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National Whistleblowers Center’s Work Highlighted in The Washington Post’s Year-End Articles
The Washington Post has published year-end articles that highlight three ongoing projects of the National Whistleblower Center. In an article published on December 26, "Top 10 stories in the federal workforce in 2012", The Washington Post cited the scandal involving...
Congress Slams National Security Whistleblowers Again!
Take Action! As part of a House/Senate Conference approved Tuesday, Congress passed an “Enhancement Act” for Department of Defense contractors. These contractors already had a right to go to federal court and obtain a jury trial. However, this new “Enhancement...
Special Holiday Offer
This year, as you are deciding what to give your loved ones, friends, and colleagues for the holidays, why not choose to give something interesting and useful? One of the most powerful gifts you can give is knowledge. The Whistleblower's...
Congress Passes Magnitsky Act
Sergei Magnitsky On December 6, 2012 Congress passed the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012. (Magnitsky Act). The law was inspired by a Russian lawyer named Sergei Magnitsky, detained in 2008 after he blew the whistle on...
Record Recoveries under False Claims Act
The Justice Department confirmed in a release issued on December 4 that it has been a record year for recoveries from the False Claims Act. In fact 2012 garnered the DOJ the “largest annual recovery in Department history.” Most...
NWC Files Amicus Brief on IRS Whistleblower Program
On November 5, 2012, the National Whistleblower Center filed a briefing paper/amicus brief with the Internal Revenue Service addressing key questions of law governing the IRS Whistleblower program. The brief, linked here, addresses the issue of "collected proceeds" under the...
Federal Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act Becomes Law
President Barack Obama signed into law today the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (WPEA). Whistleblower attorneys working pro bono with the NWC played an instrumental role in passing this Act. NWC’s Executive Director Stephen Kohn testified before the Senate Homeland Security...
ARB issues decisions on summary decision, settlements and timeliness
Today, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a summary of the September 2012 decisions of its Administrative Review Board (ARB). The twelve decisions issued in September cover important procedural issues involving the time limits for filing complaints and petitions for...
Presidential Policy Directive on Whistleblowers Draws Criticism
A recent White House directive on national security whistleblowers has sparked a major dialog in the whistleblower community. You can read the National Whistleblowers Center's press release on the directive here. Below is a full-text analysis from the Whistleblower Support Fund's...
Squashed By Russia: The Sergei Magnitsky Story
NWC nabbed an exclusive interview with Jamison Firestone, the law partner and friend of Sergei Magnitsky - a whistleblower whose disturbing story reveals the ruthlessness and corruption of the Russian government.
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