Corporate

The National Whistleblower Center is reporting that the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Department of Defense have approved new rules governing federal contracting which go into effect today.   For the full story on the NWC website, and to...

Last week, I blogged about the recent critical GAO report which found that Congress and the Administration have not done enough to implement oversight of the $700 corporate bailout bill that was passed in October. Well, after weeks of foot-dragging, the Senate...

Yesterday the Government Accountability Office, which is responsible for overseeing wasteful spending in the federal government, issued a 66 page report (see the summary here, with link to the full report) concluding that the Treasury Department and Congress have not...

On November 21, 2008, the National Whistleblower Center (NWC) presented a seminar on the new whistleblower protection in the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008. Here, NWC president Stephen M. Kohn shows how to point to CPSIA's exact provisions...

In September, as Congress was racing to put together the Wall Street bailout legislation, the National Whistleblower Center was calling for whistleblower protections to be added to the bill. Despite their efforts, Congress did not listen. They authorized the Administration...

Today the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. The court's decision will decide whether employees who participate in an internal company investigation are protected by law. The National Whistleblowers Center...

In an unprecedented show of solidarity and hunger for reform, public interest groups from across the political spectrum are urging Congress to pass whistleblower reforms this term. With the Congressional session winding down, and Congress readying a bill to provide massive corporations...

In 2002, Congress passed a sweeping corporate reform bill known as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX). This legislation was a direct result of the crimes committed by publicly traded companies such as Enron and Worldcom. In drafting the bill, lawmakers wisely...

Back in April, when the Supreme Court denied certiorari for Murphy v. IRS, a lot of people were upset. Whistleblowers and other civil rights leaders knew that the DC Court of Appeals' terrible opinion (ruling that the 16th Amendment of the Constitution gives government...

Today, with a stroke of his pen, President Bush ensured that over 20 million private sector employees would be protected when they report unsafe consumer goods. The protections are part of a bill that constitutes an overhaul of the Consumer...