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Birkenfeld speaks to Wall Street Journal about learning from his experience
UBS bank whistleblower Bradley Birkenfeld spoke with the Wall Street Journal's Arden Dale in a story released Friday. The WSJ story, "UBS Whistle-Blower Rues the Tack, Not Tune," appears on page C-2 of today's Money and Investing section. Birkenfeld says...
NWC benefits from new group of interns
The National Whistleblowers Center (NWC) could not get so much done this year without the help of this inspiring group of interns. If you are a graduate or undergraduate student interested in an internship here, contact our Program Director Estelle...
Obama still has no Special Counsel
GovernmentExecutive.com reports that President Barack Obama still has not appointed anyone to lead the Office of Special Counsel (OSC). The article quotes leaders of a federal employee union, Danielle Brian of the Project on Government Oversight (POGO) and former OSC...
OSHA Administrator David Michaels to address Professionals for the Public Interest
On May 11, 2009, Professionals for the Public Interest will hold a program on Whistleblowers and OSHA: Strengthening Professional Integrity Against External Pressures. Dr. David Michaels, the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health will participate to discuss...
Maryland House passes watered-down Little FCA
I previously reported on how the Maryland Senate watered down its "Little FCA" bill so that lawsuits would not cost so much for the contractors who actually commit fraud against the State of Maryland. The amended version of SB 279...
New ARB rescues SOX whistleblower on equitable estoppel
We waited a year for the Obama Administration's new Secretary of Labor, Hilda Solis, to appoint new members to the Administrative Review Board (ARB), but now we finally get to see what a difference these appointments can make. Today the...
BB&T refuses to reinstate Stroupe, but will pay her wages
We reported earlier on the hearing and decision in Amy Stroupe's SOX whistleblower case against BB&T bank in North Carolina. Today, the Winston-Salem Journal is reporting that BB&T is refusing to reinstate Stroupe. BB&T will put Stroupe back on the...
Defense firm warns federal contractors about FCA amendments in Healthcare Law
The law firm of Gibson Dunn represents companies when they are accused of defrauding the government. They have now posted to their web page an article that warns federal contractors about the new liabilities they face as a result of...
DOJ Demonstrates “Chutzpah”
As NWC Executive Director, Stephen M. Kohn responded, the "DOJ spends much ink describing the importance of the UBS case without finding the space to add two more words - the name of the whistleblower who made it all possible...
WikiLeaks.org releases 2007 video of US troops killing 2 Reuters journalists
WikiLeaks.org has released an 18 minute video that shows United States armed forces in Iraq attacking a group that included two journalists from Reuters. The journalists, and about ten other civilians, were fatally injured in the 2007 attack. National Public...
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