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SSA Data Breach Allegations and Whistleblower Risk data security federal employment government accountability social security administration whistleblower protection Mar 12, 2026

A recent report from The Washington Post describes a whistleblower complaint that should capture the attention of both federal employees and the public. According to the complaint now under investigat...

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DHS Leadership Controversies and Accountability constitutional law dhs oversight federal employment government accountability mindfulness at work Mar 09, 2026

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 also to the highest...

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DOJ Rule Proposal on State Bar Oversight doj ethics rules federal employment government accountability legal ethics mcdade amendment Mar 06, 2026

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 assumption—and raises i...

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DOE Personal Email Use and Federal Records Law civil service protections federal employment federal records act foia government accountability Feb 12, 2026

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 controversial climate-cha...

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When a Federal Employee Is Labeled Before the Facts due process federal employee rights federal employment government accountability mindfulness at work Jan 26, 2026

The death of Alex Jeffrey Pretti in Minneapolis this weekend has shaken many federal employees—not only because of the violence itself, but because of what followed. Mr. Pretti was a VA ICU nurse, an ...

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January 6 Narratives and Federal Employee Risk career civil servants federal employment government accountability january 6 mspb appeals Jan 07, 2026

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 legal record. This w...

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A Public Website that Tracked Tax Dollars Vanished: Why This Matters to Feds budget transparency federal employment federal workforce government accountability mindfulness Apr 15, 2025

A quiet but critical event has unfolded in federal government operations—one that should concern every federal employee. Recently, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) called out the Office of M...

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