Editorial

The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a confirmation hearing on Judge Merrick Garland’s nomination as the Attorney General for the United States. Congress must use this opportunity to question Judge Garland on his view of whistleblowers and the steps he...

When it comes to whistleblower rights, we at WNN are tired of reading self-serving articles that all too often put lipstick on a pig.  If a law passed by Congress is bad, say so.  Don’t cover it up. Such is...

Today Senator Charles Grassley introduced the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Fund Management Act. Congress must pass this bill and pass it swiftly. Currently, the award fund used to protect and compensate whistleblowers who expose fraud is at risk of...

On this Thanksgiving, Whistleblower Network News would like to extend our deepest thanks to whistleblowers.  Without the brave actions of whistleblowers, the world would be a far worse place.  Whistleblowers save lives, defend civil rights, guard the integrity of our...

On September 30, Representative Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) introduced the Protect Brave Whistleblowers Act (H.R.8452), a bill that would reform a century-old piece of legislation consistently used as a weapon against whistleblowers. The 1917 Espionage Act bars any disclosure of classified...

In January of 2009, federal employee whistleblowers were on the verge of obtaining effective legal protections.  For years federal employees were blocked from filing their whistleblower cases in federal court.  Instead, their fate rested in the hands of a three-person...

For the second time in less than one year, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) cancelled a scheduled vote on proposed rules that would restructure its Dodd-Frank Act (DFA) whistleblower reward program.  Hanging in the balance is the future...

 Sign the petition to honor America’s first whistleblowers On July 30th, 1778, the U.S. Continental Congress passed America’s first whistleblower law.  The resolution’s words ring as true today, as they did when our Founding Fathers unanimously supported whistleblowers during the...

In 1998 the UK passed the first whistleblower protection law in Europe. Policy-makers and anti-corruption activists praised the Public Interest Disclosure Act (PIDA) as “revolutionary” and “the new gold standard.” One prominent activist said the “unbelievably fortunate” event was thanks...

Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (“PHS”) officers are on the front lines of protecting the American people from Coronavirus.  They work in critical health and safety agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control.  Unfortunately, most Americans (and Members of Congress)...