The CFTC will create new whistle-blower protection policies after some agency staff allegedly retaliated against a contractor that reported what he thought was suspicious computer activity.
Unnamed staff members “willfully exceeded” their authority in order to discover the identity of the contractor, according to a report from Commodity Futures Trading Commission Inspector General A. Roy Lavik. At least one staff member also recommended to CFTC leadership that it not extend the contract under which the contractor was paid.
Meanwhile, CFTC Chief Information Officer John Rogers and others filed ...
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