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Pipe manufacturer JM Eagle is lashing out against whistleblower John Hendrix, claiming that he spoke to a prospective witness and offered that witness a kick-back. JM Eagle has made the claim in an interview with industry magazine PlasticsNews. Meanwhile, Hendrix's...

Congratulations to carpenter Dennis Brown for his courageous efforts to expose unhealthy conditions at the Broward County School District in Florida. Brown raised concerns about the atrocious environment he was forced to work in. A mildew infested classroom made his...

Iceland’s economy has been ravaged by the international financial crisis. Rage against corruption sparked protests.  Iceland's legislature is now trying to resurrect their economy by ensuring that citizens will have free speech rights that will spur economic growth. On February...

Florida nurses rallied at their state capitol this week to call for minimum staffing ratios and whistleblower protection. The Miami Herald was there to report on the rally. The nurses cite research showing that improving nurse-to-patient ratios saves lives and...

A panel of whistleblowers will be discussing their own personal experiences and the importance of advocating for change. I cannot overstate the importance of citizen involvement in achieving meaningful protections for whistleblowers.

I had the pleasure this evening of speaking to Prof. Jane Uebelhoer's business ethics class at Marymount University in Ballston, Virginia, this evening.  The class was inquisitive, and we had a wide ranging discussion about the history of whistleblower protections,...

Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) has introduced a bill that will make changes to the False Claims Act (FCA) in response to court decisions that limited the rights of whistleblowers.  The main features of S. 2964 (introduced January 28, 2010) would...

A jury in Andrews, Texas, has acquitted an experienced nurse of charges that she misused official information when she sent an anonymous letter to a state medical board to complain about a doctor's malpractice.  Anne Mitchell had been a nurse...

Albert D. Campbell worked for Lockheed Martin from 1981 to 1995. He worked as a financial analyst, and was promoted in 1989 to chief of cost control for the $3.5 billion LANTIRN project. The LANTIRN project built navigation and targeting...

I previously reported that the Occupational Safety and Heath Administration (OSHA) had scheduled an open forum for Wednesday, February 10, 2010.  OSHA postponed the "stakeholders meeting" due to the snowfall in the Washington, DC, area.  It is now rescheduled for...