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Whistleblowing nurse Anne Mitchell acquitted in Texas
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...
Whistleblower faces tax penalty for misreporting qui tam reward
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...
“OSHA Listens” now set for March 4
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...
Fraud up; SEC enforcement up; need for whistleblowers up
The LA Times reported last week on a series of trends in securities fraud. The $65 billion lost in the Madoff scandal highlights the huge losses millions of investors suffer as a result of corporate fraud. Meanwhile, the new enforcement...
While The Whistleblower Sits in Prison, More People May Walk Away
Basically, this means that 14,700 people walked away without prosecution under the IRS amnesty program, the head of entire illegal UBS program Martin Liechti was allowed to return to Switzerland without prosecution, the 4,450 tax cheats are likely to escape...
In memoriam: Howard Zinn (1922-2010)
With sadness we report the death of Howard Zinn, historian, author, activist, and founding Board member of the National Whistleblower Center. Other sources have already reported Zinn's remarkable biography. I recall how the time flew by thirty years ago when...
New interns advance whistleblower cause
We are pleased to have the talents and energy of a new group of interns for this winter semester. Here they are: Top row: Michelle, Jacquie, Jamie. Next row: Quinn, Caitlin. Penultimate row: Ryan, Kevin, Tom. Bottom row: Amanda, Amy,...
Transparency International Releases Report on Preventing Corruption in Humanitarian Operations
Strong whistleblowing mechanisms are recommended as the best way to stop corruption and ensure that humanitarian aid gets where it needs to go.
Camp Delta Sergeant Joe Hickman blows the whistle on Guantánamo “Suicides”
In its March issue, Harpers Magazine challenges the official and widely reported story that three prisoners being held in Guantanamo Bay committed suicide in an act of "asymmetrical warfare." The article, written by Scott Horton, is based largely on observations...
OSHA will listen, but not on February 10
The federal Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) has announced that it will conduct an "OSHA listens" meeting. The meeting was originally scheduled for Wednesday, February 10, 2010, but has now been postponed due to the weather here. To speak...
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