Office of Special Counsel

Following are PEER news releases, white papers, surveys and other activities for Office of Special Counsel:
News Releases
May 8, 2008  IS IT TIME FOR CONGRESS TO ABOLISH THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL? — Criminal Investigation of Special Counsel May Maroon Whistleblowers Seeking Help
November 28, 2007  WHISTLEBLOWER GROUPS ASK PRESIDENT TO FIRE SPECIAL COUNSEL — Scott Bloch Scrubbed His Computer in Apparent Attempt to Obstruct Investigations
October 11, 2007  GROUPS URGE CONGRESS TO DENY FUNDS TO DISCREDITED SPECIAL COUNSEL — Obstruction Delaying Completion of Investigation
July 18, 2007  MORE CRONY HIRING BY TOP CIVIL SERVICE GUARDIAN — Embattled Special Counsel Bloch Engineers “Burrowing In” During Final Months
April 26, 2007  NEW PROBE OF WHITE HOUSE ALREADY CRUMBLING — Jurisdiction and Subpoena Limits Hamstring Questionable Special Counsel Gambit
March 22, 2007  CONGRESS WEIGHS FATE OF TROUBLED SPECIAL COUNSEL — Special Counsel Threatens Effectiveness of Congressional Whistleblower Reforms
February 13, 2007   SPECIAL COUNSEL DROPS CHOKEHOLD ON OUTSIDE INVESTIGATION — Waxman Introduces Major Whistleblower Reform Legislation
February 12, 2007  OBSTRUCTION OF INVESTIGATION INTO WHISTLEBLOWER AGENCY — Special Counsel Staff Afraid to Meet with Investigators in Monitored Offices
November 9, 2006  SPECIAL COUNSEL POSTS AND THEN RETRACTS POOR REPORT CARD — Growing Reports of White House Calls for Bloch’s Resignation
October 31, 2006  WHISTLEBLOWERS GIVE SPECIAL COUNSEL DISMAL REVIEWS — New Survey Shows “Customer” Satisfaction Hitting Rock Bottom
September 7, 2006  “PUBLIC SERVANT OF THE YEAR” SAYS HIS WARNINGS WERE IN VAIN — Dangers of Toxic Prison Computer Recycling Operations Continue Unabated
July 13, 2006  BLACKBALLING WHISTLEBLOWERS IS ILLEGAL, COURT RULES — Canceling a Vacancy Announcement Faulted in Rare Federal Circuit Victory
April 5, 2006  PRISON WHISTLEBLOWER CHARGES OF TOXIC EXPOSURE VALIDATED — Bush Appointee Demands “Independent” Probe of Prison Computer Recycling Plants
January 30, 2006  SPECIAL COUNSEL “RESULTS” REPORT OMITS THE RESULTS — Civil Service Prosecutor No Longer Disclosing How Many Employees Are Helped
December 22, 2005  GAO FAULTS SOLE SOURCE CONTRACTS FOR BUSH SPECIAL COUNSEL — Cronyism Run Amok at Merit Protection Agency
December 5, 2005  WHISTLEBLOWERS GET NO HELP FROM BUSH ADMINISTRATION — Record Numbers Are Blowing the Whistle but Fewer Cases Investigated
October 18, 2005  LONG-DELAYED INVESTIGATION OF SPECIAL COUNSEL FINALLY BEGINS — OPM Inspector General to Probe Staff Purge, Anti-Gay Bias and Case Dumping
May 23, 2005  SPECIAL COUNSEL PADS HIS RECORD ON EVE OF OVERSIGHT HEARING — Groups Accuse Special Counsel of Misleading Congress
April 19, 2005  SPECIAL COUNSEL IGNORES EXPENSIVE ADVICE — Bloch Does the Opposite of Key Recommendations in $140,000 Report
April 12, 2005  SPECIAL COUNSEL HIRED SON’S BOARDING SCHOOL HEADMASTER — Consultant Deal Worth $112,000 Produces Only a Four-Page Memo
March 31, 2005  FBI TO INVESTIGATE WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION AGENCY HEAD — New Complaint Alleges Condoleezza Rice Probe Shelved Until After Election
March 15, 2005  SPECIAL COUNSEL UNABLE TO OPEN DETROIT OFFICE – NO ONE WILL GO — Staff Resignations Mount Even As Bloch Moves to Fire Others
March 9, 2005  SPECIAL COUNSEL TAGS INTERNS TO CLOSE OUT WHISTLEBLOWER CASES — Staff Resignations Leave Agency Short-Handed
March 3, 2005  WHISTLEBLOWER STAFF BLOW THE WHISTLE ON SPECIAL COUNSEL — OSC Staff Want Independent Investigation of Illegal Personnel Practices
February 23, 2005  MORE THAN A THOUSAND WHISTLEBLOWER CASES DUMPED — Special Counsel Dismisses Hundreds of Disclosures and Complaints in Past Year
February 8, 2005  SPECIAL COUNSEL STAFF HANDED PINK SLIPS — Seven Fired for Refusing Moves to Dallas and Detroit
January 27, 2005  SPECIAL COUNSEL SEEKS TO HIDE ITS CONTRACTS — Says It Lacks Staff to Consider Request for Ex-Boarding School Headmaster Records
January 10, 2005  STAFF “PURGE” AT OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL — Whistleblower Staff Claiming Retaliation Forced Moves to New
November 17, 2004  CRONY HIRING BY SPECIAL COUNSEL TARGET OF LAWSUIT — Former Boarding School Headmaster Retained as Consultant
October 12, 2004  WHISTLEBLOWER CASES RISE IN BUSH YEARS — More Problems Reported Yet Fewer Investigated; Backlogs Mount
April 15, 2004  U.S. SPECIAL COUNSEL ISSUES GAG ORDER TO HIS OWN EMPLOYEES — Prior Approval for Revealing
April 9, 2004  15-YEAR OLD WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION ACT IS A "FAILURE" — Anniversary Sees Few Protected, Paralyzing Backlogs & Fear of Retaliation
July 21, 2003  WHISTLEBLOWERS SWAMP SPECIAL COUNSEL — Backlog of Waste, Fraud and Abuse Reports Doubles