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It's been a week since our last post, and a lot has happened in the world of whistleblower protection since then. Here are some of the high (and low) lights: ITS OFFICIAL! The CPSC Reform Act (HR.4040/S.2663) will contain strong...

Congress must enact real whistleblower protections The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced today that it has entered into agreements with the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) and Office of Special Counsel (OSC) to permit TSA employees to appeal whistleblower complaints...

Although the House/Senate conference committee has yet to issue its official conference report, many news outlets are now reporting that the final language has been approved, and that whistleblower protections for private sector manufacturing employees  will be included in the...

Two False Claims Act Settlements were reported yesterday, totaling approximately $280 million in fraudulently obtained government contract money that is now being returned to the US taxpayers. Health insurance giant Amerigroup has settled with the governments of the United States...

Back in May I blogged about the disgrace that has become the Office of Special Counsel. At that time the head of the OSC, Scott Bloch, had his home and office raided by FBI agents in an obstruction of justice...

Yesterday the House Judiciary Committee approved legislation to amend the False Claims Act, sending the measure along to be voted on by the full House of Representatives. Companion legislation (S.2041) was passed by the Senate Judiciary Committee in April. The...

Today, the National Whistleblower Center issued an urgent action alert, requesting that all whistleblower supporters email and/or call their Senators and Representatives, urging them to support whistleblower protections in the Consumer Product Safety Commission reform legislation. The CPSC reform is...

If you do the math on a Washington Post story yesterday it turns out the paper reported on what amounts to 225 scandals. The Justice Department told the Post there is a backlog of approximately 900 False Claims Act cases,...

On June 12, 2008, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of a FOIA requester in Taylor v. Sturgell (No. 07-371), reversing the D.C. Circuit’s decision denying a FOIA requester access to documents on the grounds of issue preclusion. The...

Today the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Allision Engine Co., Inc., Et Al. v. United States Ex Rel. Sanders Et Al.  After a quick read of this decision, it is evident that Congress should pass the False Claims...