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Whistleblower Complainants Rarely Qualify for Office of the Special Counsel Protection

GGD-85-53 Published: May 10, 1985. Publicly Released: May 15, 1985.
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In response to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the responsiveness of the Merit Systems Protection Board's (MSPB) Office of the Special Counsel to the complaints of whistleblowers, those federal employees who have taken career risks to expose fraud, waste, mismanagement, or illegality.

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