The Word on Employment Law has post about the questionable practices of the Office of Special Counsel is a federal agency that is supposed to handle whistleblowing complaints of federal employees:

"It’s supposed to be the investigator for and of the federal government.  Instead, the head of the Office has been under investigation for about two years for, among other things, failing to investigate whistleblowing claims and retaliating against whistleblowers.  On May 6, 2008, the FBI raided the agency’s DC office (as well as other agency offices), seized computers, issued search warrants, and tainted even further the integrity of the Office of Special Counsel."  Read more . . .