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Former U.S. Special Council for the Office of Special Council (OSC) Scott Bloch has been charged with criminal contempt of Congress for withholding "pertinent" information from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

The Wisconsin Senate yesterday passed a "Shield Law" that would protect journalists and their confidential sources. The bill now goes to the Governor who has expressed support for the bill. The bill's sponsor, Sen. Pat Kreitlow, told the Milwaukee Journal...

In honor of Earth Day, The National Whistleblowers Center will host a special training seminar: "Protecting Environmental Whistleblowers." The training will take place on April 21, from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm, and is open to environmental activists and attorneys,...

The Star of Penang, Malaysia, reports that parliament there has passed a new Whistleblower Protection Bill. Unfortunately, the bill only protects informants who provide confidential information to the government. The Star rightfully inquired of the government why other disclosures would...

The U.S. Justice Department is prosecuting another whistleblower.  According to an indictment by a Baltimore grand jury (reported here by the New York Times), Thomas A. Drake released classified emails showing that the National Security Administration (NSA) wasted billions of...

Last week the U.S. Department of Labor's Administrative Review Board (ARB) issued an order inviting all interested persons to submit briefs on whether employees of subsidiaries are protected by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX). The briefs are due July 15, 2010....

Today the National Whistleblowers Center submitted a statement of concern about whistleblower protection in the United States to the United Nations' Commission on Human Rights, Universal Periodic Review (UPR).  It alleges that the US falls short of its international obligations...

Attorneys for Bradley Birkenfeld, the Swiss banker who exposed the massive ($20 billion) tax evasion scandal at UBS, Stephen M. Kohn and Dean Zerbe wrote an op-ed piece entitled "April 15 Plea: Pardon Tax Whistleblower" published on Forbes.com. Mr. Kohn...

Today, Bradley Birkenfeld, the whistleblower who exposed the $20 billion illegal UBS tax fraud scheme, submitted a direct appeal to President Barack Obama and filed an official petition requesting clemency. Mr. Birkenfeld blew the whistle on a $20 billion program...

Artist Marcia Annenberg was so inspired by the story of Army whistleblower Bunny Greenhouse that she has included a portrait of Greenhouse in a recent painting. "You are my hero," Annenberg says in a letter to Greenhouse. "Your compelling story...