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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 19, 2015
 
CONTACT:
Emily Hampsten(202) 225-4061
 
***MEDIA ADVISORY***

Quigley, Issa to Host Bipartisan Briefing on Transparency & Government Accountability in the 115th Congress

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 19, 2015
 
CONTACT:
Emily Hampsten(202) 225-4061
 
***MEDIA ADVISORY***

Quigley, Issa to Host Bipartisan Briefing on Transparency & Government Accountability in the 115th Congress

Benin City, Nigeria…The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ has endorsed the decision of the Federal government to prosecute Nigerians implicated in the Panama papers leak.

This ratification was contained in a statement released by ANEEJ executive director the Rev David Ugolor in his reaction to the announcement by the Buhari government that it would initiate proceedings against Senator David Mark and Bukola Saraki, and other Nigerians who were mentioned as having huge sums of monies in offshore accounts and operated secret accounts.

For Immediate Release: August 5, 2016
Contact:  Sam Offerdahl (Wyden), 202-224-3789
Taylor Foy (Grassley), 202-224-6708
Tracy Manzer (Speier), 202-225-3531

In amicus brief, members urge Department of Labor to avoid making it harder for whistleblowers to defend their case

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Award Reception, TEDx Salon and Panels to Feature GAP Whistleblowers Robert MacLean, John Crane and Brandon Coleman

Senators will release Government Accountability Office Report on Whistleblower Retaliation

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., and Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., will be joined by federal contractor whistleblowers Sandra Black and Walt Tamosaitis at 2:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, July 14, to release a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on whistleblower retaliation at the Department of Energy (DOE).

Appeals Tribunal Declares Whistleblowers’ Request for Relief “Unreceivable”

Washington DC, London, Dublin,

The Whistleblowing International Network (WIN), a coalition of organisations supporting whistleblowers worldwide, has expressed its dismay at the conviction of the ‘LuxLeaks’ whistleblowers Antoine Deltour and Raphaël Halet. The Luxembourg’s court’s verdict was announced today. The two former employees of PricewaterhouseCoopers Luxembourg were found guilty of data theft and breach of commercial confidentiality when exposing potential abuses of Luxembourg’s tax system.

WASHINGTON – Government Accountability Project (GAP) client and contract chicken farmer Eric Hedrick delivered more than 60,000 petition signatures to Capitol Hill yesterday as part of an effort to shed light on the poultry industry’s abusive practices.

WASHINGTON – With bipartisan support, House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) Chair Chris Smith introduced an amendment last week to the State Department Authorization Bill that attached strong measures in support of whistleblowers at the United Nations. The Smith Amendment requires the US Representative at the UN to use her voice, vote and influence to promote specific measures to protect those who report misconduct and criminal behavior at the UN from reprisal.