Posted 4/12/2024, 1:00:00 PM
Office of Special Counsel Cracks Down on NDAs Infringing on Whistleblower Rights
- Office of Special Counsel (OSC) instructing agencies that NDAs cannot supersede whistleblower rights
- OSC has secured 25+ actions from agencies in past year to correct anti-gag order violations
- NDAs cannot prevent employees from reporting waste, fraud, and abuse to Congress, Inspectors General, and OSC
- Immigration judges gagged by Justice Dept from making public statements without approval
- OSC successfully pressed Defense Commissary Agency and VA to withdraw policies hampering whistleblowing