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SSA Data Breach Allegations and Whistleblower Risk
A recent report from The Washington PostĀ describes a whistleblower complaint that should capture the attention of both federal employees and the public. According to the complaint ...
DHS Leadership Controversies and Accountability
Federal employees are often reminded that public service comes with heightened scrutiny and strict legal standards. Those expectations apply not only to rank-and-file employees but...
DOJ Rule Proposal on State Bar Oversight
Federal employees often assume attorney ethics rules operate the same inside government as they do outside it. A newly proposed Department of Justice regulation challenges that ass...
DOE Personal Email Use and Federal Records Law
NOTUS recently reported that political appointees at the Department of Energy used personal email accounts to discuss official government business while DOE was involved in a contr...
When a Federal Employee Is Labeled Before the Facts
The death of Alex Jeffrey Pretti in Minneapolis this weekend has shaken many federal employeesā€”not only because of the violence itself, but because of what followed. Mr. Pretti was...
January 6 Narratives and Federal Employee Risk
Federal employees woke up on January 7, 2026, to something deeply unsettling: an official government webpage describing January 6, 2021, in ways that conflict with the established ...
A Public Website that Tracked Tax Dollars Vanished: Why This Matters to Feds
A quiet but critical event has unfolded in federal government operationsā€”one that should concern every federal employee. Recently, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) called...
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