WMATA finds whistleblower faced retaliation

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A Metro employee was laid off for serving as a whistleblower regarding a troubled technology project, according to the transit agency’s own findings.

The case of the information technology employee was one of seven that a new Metro panel has looked into for potential whistleblower retaliation in the past two years, the transit agency said Monday. It was the only case the agency agrees violated its whistleblower protections since the panel was formed in 2010.

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