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The Office of Personnel Management has issued it's "Disciplinary Best Practices and Advisory Guidelines Under the No FEAR Act" this week. The report, which was made public on September 30, offers detailed guidelines for how agencies should handle disciplinary issues arising from...

Next Wednesday, October 8, 2008, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral argument in the case of Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville. The issue is whether employees are protected from retaliation when they answer questions in an employer's...

 As you know, Congress is about to vote on a bailout bill for the financial  sector. Whether you support this bill or not, we ask that you immediately  call your Senators and demand that strong whistleblower protections be  included in...

In an unprecedented show of solidarity and hunger for reform, public interest groups from across the political spectrum are urging Congress to pass whistleblower reforms this term. With the Congressional session winding down, and Congress readying a bill to provide massive corporations...

This Wednesday, September 24th, American University in Washington, DC will be holding a symposium entitled "A Question of Conscience." The event will focus on issues surrounding national security whistleblowers, and specifically the case of Katherine Gun, a former British Secret Service...

In 2002, Congress passed a sweeping corporate reform bill known as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX). This legislation was a direct result of the crimes committed by publicly traded companies such as Enron and Worldcom. In drafting the bill, lawmakers wisely...

A U.S. District Judge in Michigan has ruled that Detroit Free Press reporter David Ashenfelter must testify in a whistleblower lawsuit brought by former federal prosecutor Richard Convertino against his old boss, the DOJ. Ashenfelter has been refusing to testify...

On September 8th,  181 public interest organizations, including the National Whistleblower Center, sent a letter to Congress urging  it to pass much needed amendments to the Whistleblower Protection Act  (WPA). The crucial amendments would grant employees the right to jury trials, protect...

US Army Corps of Engineers whistleblower Bunny Greenhouse is featured in a chapter of the new book, Your America: Democracy's Local Heroes. The book by John Siceloff and Jason Maloney arises from episodes of the PBS series "NOW" with David...

  Many of our readers (and certainly those who attended Whistleblower Week in Washington 2008) may have heard about the case of Dr. Gil Mileikowsky. Dr. Mileikowsky is a California Obstetrician who, in 2000, began blowing the whistle on some very disturbing issues at...