The Merit Systems Protection Board on Monday upheld a judge’s ruling that the U.S. Geological Survey unlawfully retaliated against an agency-scientist-turned-whistleblower. In a two-judge decision, the board largely sided with the judge’s ruling in favor of Eveline (Evi) Emmenegger, a research microbiologist with the USGS Western Fisheries Research Center in Seattle.
The Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility represents Emmenegger in the case rooted in her initial scientific integrity complaint filed 2017, and the organization praised the latest ruling.