Government

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is calling on the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to revise a proposed government-wide nondisclosure agreement, warning that the draft form could discourage federal employees from reporting waste, fraud, and abuse. On May 27, OPM, the...

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) is facing criticism from whistleblower advocates over its proposed rules to implement the Anti-Money Laundering Whistleblower Improvement Act of 2022 (“AML WIA”). The National Whistleblower Center (“NWC”), a Washington, DC-based NGO, submitted a formal...

On April 30th, the Senate unanimously passed the Expanding Whistleblower Protections for Contractors Act. The legislation proposed by Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Gary Peters (D-Mich) aims to strengthen whistleblower protections for federal contractors. It now moves to the House...

On April 28th, the House passed the bipartisan IRS Whistleblower Program Improvement Act by a 346-10 vote, marking major progress in cementing the protections into law. The IRS Whistleblower Program mandates that whistleblowers who submit original information to the IRS...

On March 30, FinCEN published a proposed rule in the Federal Register to establish a whistleblower program incentivizing tips on fraud-related violations of the Bank Secrecy Act, U.S. sanctions, and the Anti-Money Laundering Act. The regulations arrived more than 5...

In November 2025, Charles Borges, former Chief Data Officer of the Social Security Administration (SSA), filed a whistleblower report with the Office of Special Counsel alleging that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) had uploaded information to an unsecured cloud...

An anonymous whistleblower disclosed a confidential internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) policy directive to the office of Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) on January 7. The directive authorizes ICE officers to enter the homes of people present in the U.S....

In this episode of Whistleblower of the Week, host Jane Turner talks with former FBI counterintelligence agent Jonathan Buma

Several FEMA employees who spoke up about concerns within the agency remain caught in a dispute over their employment status, underscoring longstanding challenges in the federal whistleblower protection system. The employees were placed on indefinite administrative leave after sending a...

An employee of the Social Security Administration (SSA) filed allegations that Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) employees uploaded the Social Security information of millions of Americans to an unsecured cloud server. The complaint was filed by Charles Borges, the SSA’s...