Opinion

President-elect Joe Biden has talked a lot about restoring transparency and accountability to the federal government. To do so, Biden must immediately appoint members to the Merit System Protection Board (MSPB). For the entire Trump administration, MSPB has been without...

The mandatory tax whistleblower program has been a boon for the U.S. government, bringing in more than $616 million in collected proceeds in 2019 alone. However, the ability for the program to meet its maximum potential has been stymied by...

As President Trump’s tenure comes to an end, there is a lot of talk about his power to issue presidential pardons.  Everyone from political figures and journalists is urging the President to pardon individuals. Representative Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) advocated on...

Last year German citizens provided information to US authorities in 44 whistleblower cases, because they believed nobody in Germany would listen to them if they pointed out misconduct in the financial sector and other industries. Germans are numerically in second...

You could say that the worst realities of the Trump presidency — family separation, unjust imprisonment, denial of the 2016 Russian election breach, our government’s cover-up of that breach, failure to manage COVID — intersect at one place, one person,...

Throughout his campaign, President-elect Biden has emphasized that he will lead as “a president for all” and that he will “heal the soul of our nation.” An easy way for the new administration to start is to increase protections for...

On November 10, 2020, my heart soared with hope while reading the editorial on the introduction of the Protect Brave Whistleblowers Act (H.R.8452) proposed by Representative Tulsi Gabbard September 30, 2020.  The editorial outlined that the proposed bill would reform...

In recent times, it seems as if federal whistleblowers are in the news more than ever. From last year’s Ukraine whistleblower to COVID-19 whistleblowers like Dr. Rick Bright to the nurse whistleblower alleging mass hysterectomies at ICE facilities, all sorts of federal employees and...

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has generated profound global structural effects that cannot be easily reversed: It has been weakening governments, increasing social instability, intensifying poverty, and strengthening nonstate armed actors. The pandemic should be a wake-up call and a prompt...

A Marist poll released yesterday shows that the American public considers corporate fraud a national priority and wants to help whistleblowers who expose it. When asked if passing stronger laws that protect employees who report corporate fraud should be a priority...