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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 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...

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...

Jesselyn Radack, a whistleblower from the Department of Justice, has called on Congress to enact legislation that will give national security whistleblowers access to jury trials.  In an op-ed article for the Massachusetts Herald News, Radack describes how Bush-era surveillance...

On Tuesday the National Whistleblowers Center (NWC) released a statement inviting the press to the deposition of Ms. Sibel Edmonds.  The Ohio Elections Commission then made it clear that the deposition must be closed to the press. However, the proceedings...

The U.S. Justice Department announced that it is suing First Choice Armor over its marketing of Zylon-based bullet-proof vests that the company knew would break down in heat or humidity. The suit follows disclosures by Dr. Aaron Westrick, a researcher...

I am pleased to report that last Friday the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated a sanction against DC employee rights attorney John Karl, and held that attorneys are free to make arguments based on...

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...

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...

  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...