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Below are resources for federal employees found from various sources around the web. None constitute legal advice.
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Federal employees: there are many ways to report actions you see/experience that appear unlawful, unethical or go against policy as you understand it.
- ProPublica- Maryam Jameel is leading our initiative to reach and gather tips from federal workers across agencies, and may be your best contact. Her email address: maryam.jameel@propublica.org; Signal: 1-202-886-9548; and she’s also here on Reddit as u/mrym_jml.
- The Guardian has multiple ways to share what you see with helpful pros/cons of each method so you can chose what seems best for you: https://www.theguardian.com/help/ng-interactive/2017/mar/17/contact-the-guardian-securely
- Government Accountability Project (note this is a .org, not .gov). Provides resources about protections for federal employees, contractors and grantees: https://whistleblower.org/resources/
- https://whistlebloweraid.org/ Shared with me: These guys are legit and not afraid to act, google the main legal counsel for details of their past work. They are aware of the deleted OPM post and are very interested in hearing from that individual or anyone else with information.
- Contact Members of Congress– Link to detailed and very useful reddit post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/fednews/s/ZV0jnTcD6D
- Reach out to congressional members on committees and subcommittees: https://www.congress.gov/committees – House Rep and Senator contact info is easy to search. Don’t overthink which committees and congressional members to reach out to. Draft an email and send it to as many as you think are remotely relevant. Create a new email account if needed.
- Politico – ways to share news tips, includes contact info for signal, WhatsApp, telegram & securedrop: https://www.politico.com/news-tips
- ProPublica is seeking employees from to share what they are seeing/experiencing: https://www.propublica.org/tips/federal-workers/
- AFGE and allies have launched an online clearing house to share best practices and provide assistance to federal workers in understanding and exercising their rights: https://www.afge.org/article/afge-allies-launch-civil-service-strong-to-help-federal-workers-understand-exercise-their-rights/
- Reuters’ page for secure news tips including signal, snail mail and encrypted email: https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/tips/
- Open Secrets – you can search company names to see to whom they have made campaign contributions (including news organizations): https://www.opensecrets.org/
- Washington Post reporter shared in the comments “The Post also has an anonymous news tip site for reaching out to us (and advice on sending information securely): https:// www.washingtonpost.com/anonymous-news-tips/ The Post’s Signal phone number: 202-222-5862.” Note that Jeff Bezos owns WaPo.
- NOTUS News (https://www.notus.org/) reporter Anna Kramer has shared: For federal workers, “In addition to specific stories and examples, I am looking for pictures of emails or agency memos detailing how to execute or respond to this order.” Her signal contact: annakramer.54
- The Intercept (https://theintercept.com/) -Shawn Musgrave reached out: “I’m covering how the federal workforce is responding to the non-buyout and other Trump disruptions. tips@theintercept.com; shawn.musgrave@theintercept.com; Signal: shawnmusgrave.82
- AP’s global investigative team can be reached at Investigative@ap.org or www.ap.org/tips/