[Posted with permission from Deep Harm at ePluribus Media/Daily Kos]
As the Bush administration enters its final six months, truthtellers in government positions should take care: government officials will be tempted to sweep their agencies clean of evidence and whistleblowers before a new administration takes over.

Already, the Bush administration has issued a new executive memo allowing government agencies to conjure up their own penalties for disclosing information covered by a new, broad and poorly defined controls on information  (thanks, smintheus). It's a bad portent of things to come.
Saving truthtellers and restoring government integrity depends on proposed legislation that would give whistleblowers badly-needed protections; legislation that is now stalled.

This week, May 12-16, the International Association of Whistleblowers will hold a conference in Washington, D.C. to publicly describe the challenges they faced in bringing to light corruption and abuses of power by the federal government, its contractors and the medical community.

The event is free, and the public is invited to attend. The schedule of events (including times and locations) is available on the IAW website. Even organizers say you can disregard the registration fee requested on the registration form.  Below, is a summary of the schedule along with details that are not available on the event  website.