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Whistleblowers Expose Hazardous Workplace Conditions at USDA Research Facility
Whistleblowers Expose Hazardous Workplace Conditions at USDA Research Facility Today, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) notified the President and Congress that a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) investigation...
OSC Institutes New Policy to Encourage Rewarding Whistleblowers
OSC Institutes New Policy to Encourage Rewarding Whistleblowers The U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) today introduced a policy encouraging agencies to provide monetary rewards in some cases to federal...
OSC Issues Report to the President Finding Hatch Act Violation by Former SSA Commissioner
OSC Finds Hatch Act Violation by Former SSA Commissioner The U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) today transmitted a report to President Donald J. Trump finding that Martin O'Malley, former...
OSC Files Amicus Brief with MSPB on Case Challenging Termination of Probationary Employees
OSC Files Amicus Brief with MSPB on Case Challenging Termination of Probationary Employees Today, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) filed an amicus curiae or “friend of the court”...
OSC Announces Updates to Hatch Act Enforcement Rescinds past Advisory Opinions
Today, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) announces a new advisory rescinding the Hatch Act advisory opinion dated May 20, 2024, and a related advisory opinion dated October 15,...
OSC Makes Public Findings on VA Failure to Secure Firearms Used in Kansas Killings
OSC alerted the President that management at a VA Police Dept in Kansas failed to remove access to agency firearms from an officer following the issuance of a protective order,...
MSPB Grants Stays of Probationary Employee Terminations
OSC announces that the MSPB has granted initial requests to “stay,” or pause, the terminations of six probationary employees across various executive branch agencies. The U.S. Office of Special Counsel...
Special Counsel Dellinger Statement on Request that MSPB Stay Terminations of Probationary Employees
Last Friday, Special Counsel Dellinger filed initial requests to “stay,” or pause, the apparently impermissible terminations of six probationary employees across various executive branch agencies. Last Friday, Special Counsel Hampton...
OSC Files Hatch Act Complaint Seeking Discipline Against FEMA Employee for Political Discrimination in Aftermath of Hurricane Milton
OSC filed a Hatch Act complaint seeking discipline against Marn’i Washington, a former FEMA employee, who in October 2024 instructed subordinates to avoid visiting homes with Trump campaign signs. The...
OSC Obtains Stay, Files Complaint on Behalf of VA Employee Removed in Retaliation for Protected Whistleblowing
OSC today announced it has been granted an indefinite stay by the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) halting the probationary removal of a Department of Veterans Affairs whistleblower. The...