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2010 National Whistleblower Assembly
Yesterday concluded the 2010 National Whistleblower Assembly. Staff from the National Whistleblowers Center participated in a number of panels on major issues facing the whistleblower community.
WikiLeaks provokes DoD threat against whistleblowers
A front page story in today's Washington Post looks at the growth and effects of the popular anonymous whistleblower website, WikiLeaks. Daniel Schmitt, a WikiLeaks director, told Post writer Joby Warrrick that, "The message of WikiLeaks to the controllers of...
European Parliament votes to protect whistleblowers
The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly has adopted a resolution to protect whistleblowers. Drafted by the Assembly's Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, the resolution expresses appreciation for whistleblowers who "stop wrongdoings that place fellow human beings at...
MSPB Fails to Protect Robert MacLean
An administrative judge at the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) upheld the illegal termination of former federal air marshal Robert MacLean. Mr. MacLean blew the whistle on the Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Agency's (TSA) plan to improperly remove...
ARB says Iqbal applies to OSHA complaints
I can hardly believe I am writing this. The Department of Labor's Administrative Review Board (ARB) has just issued a decision applying Aschroft v. Iqbal to whistleblower complaints filed with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). As it happened...
Swiss Banker Turned Whistleblower Ended Up With a Prison Sentence
This Sunday's Washington Post featured an article that details Bradley Birkenfeld's actions as a whistleblower, and how those actions landed him in federal prison. The article discusses the contradictory messages sent to potential whistleblowers by the U.S. government:
New Article Offers In-Depth Coverage of Stroupe Case
Richard Renner recently posted discussion of BB&T bank's refusal to reinstate whistleblower Amy Stroupe. An article, appearing today on Thebigmoney.com gives us a more in-depth look at the case. While working at BB&T bank, Stroupe was an investigator who uncovered...
OSHA head plans to improve whistleblower program
Dr. David Michaels, the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, made his first public remarks today about his plans for OSHA's whistleblower program. The occasion was a meeting of Professionals for the Public Interest. Dr. Michaels opened...
OSHA to PATH: no retaliation against injured employee
One of the outcomes of the 9/11 Commission was that Congress passed two whistleblower protection laws for railroad and public transit employees in 2008. These are the Federal Rail Safety Act (FRSA), 49 U.S.C. § 20109, and the National Transit...
OSHA finds pilot suffered retaliation under AIR 21
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced on Friday that it has found that New Jersey based air carrier Worldwide Jet Charter LLC retaliated against one of its pilots. OSHA has issued a reinstatement order, and this order has...
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