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On January 21, the United States Senate Committee on Finance held a hearing on the nomination of Janet Yellen for Secretary of the Treasury. In the questions for the record, Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA) asked Yellen about the massive delays...

On December 7, 2020, scientist and former Florida Department of Health employee Rebekah Jones posted a disturbing video on her Twitter feed. Law enforcement officials are seen ushering her outside and demanding her husband come downstairs, while Jones’ voice can...

The Biden/Harris administration officially begins on January 20, 2021. Over the next four years, the administration will have the opportunity to work with Congress to enhance whistleblower protection for both private and public employees. While the administration has not made...

James DeNofrio was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, to parents who were middle class; his father worked for setting up insurance companies, and his mother was a schoolteacher. DeNofrio learned from his parents to be a “hard and strong worker, and...

Marcel Reid was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and she displays those Midwestern sensibilities established in her formative years. Her mother was a nurse and later a school teacher, and her father was a businessman in the construction trade. Reid was...

On January 14, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a $600,000 whistleblower award issued to an individual whose disclosures and assistance helped lead to a successful SEC enforcement action. With this award, the SEC Whistleblower Program surpassed last...

President-elect Joe Biden has nominated former diplomat William J. Burns to head the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) under the new administration, according to a January 11 press release from the Biden-Harris Transition Team. Burns has worked as an American diplomat...

Kim Farrington was born in Sioux City, Iowa, to Gordon and Cleo Farrington. Her father was a local television celebrity, working for NBC and appearing on children’s shows. Gordon was tall and slender, gentle and funny, and had many male...

President-elect Joe Biden has talked a lot about restoring transparency and accountability to the federal government. To do so, Biden must immediately appoint members to the Merit System Protection Board (MSPB). For the entire Trump administration, MSPB has been without...

Germany continues to behave as Europe’s most disingenuous country when it comes to protecting and valuing whistleblowers. German Human Rights Commissioner Bärbel Kofler last week voiced her support for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. She said she is “following with concern”...