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Whistleblowers are protected by dozens of federal whistleblower laws, and most states have whistleblower protection laws, too.  Yet 20% of federal employees believe they’ll face reprisal for...

If your office has field investigators, you’ve likely run into technical challenges that stifle productivity.  Most offices have technology that’s designed to work well in the office – how well it...

The following is a guest post from Mark Anderson, Director of Training and Development with Anderson Investigative Associates.  AIA specializes in customized training for audit, evaluation,...

When your office is charged with investigating the agency you are a part of, you are at best looked at warily by the rest of the agency you oversee.  This can make positive employee morale...

Any presidential transition causes disruption to the government, as new presidents have to appoint literally thousands of new executives across the entire range of federal agencies.  But with the...

According to a Gallup study from several months ago, only one in three employees strongly agree that they received recognition or praise for any of the work they had done over the past week.  This...

The publicly-available reports detailing an investigative agency’s results can make the work of an investigator seem black and white: a certain number of cases were opened, a percentage of those...

We’ve previously discussed citizens’ perceptions that corruption in the Federal Government is “widespread”.  While updated information on perceptions specific to corruption isn’t yet available, new...

If you’ve ever put together a list of requirements for a case management system, you’ve probably noticed that some things are easier to measure than others.  It’s easy to determine whether a piece...