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A government report is recommending that Congress pass legislation to better define editorial firewalls at the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which oversees VOA. The Government Accountability Office, which audits U.S. government agencies for Congress, issued a 60-page report Wednesday examining the impact that legislation passed in recent years has had on USAGM's organizational structure…

US Government Media Whistleblowers Cleared of Wrongdoing Voice of America 09 Jul 2021, 09:35 GMT+10 A U.S. government watchdog has cleared six senior officials at the government's independent media agency of wrongdoing when they protested last year that the agency's chief, appointed by former President Donald Trump, was attempting to politicize news operations. The inspector general at the U.S. State Department recently concluded that Trump administration officials including Michael Pack had unlawfully retaliated against the six, five of whom have been reinstated under President Joe Biden whi...

A government whistleblower who was the subject of an internal investigation launched by one of Donald Trump’s most controversial political appointees has been cleared of all wrongdoing, according to a Tuesday press release from the Government Accountability Project (GAP). The investigation was initiated by Michael Pack, who was appointed to lead the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM). Pack, a conservative filmmaker and ally of former White House chief strategist  Steve Bannon, was confirmed by the Senate despite an investigation into whether he had funneled “at least $1.6 million in ...

By Rebecca Beitsch - 04/20/21 03:30 PM EDT   Public interest groups determined to stay focused on the Trump administration say they have new openings for unearthing information now that the past government’s political appointees have departed. Various groups that flooded the government with Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests say the departures have greased the wheels of various agencies’ public records shops.  Requests ranging from the pandemic response and the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol are moving forward, potentially aiding activists eager to bring new dirt to ligh...

Government Whistleblower Investigated and Fired by Trump Administration Has Been Cleared of Wrongdoing and Reinstated Jerry Lambe A government whistleblower who was the subject of an internal investigation launched by one of Donald Trump’s most controversial political appointees has been cleared of all wrongdoing, according to a Tuesday press release from the Government Accountability Project (GAP). The investigation was initiated by Michael Pack, who was appointed to lead the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM). Pack, a conservative filmmaker and ally of former White Hou...