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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...
Ohio Governor and public servant disagree on the “typical whistleblower situation”
The governor of Ohio and an attorney working for Ohio's Bureau of Workers Compensation are disagreeing about what is a "typical whistleblower situation." According to the Columbus Dispatch, attorney Joseph Sommer sent an email to the Governor last May. He...
Cooper Brown joins Department of Labor’s ARB
Today was the first day on a new job for E. Cooper Brown as he begins his service as Vice-Chair of the Department of Labor's Administrative Review Board (ARB). Brown had served on the ARB in the 1990's, until the...
EEOC whistleblower Ricardo Jones faces termination
Last September, EEOC Investigator Ricardo Jones told The Black Star News that, “The EEOC is not investigating African-American complaints from New York to North Carolina.” At the time, Black Star News writer Donald Winfield predicted that the EEOC would fire...
Whistleblower murdered in India
Satish Shetty — who exposed many land scams in Maharashtra, India — was stabbed to death with swords on Wednesday during is morning walk. Shetty, age 38, was a "Right to Information" (RTI) activist who began exposing corrupt land deals...
Groups ask President Obama to pardon Birkenfeld
Leading national and international anti-corruption groups have joined the National Whistleblowers Center (NWC) in a clemency campaign on behalf of UBS whistleblower Bradley Birkenfeld. In an open letter President Barack Obama, the groups request a presidential pardon for Mr. Birkenfeld,...
Burmese court sentences whistleblowers to death
A court in Rangoon, Burma, has sentenced two government employees to death for leaking information about official visits to North Korea and Russia. The Democratic Voice of Burma reports that Win Naing Kyaw and Thura Kyaw now face execution. The...
California Court of Appeals reinstates whistleblower’s claim
The California Court of Appeals for the Fourth Appellate District has ruled this week that a lower court erred, for the second time, in dismissing a lawsuit brought by David Ohton, a strength and conditioning coach at San Diego State...
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