WASHINGTON — A Department of Interior attorney, who revealed extensive mismanagement by his agency of Indian trust fund properties and who faced dismissal for those disclosures under an arcane “Trade Secrets Act,” has left government service after reaching a settlement with the government.
The Interior Department’s Office of Solicitor and counsel for Robert McCarthy — who was represented by two groups, the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) and the Government Accountability Project — jointly announced the agreement, which “resolves all outstanding cases and controversies between them” and “does not admit any liability or wrongdoing on the part of either party.”
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