without "strong new protections" encouraging whistleblowers to come forward without fear,"we squander the opportunity to protect taxpayer dollars, public health and safety, civil liberties,national security and other important interests."Head of the Project on GovOversight,said"it's important not to create this fantasy that once we get good legislation,it won't still be a miserable experience to be a whistleblower." It will. |
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Joan Brunwasser is a co-founder of Citizens for Election Reform (CER) which since 2005 existed for the sole purpose of raising the public awareness of the critical need for election reform. Our goal: to restore fair, accurate, transparent, secure elections where votes are cast in private and counted in public. Because the problems with electronic (computerized) voting systems include a lack of (more...)