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What’s Wrong With The Senate Whistleblower Bill? – Part 3
III. HOW THE NEW "270 DAY RULE" BLOCKS COURT ACCESS FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES Even if you happen to be one of the "lucky ones" whose case is eligible for a jury trial, will you ever actually have your case heard...
What’s Wrong With The Senate Whistleblower Bill? – Part 2
The Senate Bill goes out of its way to reverse gains whistleblowers have won in the U.S. Supreme Court. It returns whistleblowers to the days when an employee had to demonstrate a certain level of harm or damages to obtain...
What’s Wrong With The Senate Whistleblower Bill?
The Senate Bill added a dangerous clause within the definition of "protected disclosure." Under this new definition, federal employees who disclose any violation of law are protected, unless their disclosure was "a minor, inadvertent violation that occurs during the conscientious...
Univ. of Phoenix grad student seeks whistleblowers for study
A graduate student in business administration would like to study whistleblowers for her doctoral dissertation. Lorie Plegue has contacted the National Whistleblowers Center (NWC) asking if any whistleblowers would like to participate in her study of what happens to whistleblowers...
Sibel Edmonds’ testimony covered on The Brad Blog
To get the latest news on today's deposition testimony by national security whistleblower Sibel Edmonds, I have been reading The Brad Blog. Investigative journalist and commentator Brad Friedman reports that Edmonds was able to testify in response to all the...
Breaking News on Protections for National Security Whistleblowers
Today's front page article in the Washington Times exposes the legislative hurdles faced by whistleblowers and notes the Administration's role in the process stating, "White House drafts weaken some protections."
More News On National Security Whistleblowers
The National Whistleblowers Legal Defense and Education Fund today fought efforts by the FBI and the Department of Justice to prevent FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds from testifying in a case of alleged election fraud.
Celeste Monforton bemoans delay in confirming DOL Solicitor
Public health researcher Celeste Monforton has written a blog entry highlighting the danger to public safety caused by the Senate's delay in confirming M. Patricia Smith as the new Solicitor of Labor. President Obama appointed Smith in April, and she...
Attorney applauds whistleblower reward in financial oversight bill
Attorney Dan Hurson used to work for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This week he cheered for the whistleblower provision in President Obama's proposal to overhaul our regulations of financial markets. "This may be the beginning of the golden...
Whistleblower lawsuit questions attorney-client privilege
Richard Convertino's Privacy Act lawsuit against the U.S. government is now addressing a question of whether a U.S. attorney can conceal his emails to his attorney sent over the government's computers. Convertino was one of America’s top federal prosecutors. The government...
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