On March 4, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a whistleblower award of over $5 million issued to joint whistleblowers located abroad. The whistleblowers filed a joint whistleblower tip that led to the opening of an SEC investigation....
The care, protection and conservation of other animals is essential for the survival of the planet and its people. Without this acknowledgement and integration into the implementation of the UN Global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), we cannot succeed in ending...
On February 25, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced two separate whistleblower awards totaling more than $1.7 million. In announcing the awards, the SEC highlighted the fact that both whistleblowers complied with a new filing requirement. The new...
Do Not Let Them Take Your Voice
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...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s latest rules and regulations on whistleblower rewards are for the first time being made publicly available by Whistleblower Network News. WNN became aware that Fish and Wildlife amended their whistleblower reward regulations in response...
On January 25, FBI whistleblower Jane Turner conducted an interview with COVID-19 data scientist Rebekah Jones.
A Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) inquiry made on behalf of Whistleblower Network News (WNN) has revealed the shortcomings of the whistleblower protections in the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act (FIRREA). Documents released by the U.S. Department of...
In response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by Whistleblower Network News, the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) has confirmed that there is a current backlog of 3118 federal employee cases at the Board. Of these, 774...
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