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Ramin Talaie / Getty Images Originally published on December 23, 2020 1:36 pm Justice Department whistleblowers are calling on federal watchdogs and members of Congress to investigate what they call illegal and abusive government directives that waste money and chill "diversity-related speech across the entire federal workforce." NPR has obtained a letter by a lawyer for the whistleblowers, who report that diversity and inclusion programs they had planned for the Justice Department earlier this year were branded "divisive propaganda" and had to be canceled. One such program was supposed...

Ramin Talaie/Getty Images toggle caption Ramin Talaie/Getty Images The Justice Department previously declined to comment on how it is implementing President Trump's executive order, but most diversity programs there appear to have been put on hold since autumn. Ramin Talaie/Getty Images Justice Department whistleblowers are calling on federal watchdogs and members of Congress to investigate what they call illegal and abusive government directives that waste money and chill "diversity-related speech across the entire federal workforce." NPR has obtained ...

Government Executive email Anonymous Voice Of America Employees Protest New Director  Robert Reilly has a “troubling history of mismanagement at VOA” and is “openly hostile to Muslims and Gays,” wrote the whistleblowers’ senior counsel. On Monday, a group of anonymous Voice of America employees asked their parent agency to rescind the appointment of their new, “controversial” director. The Government Accountability Project, a whistleblower advocacy group that represents current and former staff members at VOA, sent a letter to U.S. Agency for Global Media CEO Mi...