Federal employees enjoy substantial protections other employees do not. One such protection is the whislteblower statute, also known as reporting fraud, waste or abuse. See Workplace Fairness summary. This statute protects a federal employee who reports fraud, waste or abuse or a simple violation of a statute or regulation. There are a number of
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KBR Required Confidentiality Agreements in Violation of the False Claims Act
By Thomas J. Crane on
Posted in General
According to a recent Washington Post news report, KBR and Halliburton required its contract employees in Iraq and Afghanistan to not report fraud or waste. They required contract employees to sign confidentiality agreements. To any veteran of the two wars, that requirement is offensive. We received many of our support services from KBR (owned…