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Why Summary Judgment Must be Removed from the WPEA
The Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (WPEA) may move through Congress in the coming days, or even hours, and contains many important reforms that will help federal employees. However, both the House (H.R. 3289) and Senate (S. 743) versions still have...
Happy Birthday! Lloyd-La Follette Act
Today is the 100th anniversary of the Lloyd-La Follette Act, a milestone in our nation's protections for government whistleblowers and a watershed in the balance of power between Congress and the President. In 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt issued an executive...
The FBI is Waiting for Special Agent Theresa Foley to Die
The story of FBI whistleblower Theresa Foley is distasteful and sordid - one too often told when speaking of FBI whistleblowers. Theresa Foley is no shrinking violet. She came from a law enforcement family and was a DEA support employee before joining the...
ATF attempts to stifle “outside” whistleblowing
John Solomon, writing in the Washington Guardian, is reporting today that B. Todd Jones, the Acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), released a video last week to all employees. In the video, Jones warns...
Senator Grassley Hammers the FDA on the Senate Floor
Once again Senator Grassley has proven himself to be a champion of whistleblowers and government oversight. The NWC applauds Senator Grassley's floor statement today and we hope that the FDA heard him.
CBS Evening News: FDA spying on their own scientists
NWC Executive Director Stephen Kohn spoke to CBS Evening News tonight about the chilling effect the FDA's illegal whistleblower surveillance program has on employees' willingness to report serious health and safety issues. You can TAKE ACTION to stop the government's highly...
NWC Response to Article Documenting Illegal FDA Surveillance
Today, the New York Times released a groundbreaking story on the government's secret spying program on a group of whistleblowers employed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Stephen M. Kohn, the Executive Director of the National Whistleblower Center and...
Twenty Years Later, DOJ Finally Admits Mistakes
Readers of The Washington Post found out this morning that the FBI and DOJ are launching the largest post-conviction case review in American history. Readers of the Whistleblower Protection Blog know that this review should have begun twenty years ago...
NWC Announces Seminar on New Whistleblower Laws
On Monday, July 16, 2012, the National Whistleblowers Center will host a 2-hour training seminar that covers new whistleblower laws and the special Department of Labor litigation process. These new laws cover millions of employees who blow the whistle on...
NYC Premiere of Whistleblower Documentary “Top Priority” Tomorrow
The whistleblower documentary Top Priority: The Terror Within makes it east coast premiere at the IFC Film Center in New York City tomorrow, June 29th.
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