Office of Special Counsel memo puts Trump on notice

Posted by | January 26, 2017 09:58 | Filed under: Politics

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If Team Trump believes they have free rein to oppress whistleblowers, they are sadly mistaken:

The Office of Special Counsel, an agency that protects whistleblowers in the federal government, on Wednesday issued a reminder that any non-disclosure agreements or policies on employee communications must include language notifying federal employees of their whistleblower rights.

“Under the anti-gag provision, agencies cannot impose nondisclosure agreements and policies that fail to include required language that informs employees that their statutory right to blow the whistle supersedes the terms and conditions of the nondisclosure agreement or policy,” the OSC press release said.

The OSC reminder followed several reports that employees at agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency were told not to issue press releases or use official social media accounts. There is also speculation that President Donald Trump may require some administration employees to sign non-disclosure agreements, as he has required his employees to do so in the past.

The press release sent out by the Office of Special Counsel on Wednesday noted that the anti-gag order provision in the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (WPEA) requires that agencies must notify employees about their whistleblower rights in any nondisclosure agreement or general policy regarding communication.

The Office of Special Counsel has jurisdiction over most of the federal government agencies, but not the FBI or intelligence community.


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17 responses to Office of Special Counsel memo puts Trump on notice

  1. mea_mark January 26th, 2017 at 10:11

    Sounds like tRump is going to now attack the Office of Special Counsel. The dictator wannabe will attempt to remove all opposition.

    I can’t wait for him to start thinking that the GOP are out to get him …

    • oldfart January 26th, 2017 at 10:23

      The sooner the better.

    • The Original Just Me January 26th, 2017 at 10:48

      The sooner the GOP GOES Out to Get Him the BETTER !

  2. Gina Bousquet January 26th, 2017 at 10:26

    What’s the opposite of transparency in English? Muddy swamp waters of this fcking government!

    • mea_mark January 26th, 2017 at 10:34

      In this case ‘murkiness’ might be the best word.

      • Gina Bousquet January 26th, 2017 at 10:42

        Thank you Mark! :)

    • The Original Just Me January 26th, 2017 at 10:46

      NAZIs hide from the People But WE are the United States of America and WE do Not Bow to Dictators from within or without ( Russia ) .

      • Gina Bousquet January 26th, 2017 at 12:31

        Have you read the whole State Department’s senior management team resigned?! Unprecedented.

    • Jack E Raynbeau January 26th, 2017 at 12:22

      Opaque.

      • Gina Bousquet January 26th, 2017 at 12:29

        YES! Thank you Jack! :)

      • Glen January 27th, 2017 at 00:51

        More exactly, “Opacity”.

  3. The Original Just Me January 26th, 2017 at 10:36

    Trump can not hide from US. He can not keep the TRUTH From the People. He may think He is a Dictator BUT WE OWN THE CONSTITUTION !!!!!!!!!

    • Willys41 January 26th, 2017 at 12:25

      You should probably chill out a little or you’ll have a nervous breakdown before Trump dies of a coronary.

  4. Obewon January 26th, 2017 at 10:38

    Counts 1 to 60 M> WASHINGTON — President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia directed a vast cyberattack aimed at denying Hillary Clinton the presidency and installing Russian Puppet Trump into the Oval Office, all 17 of the nation’s public and private top intelligence agencies said in an extraordinary report they delivered on Friday to Mr. Trump-1/06/17. How do you plead Mr. Trump? https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/06/us/politics/donald-trump-wall-hack-russia.html

  5. William January 26th, 2017 at 10:51

    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/6cf0973ef04914c9d7f9da0666c2d381cfd0f34a77a716ca508ea6a61b7017a1.jpg

  6. Willys41 January 26th, 2017 at 12:25

    Well, we all know how meticulous Trump is about obeying the law.

  7. Benjaman Johnson January 29th, 2017 at 00:56

    China Deploys Nukes to Russian Coast in response to “Trumps Aggression”

    NOT a peep on FOX, Alan, can you put a birdie in their ear please? Maybe we put our president on notice too?

    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/china-deploys-long-range-nuclear-cpable-missiles-russian-coast-us-president-donald-trump-a7548296.html

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