Government

In 2021, WNN reported on multiple whistleblower complaints regarding the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Emergency Intake Site (EIS) at Fort Bliss, a military base outside of El Paso, Texas, that was set up in 2018 to...

On July 27, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Representatives Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Thomas Massie (R-KY) reintroduced the Espionage Act Reform Act, which would increase protections for journalists and expand options for whistleblowers to make disclosures. The Act “mirrors the...

July 30 was National Whistleblower Day, and numerous U.S. federal agencies recognized the day by publishing blog posts, public statements, and informational Twitter threads. Here’s a list of federal agencies and offices that recognized National Whistleblower Day this year. Securities...

The House Office of the Whistleblower Ombuds is a non-partisan support office that helps members of the House of Representatives, in the U.S. Congress, work with whistleblowers from the public and private sector. The Office helps members of the House...

The Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol held its seventh public hearing on July 12. During the hearing, a former Twitter employee who remained anonymous spoke about former President Donald Trump’s behavior on...

Edward’s story was published in Whistleblower Network News’ Whistleblower of the Week series in four parts: 8/4/21, 8/18/21, 9/15/21 and 10/13/21. She has also been featured in two podcast episodes, one where she tells her story and the other where...

For over five years, the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), the quasi-judicial agency which oversees federal employee whistleblower cases, lacked a quorum and was unable to issue rulings. On March 1, 2022 the Senate voted to confirm two nominees to...

On May 31, Colorado governor Jared Polis (D) signed SB22-097 into law; the new law expands protections for health and safety whistleblowers. Colorado’s previous whistleblower protections offered protections to “workers who raise a reasonable concern about health or safety related...

After a February recall of powdered infant formula manufactured in an Abbott Laboratories facility in Sturgis, Michigan, parents across the U.S. have struggled to find formulas and been confronted by empty shelves. The recall came on the heels of reported...

On May 18, the Inspector General (IG) of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) released a report outlining the findings of a whistleblower reprisal investigation into allegations that Trump administration officials retaliated against Lieutenant Colonel Yevgeny Vindman after Vindman made...