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Government Executive magazine article on WPEA and federal hiring
Government Executive magazine has released an article on a Senate Committee's actions on two bills. The article reports on the Federal Hiring Process Improvement Act and the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (WPEA) (which has been a hot topic on this...
LEADING NATIONAL SECURITY WHISTLEBLOWERS URGE OBAMA ACTION TO ENSURE PROTECTIONS
July 28, 2009 President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear President Obama: On May 8, 2007, your presidential campaign promised America’s whistleblowers in writing that you stood behind their need for legal protection...
Analysis of Senate Markup Coming Soon
Today the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held its markup of the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 (S. 372). National Whistleblowers Center General Counsel David K. Colapinto has carefully analyzed this complex Senate bill. His...
Senate Committee markup on WPEA is tomorrow
The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee has scheduled its markup of the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (S. 372) for tomorrow, 10:00 a.m. Now is the time to contact your Senators and President Obama and ask them to support...
Australian report finds need for protecting national security whistleblowers
The Sydney Morning Herald in Australia reports on a government study finding that national security whistleblowers need more protection. ‘‘It is better for organisations to receive too much information about wrongdoing than too little, or too late,’’ it says. ‘‘An...
Judge Says Army Must Answer For Retaliating Against Bunny Greenhouse
Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan ordered that the Army Corps of Engineers must answer for its decision to withhold top-secret security clearance from whistleblower Bunnatine (Bunny) H. Greenhouse. Bunny Greenhouse was the Corps’ top procurement officer when she...
Voice of America releases video on Bunny Greenhouse
Voice of America (VOA) has released a YouTube video featuring interviews with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers whistleblower Bunny Greenhouse, her lawyer Michael D. Kohn, and Lindsey Williams, Advocacy Director of the National Whistleblowers Center. Produced by the VOA's Nico...
FAMS Director supports aviation security whistleblowing
Robert MacLean is a former federal air marshal. During the Summer of 2003, he exposed a plan by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to stop all overnight travel by the air marshals to save money on the budget. This shutdown...
NYC encourages employees to use False Claims Act
New York City is inserting notices into 240,000 paychecks this week to encourage employees to report frauds against the City. The notices inform City employees about the False Claims Act (FCA) which provides whistleblowers with a percentage of the government's...
Whistleblower protects public from Army’s nerve gas
Nerve gas monitors were inoperative from 2003 to 2005 at the U.S. Army's Blue Grass Army Depot, near Richmond, Kentucky. This week, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) released a 2006 Army Inspector General's report that made this finding. The failure...
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