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Key Whistleblower Protections Cut from Tax Reform Law, Criminal Fraudsters Protected
Washington, D.C. December 16, 2017. The final version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Bill has eliminated two key provisions...
Senator Grassley and SEC Join NWC in Filing Amicus Briefs in Critical Supreme Court Case
On Tuesday, October 17, 2017, Senator Charles Grassley and the Securities and Exchange Commission joined the National Whistleblower Center in supporting the...
Senate Passes Three Important Whistleblower Bills
Last week the Senate passed important legislation that increases protections for whistleblowers. The three bills protect whistleblowers who report information...
Massive Success for Whistleblowers in House Hearing
Washington, D.C. December 5, 2016. The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing on December 1st to...
House Committee to Hold Hearing on Appropriations Reforms that Could Severely Impact Current Whistleblower Programs
Washington, D.C. December 1, 2016. The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittees on Government Operations and Health Care,...
End-of-Year Amicus Round-Up!
The National Whistleblower Center (NWC) filed several amici curiae (friend of the court) briefs this year to support whistleblowers and...
Encouraging Whistleblower Legislation in West African States
The Economic Community of West African States’, or ECOWAS, recently held a weeklong anti-corruption meeting in Monrovia, Liberia. Attendees included...
Expert Report Highly Critical of UK Whistleblower Protection Laws, Calls for Urgently Needed Reforms
A recent report published by Blueprint for Free Speech and the Thomson Reuters Foundation has found that UK law "does...
Arkansas State Legislators to Introduce Whistleblower Day Law
In a press conference scheduled for Friday, April 22, 2016 at the Clinton Presidential Library, Arkansas State Representatives Vivian Flowers...
Food Safety Whistleblower Protection Procedures Finalized
On April 18, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration published a final rule establishing procedures for handling retaliation complaints under the...
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