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<b>Protect Whistleblowers:</b></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:serif"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:serif"><br>Often the best source of information about waste, fraud, and abuse in government is an existing government employee committed to public integrity and willing to speak out. Such acts of courage and patriotism, which can sometimes save lives and often save taxpayer dollars, should be encouraged rather than stifled as they have been during the Bush administration. We need to empower federal employees as </div>
<div dir="ltr" style="font-size:16px;font-family:serif">watchdogs of wrongdoing and partners in performance. Barack Obama will strengthen whistleblower laws to protect federal workers who expose waste, fraud, and abuse of authority in government. Obama will ensure that federal agencies expedite the process for reviewing whistleblower claims and whistleblowers have full access to courts and due process. </div>
<br></div><div>How cute?<br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><br>-- <br><br>Joana Varon Ferraz<br>Centro de Tecnologia e Sociedade (CTS-FGV)<a href="http://direitorio.fgv.br/cts/" target="_blank"></a><br>@joana_varo
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