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The National Whistleblowers Center, along other good government groups will be hosting the 2009 National Whistleblower Assembly from March 8-12. This event, which brings scores of public and private sector whistleblowers to Washington, DC, has been extremely successful in getting...

Back in 2003, Bunny Greenhouse blew the whistle on no-bid contracts to Halliburton that were doled out by the Bush Administration in the run-up to the Iraq War. Since then she has suffered her share of hardships, having been harassed...

As you know, we have been waging an intense campaign for new whistleblower protection laws. We have experienced recent victories and setbacks. And now, prominent whistleblowers like Bunny Greenhouse are calling us all to action. Throughout this campaign, our staff...

On February 19th DC fire investigators Greg Bowyer and Gerald Pennington filed a whistleblower retaliation lawsuit against the DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services ("DCFEMS") and Fire Chief Dennis Rubin in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. ...

On Wednesday, behind closed doors on Capitol Hill, House and Senate leaders hammered out a deal to pass the economic stimulus bill. Both the original House and Senate versions of this bill included protections for employee whistleblowers. By Wednesday evening,...

The Employee Rights Advocacy Institute For Law & Policy (The Institute), has received a grant from The Public Welfare Foundation for a research project on public opinions about issues affecting America's workers. The "Project to Assess Public Support for Stronger...

When whistleblowers win their cases, it is often years after they got fired.  When a judge adds up all the years of back pay, the whistleblower will then have to pay taxes from a higher tax bracket. Whistleblowers can end...

Members of the House and Senate have been holed up on Capitol Hill all day negotiating the terms of the President's economic stimulus package. Earlier today, we learned that the whistleblower protection provisions in the bill were in danger. While...

David Welch, known for being the first Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) whistleblower to have a hearing before the U.S. Department of Labor, is conducting a survey of all whistleblowers.  He will use his survey as part of his dissertation. His doctoral dissertation...

I am happy to say that we have received another significant endorsement for federal employee whistleblower protections. The Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association has issued a statement in support of the Whistleblower provisions passed by the House of Representatives in...