami: OSC is pressing the Department of Veterans Affairs to report on the status of updated HIV testing nationwide after a Miami whistleblower exposed the slow implementation of new methods at the VA facility there.

OSC Welcomes Agency Change in Cattle Tick Preventive Treatment After Border Patrol Horses Fall Ill, Thanks Whistleblower for Disclosing the Problem: Thanks to a whistleblower, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol horses working on the U.S.-Mexican border are no longer receiving a cattle tick prevention spray reported to have made them sick.

OSC Finds Shortcomings in VA Response to Spinal Cord Care Problems at Manchester, N.H., VA Hospital: The Manchester, NH, VAMC initially failed to address whistleblower complaints of substandard care, including patients who developed serious spinal cord diseases due to clinical neglect. OSC described these shortcomings in a letter to the President.

Peace Corps encouraged to improve sexual assault prevention steps: The Peace Corps has made progress in improving sexual assault prevention and victim resources but key challenges remain, a hard-hitting new review concludes.

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