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GGD-85-53 1 (1985-05-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabfbe0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ...-. • 4, % 0.-- oS t be r9imn d u bde S oe eme r a 6 Qm e IN UN - Office except on th * beas Of 00 % OP. P roval by time Office of Congressiosu Reattn . - REPORT BY THE Comptroller General OF THE UNITED STATES Whistleblower Complainants Rarely Qualify For Office Of The Special Counsel Protection The Office of the Special Counsel is an independent component of the Merit Systems Protection Board, charged by the Civil Service Reform Act with prosecuting violations of prohibited personnel practices--such as re- prisal for whistleblowing--to secure both disciplinary and corrective action. The vast majority of complaints brought to the Special Counsel by federal employe.s are closed during the office's screening process. GAO examined a random sample of 76 whistleblower reprisal complaints closed by the Office of the Special Counsel in the past 2 years and found that each case file documented at least one defect that the office believed would prevent successful prosecution of the case under current law. Comparing the facts with the legal require- ments for a successful prosecution, GAO found that the Office of the Special Counsel had reasonable grounds to close each case. GAO also found no evidence that the whistleblowers in this sample fell victim to lack of investigatory effort on the part of the office. In assessing the need for stronger whistleblower protec- tions, the Congress should considerthat the Office of the Special Counsel is only one of the institutions involved in deterring reprisals against legitimate whistleblowers. z -4 GAO/G -85-53 MAY 10, 1985 '10c\Qu t4,

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