Whistleblower Protection Language Goes Missing from White House Website

Perhaps it's a technical glitch.  But we hope the Obama Administration has not forgotten the importance of strengthening whistleblower protections.

Upon searching the new White House website today, a national security whistleblower who we support could no longer find the Protect Whistleblowers section that was included in the White House ethics agenda just yesterday.  Being the diligent public servant that they are, this whistleblower had the foresight to take a screen shot of the page (the missing section is highlighted in yellow).

Now there is no mention of whistleblowers anywhere on whitehouse.gov.

POGO realizes that the White House is very busy right now, but we hope they correct this omission, as it sends the wrong message to federal employees who expect to be protected from retaliation if they report fraud, waste, and abuse in the government.

The site asks visitors to the Ethics section to “check back soon.”  We'll keep you posted if the whistleblower language reappears.

-- Ingrid Drake

Comments

[Axel]

Axel
Dear Readers, 1/15/2009

I am not a Lawyer and I have only very briefly read a few pages of this so-called 'Stimulus Bill with so-called Accountability Provisions to Protect Taxpayers' and I surmize that this Bill is most likely a hoodwinking and a seemingly completly and/or mostly fraud, waste and abuse towards Accountability and Taxpayers.

Aside from the main issues some additional concerns I would presume to be that;

1) The amounts to the Homeland Security, Department of Justice, Veterans Affairs ecetra are too insufficient, too minimal and obviously of no relevant consequence are mostly 1/10 of the next lowest distributions,

2) Without the passage of the HR985 'FEDERAL EMPLOYEE WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION RESTORATION ACT'and the eventual implementation of the Sabersky Plan ther appears to be absolutely ZERO and no adequate funding for any Attorney required representation for the Whistleblower under the False claims Act and numerous other Law and US Court required Attorney representation!!!!! and also the GREAT RISK THAT MAY FALL UPON THE REPESENTATIVE ATTORNEY FROM THE/OUR US BAR ASSOCIATIONS!!!!! and funding thereof!!!!!! ecetra!!!!!!

My view it is well due if not past due and the time for the 'get real' with 'Oversight and Accountability' implications for the 'Change We Can Believe In'.

Thank you and all for your time and consideration.

Sincerely,
Axel
Axel V. Sabersky

P.S. As an addition to this reply, please note that the enactment of the'death penalty' is inapposite and against all proper and forthright Democracy, Law, Religon and is inapposite and not in compliance with our Us Constitution, Bill of Rights and within our US Democratic declaration and endeavor towards life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all.

[Whistleblower with TOTAL faith in President Barack Obama]

It is still up on Change.gov:

"Protect Whistleblowers: Often the best source of information about waste, fraud, and abuse in government is an existing government employee committed to public integrity and willing to speak out. Such acts of courage and patriotism, which can sometimes save lives and often save taxpayer dollars, should be encouraged rather than stifled. We need to empower federal employees as watchdogs of wrongdoing and partners in performance. Barack Obama will strengthen whistleblower laws to protect federal workers who expose waste, fraud, and abuse of authority in government. Obama will ensure that federal agencies expedite the process for reviewing whistleblower claims and whistleblowers have full access to courts and due process."

http://change.gov/agenda/ethics_agenda/