Fired Inspector General Sues National-Service Agency

July 22, 2009

Fired Inspector General Sues National-Service Agency

The former inspector general for the Corporation for National and Community Service who was fired last month is suing the organization in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

In the lawsuit, Gerald Walpin seeks to be reinstated and says that his firing was illegal, reports ABC News. In a statement, Mr. Walpin says he is suing the corporation, which oversees AmeriCorps and other national-service efforts, to protect the system of federal inspectors general.

A White House spokesman told ABC that the Obama administration stands by its decision and that it followed the official rules required to dismiss an inspector general.

In an opinion article in the latest edition of The Chronicle, Pablo Eisenberg writes that the firing of Mr. Walpin and other moves raise questions about the governance of the national-service agency.

(A paid subscription or temporary pass is required to view Mr. Eisenberg’s article.)

— Ian Wilhelm

Comments

Seems to me that the federal government should enforce a whistleblowers policy like all nonprofits were required to adopt.

— S. Sanford Jul 22, 02:16 PM #
Mr. Eisenberg should spend a bit of his immense intellect on supporting his conclusory statements about these events. He seems to give an average job of relating various events (audits, reports presented, etc.) but then makes what seem to be little more than wild guesses based on what appears to be simply his own bias as to what “progressives and liberals” and President Obama were thinking or doing. It cheapens his opinion and makes the whole issue seem petty. Too bad, I would hope the Chronicle would be more interested in real knowledge rather than political BS. I am not taking issue with his particular viewpoint, only that after reading this piece, I have no better understanding what happened or why. I would prefer more on discovered facts in the matter than summary statement and broad conclusions apparently based on information not presented here.

— FMisch Jul 28, 08:06 AM #

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