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Greta Kathy Congable (the Appellant) appeals the dismissal of her complaint of retaliation and request for investigation filed under 10 C.F.R. Part 708, the Department of Energy (DOE) Contractor Employee Protection Program. As explained below, the Appeal should be granted in part and remanded for further processing.

This Decision will consider a Motion to Dismiss filed by B&W Pantex LLC (B&W), the Management and Operating Contractor for the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Pantex Plant (Pantex), in connection with the pending Complaint of Retaliation filed by Hansford F. Johnson against B&W under the DOE’s Contractor Employee Protection Program and its governing regulations set forth at 10 C.F.R. Part 708. The Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) assigned the hearing component of Mr. Johnson’s Part 708 Complaint proceeding, Case No. TBH-0104, and B&W’s Motion to Dismiss, Case No.

This Decision will consider two Motions to Dismiss filed by Safety & Ecology Corp. (SEC), a Department of Energy (DOE) contractor located in upstate New York. SEC seeks dismissal of a Complaint that David M. Widger filed against it on October 19, 2009, under the DOE’s Contractor Employee Protection Program, set forth at 10 C.F.R. Part 708. OHA has assigned Mr. Widger’s Complaint Case No. TBH-0097 and the present Motions to Dismiss Case Numbers TBZ-1097 and TBZ-2097.

This Decision will consider two Motions to Dismiss filed by Safety & Ecology Corp. (SEC), a Department of Energy (DOE) contractor located in upstate New York. SEC seeks dismissal of a Complaint that David M. Widger filed against it on October 19, 2009, under the DOE’s Contractor Employee Protection Program, set forth at 10 C.F.R. Part 708. OHA has assigned Mr. Widger’s Complaint Case No. TBH-0097 and the present Motions to Dismiss Case Numbers TBZ-1097 and TBZ-2097.

This Decision will consider two Motions to Dismiss filed by Safety & Ecology Corp. (SEC), a Department of Energy (DOE) contractor located in upstate New York. SEC seeks dismissal of a Complaint that David M. Widger filed against it on October 19, 2009, under the DOE’s Contractor Employee Protection Program, set forth at 10 C.F.R. Part 708. OHA has assigned Mr. Widger’s Complaint Case No. TBH-0097 and the present Motions to Dismiss Case Numbers TBZ-1097 and TBZ-2097.

This Decision will consider a Motion to Dismiss filed by Battelle Energy Alliance LLC (Battelle), the Management and Operating Contractor for the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Idaho National Laboratory (INL), in connection with the pending Complaint of Retaliation filed by Mark Siciliano against Battelle under the DOE’s Contractor Employee Protection Program and its governing regulations set forth at 10 C.F.R. Part 708. The Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) assigned the hearing component of Mr. Siciliano’s Part 708 Complaint proceeding, Case No.

This Decision will consider a Motion to Dismiss filed by Battelle Energy Alliance LLC (Battelle), the Management and Operating Contractor for the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Idaho National Laboratory (INL), in connection with the pending Complaint of Retaliation filed by Mark Siciliano against Battelle under the DOE’s Contractor Employee Protection Program and its governing regulations set forth at 10 C.F.R. Part 708. The Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) assigned the hearing component of Mr. Siciliano’s Part 708 Complaint proceeding, Case No.

This Decision concerns a Complaint filed by Himadri K. Das against RCS Corporation, his former employer, and Parsons Infrastructure and Technology Group, Inc. (Parsons), under the Department of Energy=s (DOE) Contractor Employee Protection Program regulations found at 10 C.F.R. Part 708. RCS is professional staffing company that identifies and hires personnel for its clients. At all times relevant to this proceeding, Parsons was a DOE contractor operating in Aiken, South Carolina, and was a client of RCS. RCS hired Mr. Das to provided his services to Parsons as a mechanical engineer. Mr.

This Decision concerns a Complaint filed by Arun K. Dutta (hereinafter referred to as “Mr. Dutta” or “the Complainant”) against Parsons Infrastructure and Technology Group, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as “Parsons” or “the Respondent”), his former employer, under the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Contractor Employee Protection Program regulations found at 10 C.F.R. Part 708. At all times relevant to this proceeding, Parsons was a DOE contractor operating in Aiken, South Carolina.

This Initial Agency Decision involves a whistleblower complaint filed by Douglas L. Cartledge (“Cartledge” or “the Complainant”) under the Department of Energy (DOE) Contractor Employee Protection Program, 10 C.F.R. Part 708. The Complainant was an employee of Parsons Corporation (“Parsons” or “the Contractor”), a first-tier contractor at the DOE Savannah River Site (SRS) in Aiken, South Carolina, where he was employed as a laborer. On August 6, 2009, he filed a complaint of retaliation (“the Complaint”) against Parsons with the DOE SRS Employee Concerns Program (ECP) Office.