Mathern Blasts Whistleblower Firings and Releases Bill Draft
Via a press release from Sen. Tim Mathern's campaign...
FARGO – Sen. Tim Mathern, D-Fargo, says today’s firing of whistleblowers at Workforce Safety and Insurance (WSI) sends a chilling message to public employees.
“We need to know more about what went wrong in order to do things right in the future, this is the time to give more protection to employees not less,” he said. This is not good for taxpayers either. Taxpayers won’t get the information they need from many state agencies he said.
Mathern said. “We need to change the law regarding whistle blowers, and today I am releasing a bill draft to do just that. The bill requires investigation of a report made and requires state auditor involvement.” (bill posted at http://www.mathern.org/)
In December 2006, as a member of Legislative Audit and Fiscal Review Committee, Senator Tim Mathern said the findings of the just completed audits “are a wake up call. They tell me more needs to be done to oversee the agency’s activities. Most of the suggestions should be implemented;”
Mathern said had these recommendations been implemented then we would not have the mess we do today. He said it is time the Governor stop payment on former CEO Sandy Blunt’s ongoing payroll/benefit checks.
Mathern has served as a North Dakota state senator since 1986. He is a candidate for Governor.
FARGO – Sen. Tim Mathern, D-Fargo, says today’s firing of whistleblowers at Workforce Safety and Insurance (WSI) sends a chilling message to public employees.
“We need to know more about what went wrong in order to do things right in the future, this is the time to give more protection to employees not less,” he said. This is not good for taxpayers either. Taxpayers won’t get the information they need from many state agencies he said.
Mathern said. “We need to change the law regarding whistle blowers, and today I am releasing a bill draft to do just that. The bill requires investigation of a report made and requires state auditor involvement.” (bill posted at http://www.mathern.org/)
In December 2006, as a member of Legislative Audit and Fiscal Review Committee, Senator Tim Mathern said the findings of the just completed audits “are a wake up call. They tell me more needs to be done to oversee the agency’s activities. Most of the suggestions should be implemented;”
Mathern said had these recommendations been implemented then we would not have the mess we do today. He said it is time the Governor stop payment on former CEO Sandy Blunt’s ongoing payroll/benefit checks.
Mathern has served as a North Dakota state senator since 1986. He is a candidate for Governor.
posted by Dem-NPL at 5:36 PM
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