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OSHA Orders Company to Reinstate Two Whistleblower Truck Drivers
Two truck drivers who worked for roofing and building products company Gulfeagle Supply and were fired after blowing the whistle on safety hazards are to be reinstated, according to a March 1 news release from the U.S. Department of Labor’s...
Doctor Among 25 Whistleblowers Sued in California COVID-19 Lab Scandal
On February 22, the Laboratory Field Services Division of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) “found significant deficiencies in the Valencia Branch Laboratory during an initial routine inspection that occurred in early December,” according to a California Health and...
New Bipartisan Bill Would Save CFTC Whistleblower Reward Fund
On February 24, Senators Charles Grassley (R-IA), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Joni Ernst (R-IA), and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduced the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Fund Management Act to expand the whistleblower reward fund of the CFTC. The CFTC whistleblower reward...
Texas Attorney General Engaged in Further Misconduct, Whistleblowers Allege
In November 2020, four whistleblowers filed a lawsuit against Texas Attorney General (AG) Ken Paxton alleging that he had engaged in whistleblower retaliation and misconduct. The four former staffers have added on to their original whistleblower lawsuit and allege further...
Hundreds of Arizona Inmates Imprisoned Past Their Release Dates, According to Whistleblowers
According to whistleblowers within the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC), hundreds of incarcerated people are being imprisoned past their release dates due to issues with prison management software. Anonymous whistleblowers told Phoenix’s KJZZ that prison officials have been aware for...
WNN Demands Documents About Lobbying Efforts to Secretary of Transportation
Whistleblower Network News (WNN) has filed under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to Secretary Buttigieg and the Office of the Secretary of Transportation requesting communications between the Department of Transportation (DOT) and automobile industry lobbyists. As WNN previously reported,...
Representative Connolly Introduces Bill to Reauthorize MSPB
On February 23, Representative Gerald Connolly (D-VA) introduced the Merit Systems Protection Board Empowerment Act of 2021. The bill, which is endorsed by the National Whistleblower Center, reauthorizes the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) through 2026. It also requires administrative...
Operation Fishing for Funds and the Untapped Potential of U.S. Wildlife Whistleblower Laws
Beginning in late 2011, an anonymous whistleblower worked closely with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to expose a large-scale illegal commercial fishing operation in Northern Michigan. Due to the whistleblower’s assistance, FWS special agents successfully carried out Operation...
Whistleblower Attorney Analyzes Fish and Wildlife Whistleblower Reward Rules
On February 11, Whistleblower Network News made the whistleblower reward regulations of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) publicly available for the first time. Following WNN’s publication, whistleblower attorney Stephen M. Kohn wrote an analysis of the rules for...
OIG Reports: “Systemic Issue” At DOJ, Contractors Not Being Informed Of Whistleblower Rights
The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has released a public memorandum warning of a serious “systemic issue” in the DOJ. The February 10 memo claims that the DOJ has failed to ensure that federal...
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