Best practices (from Wapo) …
The Commerce Department’s inspector general, who is supposed to look into complaints of wrongdoing by government officials, committed “egregious violations” of the federal law that protects whistle-blowers by retaliating against two subordinates, a government investigation has concluded.
The U.S. Office of Special Counsel found that Inspector General Johnnie E. Frazier wrongly demoted the two employees during an investigation of his spending, according to a copy of the report obtained by The Washington Post. It concluded that Frazier’s actions violated the Whistleblower Protection Act.