#whistleblowers — Public Fediverse posts

#Whistleblowers release #CA #HighSpeedRail audit details that raise eyebrows with #CBSNews reporters who noted hundreds of thousands in personal expenses for #CEO & #KPMG consultant #SteakHouse & bar visits, copious last minute airfare splurges and plenty late-night #Uber rides from CEO's suburban home back to #Sacramento hotels.

The state of #California has thus far spent billions of tax dollars since voters demanded #HighSpeedRail yet state hasn't yet laid a mile of track and recently lost access to $4 billion in federal funds after missing filing deadlines. In just two fiscal years, the #HighSpeedRailAuthority paid four consulting contractors more than a quarter of a billion dollars.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-high-speed-rail-consultant-rides-ceo-home/

Whistleblower Simon Andriesz spent years asking the FCA to investigate his concerns, and for protection against retaliation. After his death, the regulator faces calls for an external inquiry – and for its chair to resign.

#Whistleblowing #Whistleblowers
https://www.blueprintforfreespeech.net/en/news/whistleblowers-death-leads-to-day-of-reckoning-for-uk-regulator

“The Social Reckoning” Leaves Out the Human Element

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/the-social-reckoning-leaves-out-the-human-element