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  This week’s cover story in Newsweek focuses on Thomas M. Tamm, a former Justice Department lawyer in its Office of Intelligence Policy and Review.  Tamm blew the whistle on the National Security Agency's illegal wiretapping on U.S. citizens.  As his reward for...

The Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has affirmed an administrative appeal decision that leaves corporate whistleblower Stacy Platone out in the cold.  The December 3, 2008, opinion affirms a decision of the U.S. Department of Labor's Administrative Review Board...

The National Whistleblower Center is reporting that the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Department of Defense have approved new rules governing federal contracting which go into effect today.   For the full story on the NWC website, and to...

Last week, I blogged about the recent critical GAO report which found that Congress and the Administration have not done enough to implement oversight of the $700 corporate bailout bill that was passed in October. Well, after weeks of foot-dragging, the Senate...

The Boston Globe is reporting that the Supreme Court is considering taking up a case that "might set new limits on whistle-blower lawsuits against drugmakers, biotechnology companies, and other businesses." The court has requested advice from the Department of Justice...

Yesterday the Government Accountability Office, which is responsible for overseeing wasteful spending in the federal government, issued a 66 page report (see the summary here, with link to the full report) concluding that the Treasury Department and Congress have not...

On November 21, 2008, the National Whistleblower Center (NWC) presented a seminar on the new whistleblower protection in the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008. Here, NWC president Stephen M. Kohn shows how to point to CPSIA's exact provisions...

David Swanson reports in AfterDowningStreet.org that the Bush administration has accelerated efforts to purge federal departments of whistleblowers before the inauguration of President-Elect Obama.  The story follows on the heels of a Washington Post report about the "borrowing" of political...

For our readers in DC: This Tuesday the National Press Club is hosting their annual book fair. Admission is $5 for the general public, and you can meet US Army Corps of Engineers Whistleblower Bunnatine Greenhouse! See below for details....

In September, as Congress was racing to put together the Wall Street bailout legislation, the National Whistleblower Center was calling for whistleblower protections to be added to the bill. Despite their efforts, Congress did not listen. They authorized the Administration...