MSPB’s Lack of Quorum Passes Five Year Mark; Advocates Demand Vote on Nominees
Since January 8, 2017, the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) has lacked a quorum. During this unprecedentedly long stretch...
Geoff Schweller
$13 Million SEC Whistleblower Award First of 2022
On January 6, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a $13 million whistleblower award. The award, the first...
CFTC Accepting Whistleblower Award Claims for $263 Million Cattle Fraud Case
On December 21, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) posted a Notice of Covered Action (NCA) relating to an...
DOJ and USDA Commit to Protecting Agricultural Antitrust Whistleblowers
On January 3, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack spoke at a White House event...
IRS Whistleblowing in 2021
In 2021, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Whistleblower Program did not draw the same attention as other whistleblower reward programs....
CFTC Whistleblower Awards in 2021
In 2021, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Whistleblower Program received widespread attention for issuing a record-setting $200 million whistleblower...
The Largest SEC Awards of 2021
The 2021 fiscal year was a record-shattering year for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Whistleblower Program. Over the...
Malta’s Whistleblower Law Proposal Heavily Criticized
Another European nation’s new whistleblower law is drawing heavy criticism for not adequately protecting whistleblowers. Pieter Omtzigt, the Parliamentary Assembly...
Ohio False Claims Act Introduced
On December 9, Ohio State Representatives Jeffrey A. Crossman and Paula Hicks-Hudson announced the introduction of the Ohio False Claims...
House Passes Whistleblower Protection Improvement Act as Part of Oversight Package
On December 9, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Protecting Our Democracy Act, a 174-page package of oversight and...
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