U.S. Office of Special Counsel, Amicus Curiae
Carolyn N. Lerner, Counsel of Record
The Office of Special Counsel is an independent Federal investigative agency primarily responsible for protecting the interests of Federal employees. Carolyn N. Lerner has served as served as the head of the Office of Special Counsel since June 2011. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for Respondent as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on September 29, 2014. The key issue in this case is whether Respondent’s disclosure of sensitive security information (SSI), a form of controlled unclassified information, constituted a whistleblower disclosure specifically prohibited by law for purposes of Section 2302(b)(8)(A) of the Civil Service Reform…
