Opinion

I applaud President Biden’s Build Back Better plan with its three-pronged focus: COVID-19 relief, rebuilding our aging infrastructure, and restoring our middle class. The American Rescue Plan was signed into law on March 11, 2021, providing $1.9 trillion in funds...

There’s a lot more to writing an effective whistleblower protection law than including the correct legal phrasing. Words matter, but so does the meaning behind the words. Whistleblowing International, European Center for Whistleblower Rights, and the Center for Whistleblower Rights...

Mark Worth is a whistleblower advocate, investigative journalist, public interest activist, author, and publisher. He is the Executive Director of the European Center for Whistleblower Rights and is the founder of many organizations, campaigns, and publications. Mark is the Co-recipient...

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...