At least half of your bulleted list is actionable. Your lab should have an employee concerns program that accepts anonymous input, but if they don't the DOE ce

At least half of your bulleted list is actionable. Your lab should have an employee concerns program that accepts anonymous input, but if they don't the DOE certainly does: https://www.energy.gov/ehss/doe-employee-concerns-program https://www.energy.gov/ehss/doe-employee-concerns-program Specifically it should not be possible to 'informally justify' a hire; at the very least this is a contract violation.