Because Democracy is Not Free — we all have to work at it
For anyone following the legislation, cue your video to 1:10:05 to hear the differences in the two whistleblower protection bills being debated in the House and Senate. [You can also go to this C-SPAN site to go directly to sections and written transcripts on the conference] For anyone wanting to see the embarrassing part where [...]
Know what? My Congressman ROCKS! Here’s what I got from Pete Stark’s office hours after I sent in my letter in support of HR 1507. It’s way better than what I’ve received from certain other legislators. May 19, 2010 Dear Ms. Yee: Thank you for contacting me in support of HR 1507, the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement [...]
From the Washington Examiner: Judge Kang’s track record [of 0-139 for the federal employee] is only slightly more hopeless than the norm,” pointed out Tom Devine, legal director of the Government Accountability Project, who represented MacLean during his appeal. You couldn’t have said it better, Tom. The Orange County Register also snarks on hopelessness of federal [...]
The National Whistleblower Center set up an ACTION ALERT to write congress about the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board’s failure to protect federal whistleblowers. http://capwiz.com/whistleblowers/issues/alert/?alertid=15046221 addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fcivilservicechange.org%2F%3Fp%3D2767′; addthis_title = ‘Civil+Service+Advocacy+%26%238211%3B+Make+Sure+Congress+Hears+Your+Voice’; addthis_pub = ”;
The database of salaries for individual federal employees has been updated to Fiscal Year 2009. Ashbury Press is the publisher, and here’s the link: http://php.app.com/fed_employees10/search.php addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fcivilservicechange.org%2F%3Fp%3D2765′; addthis_title = ‘Updated+Salaries+of+Federal+Employees+%26%238211%3B+Fiscal+Year+2009′; addthis_pub = ”;
A strong, independent civil service is one of the dominant themes of this website, and is an essential component to the proper functioning of any society. Over the last 30 years an anti-government ideology has predominated in numerous leadership circles, and has been reflected in the beliefs of a broad swath of the American populace. [...]
The three-member Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) under the new leadership of Susan Tsui Grundmann is doing its best despite the fact that it has one of the toughest jobs around. The Board is tasked with changing governmental culture not only at its own agency, but in all federal agencies. Yesterday, MSPB AJ Franklin Kang [...]
By now you’ve heard that Elena Kagan, currently the U.S. Solicitor General, has been selected as Obama’s pick for the Supreme Court. I took a look at the pundits’ view of his choice, and it appears that Obama hit the jackpot: neither the liberal left nor the conservative right is jumping for joy. Obama is [...]
…with a bit of room to spare. Almost a week ago, on this site, I raised what is now the rhetorical question: Does the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta openly engage in Prohibited Personnel Practices? The answer has now been officially determined by the Merit System Protection Board in Denver: YES! Thanks in [...]
I have so many odd and ridiculous stories about the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Here’s one for today: A Transportation Security Agency employee at Miami International Airport has been arrested for attacking a co-worker who teased him about the size of his genitals after he walked through a body scanner. Rolando Negrin, 44, was charged [...]