A whistleblower represented by the Government Accountability Project was named the 2009 Public Employee of the Year by The U.S. Office of Special Counsel (an independent federal investigative and prosecutorial agency) for disclosures she made in an effort to ensure that post-Katrina reconstruction in the Gulf Coast was performed properly. Maria Garzino is a civil engineer with the US Army Corp. of Engineers. With GAP's help and support she blew the whistle on the Corps., demonstrating that its failure to oversee work done by private contractors created serious questions about the reliability of New Orleans's rebuilt pumping system, which prevents flooding. In particular, one contractor was allowed to install defective, largely untested hydraulic pumps in New Orleans canals and all efforts to raise concerns about the work were blocked by the contractor and the Corps. OSC vindicated Ms. Garzino's claims, which she made at great personal and professional risk.
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