The Office of Special Counsel has it's own problems; how can they help federal whistleblowers?

11-09-2006 US Special Counsel Posts and then Retracts Poor Report Card Author: Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility

01-18-2006 Whistling in the Wind. Sam Graham-Felsen, AlterNet.

12-11-2005 In federal job: Blow whistle, get boot, Workers say broken system doesn't protect them from retaliation.  By Rebecca Carr, WASHINGTON BUREAU

12-05-2005 Whistleblowers Get No Help From Bush Administration, Record Numbers Are Blowing the Whistle but Fewer Cases Investigated

06-15-05 Scott Bloch's Sad Saga

05-25-05 Senators Criticize Special Counsel's Treatment of Employees, Stephen Barr

02-25-05 MORE THAN A THOUSAND WHISTLEBLOWER CASES DUMPED — Special Counsel Dismisses Hundreds of Disclosures and Complaints in Past Year  Washington, DC — The U.S. Special Counsel has dismissed more than 1,000 whistleblower cases in the past year, according to a letter from the Bush-appointed Special Counsel released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). The Special Counsel appears to have taken action in very few, if any, of these cases and has yet to represent a single whistleblower in an employment case.

03-03-05 Whistleblower Staff Blow The Whistle On Special Counsel; OSC Staff Want Independent Investigation of Illegal Personnel Practices 

01-13-05 Federal Whistleblower Office Accused of ‘Purging’ Staff

01-10-05 STAFF “PURGE” AT OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL — Whistleblower Staff Claiming Retaliation Forced Moves to New

05-24-05 Special Counsel Answers Critics, Ahead of Hearing Today, Bloch Claims Progress in Case Backlog

01-28-05 2 gays among those ‘purged’ by OSC boss, Watchdog groups assail latest Bloch action

03-09-05 Senators Have Questions About Changes in the Office of Special Counsel