Editorial

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 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)...

There are more effective ways to protest lax enforcement of financial fraud Last week, it was widely reported that Eric Ben-Artzi, a Deutsche Bank whistleblower stated he will refuse a portion of his whistleblower award from the U.S. Securities and...

In response to the Panama Papers -- the more than ten million leaked documents from the Panamanian law firm, Mossack Fonseca, that exposed illicit financial activity and tax evasion through the use of anonymous offshore shell companies -- the White...