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HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced a proposed rule that would increase rewards paid to Medicare whistleblowers to as high as $9.9 million.

TSA Whistleblower Robert MacLean Wins Appeal

In an April 23, 2013 press release, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced that it found that Metra violated the Federal Railroad Safety Act.

Estelle S. Kohn May 2, 1953 - April 10, 2013

Dean Zerbe and Felipe Bohnet-Gomez presented remarks today at a public hearing on the IRS's proposed regulations on its Whistleblower Program.

Today on Forbes.com, Dean Zerbe, the National Whistleblower Center's Senior Policy Analyst, explains the potential issues that may be slowing or sidetracking submissions at the IRS Whistleblower Office.

Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued a major precedential decision in the case of Wiest v. Tyco Electronics Corp., establishing the standards for protecting corporate whistleblowers under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

The IRS Notice published in the Federal Register late on Friday, which gives the public two business days to respond, has further enraged whistleblower advocates.

Today the National Whistleblower Center filed an Amicus Curiae brief with the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), in the case of Day v. Department of Homeland Security. At issue is whether the new definition of a protected disclosure set forth...

The USDOL/OALJ Reporter has published case summaries and case links for cases decided in January 2013 by the Administrative Review Board.  The decisions are found at https://www.oalj.dol.gov/PUBLIC/ARB/REFERENCES/Caselists/01_2013.HTM