TFG appointee erred in firing Voice of America whistleblowers: watchdog
A government watchdog found the Trump-appointed leader of Voice of America (VOA) erred in his dismissal of six employees, which was likely retaliation against whistleblowers and wrongly stripped some of them of their security clearances.
Agency for Global Media (USAGM) CEO Michael Pack on his first day in office following a string of complaints by employees that he was politicizing VOA and other state-funded media outlets.
Five of the employees in question have already been reinstated to their positions by the new administration, but the Thursday review from the State Department's Office of Inspector General (OIG) clears all the employees of wrongdoing, while documents reviewed by The Hill include some previously unreported details about strife at the agency.
Under Pack's tenure, the agency paused signing off on visas for the foreign journalists hired by VOA and pushed back on COVID-19 protocols.
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