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Joint Senate/House Report Slams FDA Surveillance
Washington, D.C. February 26, 2014. Today Representative Darrell Issa, Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and Senator Charles Grassley, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee issued a highly important Joint Staff Report carefully analyzing the...
Senate Investigations Committee To Question DOJ And Swiss Officials On Illegal Offshore Banking
NWC calls for full and complete investigation into wrongdoing and full protection for whistleblowers Washington, D.C. February 25, 2014. The Permanent Subcommittee On Investigations will hold a hearing on “Offshore Tax Evasion” on Wednesday, February 26, 2014, at 9:30AM, in Room G-50 of...
Washington Post Reports Federal Contractor Gagged Employees
Washington Post Reports: Largest DOD contractor in Iraq and Afghanistan gags employees from reporting fraud. Employees who witness fraud threatened with termination if they told ANYONE outside of KBR of allegations. A February 20, 2014, report by The Washington Post revealed that Halliburton/KBR,...
Whistleblowers Recover over $200 Million for Taxpayers
This week the Department of Justice issued a series of press releases announcing settlements in several cases under the False Claims Act. The settlement of these cases, originally brought under the qui tam, or whistleblower, provisions of the False Claims Act, resulted...
SEC Backs Whistleblowers in Key Court Case
Washington, D.C. Feburary 20, 2014. Today the Securities and Exchange Commission filed an extensive brief and position statement before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit urging the court to fully protect whistleblowers who make internal disclosures exposing...
Seattle Ordinance Expands Whistleblower Protection
The Seattle City Council, in collaboration with the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission (SEEC), significantly expanded the City’s Whistleblower Protection Code. The changes went into effect on January 16, 2014. The revised code grants employees protection from retaliation for reporting...
DOJ Ignores Key Whistleblower Provision
According to a Senator Charles Grassley, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is potentially in violation of the anti-gag provision of the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (WPEA). Sen. Grassley brought this issue to the attention of Department of Justice Inspector...
False Claims Act Resource Updated
The National Whistleblowers Center recently updated its False Claim Acts: Federal, State and Municipal Qui Tam Laws publication. This publication outlines all current U.S. laws that allow private citizens who witness fraud against a government entity to file suit "blowing...
NWC Advocates for Increased International Whistleblower Protection
Mr. Kohn explained how NGOs and citizens of foreign countries can use the new protections created under the FCPA to battle corruption.
California Welcomes Stronger Whistleblower Protection in 2014
On January 1, 2014, stronger whistleblower protection laws went into effect in California.
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