The US Justice Department's Failure To Notify Contracted Employees Of Whistleblower Rights Is 'Systemic Issue'

A letter from the inspector general for the Justice Department outlines examples from audits and investigations that found "mandatory contract clauses" were missing

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The United States Justice Department has not been appropriately notifying contracted and subcontracted employees of their whistleblower rights and protections.

On February 10, Michael Horowitz, the inspector general for the Justice Department, wrote a letter [PDF] describing officials' fai…