Mary Allain is the Deputy Director of Communications at Government Accountability Project. She specializes in areas such as elections, government, politics, public policy, and federal legislation, focusing on developing social media content and enhancing online educational resources. Mary has been featured in Government Accountability Project, where she contributes her expertise to promote transparency and accountability in government.
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Mary Allain's coverage focuses on government announcements, legal policy regulation, and issues related to whistleblowers, corruption, government accountability, citizenship-by-investment programs. She also covers topics related to immigration and fraud.
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By: Mary Allain
August 29, 2025 Social Security Whistleblower Resigns After Revealing Millions of Americans’ Data Was Put at Risk WASHINGTON—In the wake of revelations that Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) officials employed by the Social Security Administration (SSA) put the Social Security information of over 300 million Americans at risk by placing a
By: Mary Allain
September 2, 2025 Government Accountability Project, Lawyers for Good Government, and Stand Up For Science Announce Representation of FEMA Whistleblowers Facing Retaliation WASHINGTON—Today, Government Accountability Project, in partnership with Lawyers for Good Government (L4GG) and Stand Up for Science (SUFS), announced their filing of whistleblower complaints against the
Erez ReuveniErez Reuveni, a 15-year Department of Justice (DOJ) veteran with a distinguished bipartisan record, was terminated in April 2025
By: Mary Allain
Voice of America WhistleblowersPatsy Widakuswara, Jessica Jerreat, and Kathryn Neeper are the three named plaintiffs in Government Accountability Project’s lawsuit against Kari Lake, the CEO of U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), the supervising agency for Voice of America (VOA), and USAGM’s Acting Director, Victor Morales. On March 21, 2025, Government Accountability
By: Mary Allain
CRCL WhistleblowersWhen the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shut down its Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) in March 2025, a group of employees at CRCL disclosed the grave consequences of this decision. On May 15, 2025, Government Accountability Project submitted a protected whistleblower disclosure on behalf of these employees
By: Mary Allain
The undersigned organizations in the nonpartisan Make it Safe Coalition write to express appreciation for the Committee’s leadership defending the merit system in the withdrawn nomination of Paul Ingrassia to lead the U.S. Office of Special Counsel.
By: Mary Allain
On October 1, 2025, the US government shut down for the 11th time since 1980 and has become the longest government shutdown in US history. Despite the ongoing media stories and funding negotiations, the impact of the shutdown on government accountability has gone largely unnoticed.
The topic of whistleblowers and whistleblower rights may seem like a niche or technical concept, but it actually greatly impacts you. If you don’t know how whistleblowers protect you every day, here are some questions to think about.
Whistleblowers are often the first line of defense against insider trading in the private sector. Between the Security Exchange Commission whistleblower awards and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Whistleblower Program, governing bodies rely on whistleblowers to report this illegal activity.
By: Mary Allain
Today, Government Accountability Project and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) released a comprehensive step-by-step guide for countries to build or strengthen whistleblower protections and develop legal frameworks aligned with international standards and good practices.
