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Congressional Committee Hearing on Iraq Reconstruction and Anti-Corruption Failures
This Monday, May 12, the Democratic Policy Committee is scheduled to hold hearings to "examine the impact of American reconstruction and anti-corruption failures on the U.S. mission in Iraq." Several former government employees will be offering testimony. This hearing is...
The Irony at the Office of Special Counsel
Many MSM sources (such as the New York Times and CNN)and blogs (like Talk Left) are now reporting that the Office of Special Counsel was raided by the FBI today, along with the home of agency head Scott Bloch. Bloch...
Police Whistleblowing Leads to Legislative Action in Connecticut
Recently I wrote a blog post on the need for whistleblower protection in the South Carolina State Police and how their upper eschelon was retaliating against troopers who blew the whistle on a fellow officer who intentionally hit a suspect...
Whistleblower News This Week — 4/29/08
Some interesting whistleblower stories have been cropping up around the country over the past week or so: 1. Four years after blowing the whistle, FAA air-traffic controller Anne Whiteman's allegations are finally being addressed, and hopefully she is feeling some...
Supreme Court Denies Cert in Murphy v. IRS
In an order posted today on the its website, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will not be hearing the Murphy v. IRS appeal. Although this is a disappointing turn of events, whistleblower and civil rights advocates should continue the...
Murphy v. IRS Decision on Certiorari May Come Today
The Supreme Court Justices were scheduled to have a conference this morning to rule on petitions for certiorari, including in the case of Murphy v. IRS. We will keep you updated on any developments. UPDATE: We just received word that...
Whistleblower News This Week — 4/15/08
Three news stories about whistleblowers have caught my attention this week, and I wanted to share them with everyone. 1.) Briefs have been filed in a potentially precedent-setting case for one Maryland state whistleblower law. The case, Lark v. Montgomery...
Supreme Court to Rule on Murphy v. IRS Cert Petition
The Supreme Court has distributed the Murphy v. IRS case for the Conference to be held on April 18, 2008. The Justices of the Supreme Court will decide on that date whether or not to grant the petition for certiorari...
Retaliation Against FAA Whistleblowers Highlight the Need For Legislative Action
As you have no doubt heard, last week two Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees told reporters that Southwest Airlines had engaged in an extended campaign to avoid mandatory safety inspections and had attempted to have FAA inspectors who discovered the...
False Claims Act Correction Act (S.2041) Approved by Committee, Heading to the Senate Floor
As was widely expected, the FCA Corrections Act was quickly approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday, and will now face a fight on the Senate floor. Committee member Charles Grassley, who has been considered to be the father of...
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