Appeal filed in lawsuit over Eric Greitens’ use of self-destructing text message app
By Jason Hancock
Missouri Independent
A lawsuit alleging former Gov. Eric Greitens illegally destroyed public records during his time in office by using a self-destructing text messaging app is on its way to Missouri’s Western District Court of Appeals.
The appeal, filed last week by Mark Pedroli of the Sunshine and Government Accountability Project, is the latest twist in a lawsuit that’s been ongoing for more than three years.
And it comes just as Greitens has re-emerged on the public stage, officially jumping into the Republican primary last month for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Roy Blunt.
NJ Today: Groups demand whistleblower protections
Groups demand whistleblower protections
This article features our Legal Director Tom Devine and was originally published here.
Over 200 groups called on President Joe Biden and congressional leadership on Thursday to enact stronger whistleblower protection laws, especially to ensure that the government is fairly spending trillions of dollars in pandemic relief funding.
A diverse group of 264 organizations, led by the Government Accountability Project, sent the letter to leaders to emphasize the important role whistleblowers play in holding the government accountable.
They argued that current whistleblower laws––such as the 1978 Civil Service Reform Act, 1989 Whistleblower Protection Act and 2012 Whistleblower Enhancement Act––are outdated and insufficient to protect “courageous” individuals who disclose wronging.
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email GovExec Daily: A Request for Stronger Whistleblower Protections
The Government Accountability Project s Irvin McCullough joins the show to discuss a letter sent to the White House and Congress.
Last week, more than 200 groups called on President Biden and congressional leadership to enact stronger whistleblower protection laws, especially to ensure that the government is fairly spending trillions of dollars in pandemic relief funding. The groups, led by the Government Accountability Project, argue that the current whistleblower protections are outdated and insufficient to protect individuals who disclose wrongdoing in the federal government.
Irvin McCullough is a National Security Analyst at the Government Accountability Project. He joined the show to discuss the letter and the state of whistleblower rights.
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More than 260 organizations urged President Biden
The Government Accountability Project, a nonprofit that works with whistleblowers and on whistleblowing legislation, led a letter on Thursday with other groups calling for Biden and congressional leaders to strengthen U.S. whistleblower laws to match or exceed those of other democratic nations.
“Truth shared by whistleblowers fuels oversight mechanisms by shining a light on existing weaknesses, inefficiencies, and injustices. We must protect those who courageously speak out about abuses of public trust that undermine our nation’s safety and security and threaten our democracy,” they wrote.
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They called for America’s whistleblower rights to include giving whistleblowers the right to challenge retaliatory investigations, extending whistleblower rights beyond protection from workplace retaliation and giving whistleblowers a legal defense against civil or criminal liability, among other provisions.