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President Bush has signed into law the first legislation in more than a decade to strengthen the Freedom of Information Act. The Open Government Act of 2007, signed by Bush on New Years eve, contains several important changes and improvements...

  For all those interested, the IRS has issued new guidance for claimants under the IRS whistleblower law. They are seeking public comment on the proposed regulations. See the IRS' proposed rules here. As stated in section 4 of the document, public comments will be...

The op-ed page of the New York Times contained an editorial today about the passage of S.274, the Senate whistleblower protection legislation (we blogged it here) , and the need for a strong bill to come out of conference. Check it...

  **UPDATE: THE FULL TEXT OF THE LEGISLATION IS LINKED HERE   This week, Congressman Albert Wynn introduced the Congressional Disclosures Act (HR. 4650), legislation to protect federal employees from retaliation when they make disclosures to members of Congress. This is important...

Another big legislative announcement! We received word today that the False Claims Act Amendments Act of 2007 has been introduced in the House of Representatives by Congressman Howard Berman. The bill number is HR. 4854. This bill is designed to...

  Late last night, the U.S. Senate finally got the job done, unanimously passing S.274, the Federal Employee Protection of Disclosures Act. This law, along with its companion house legislation (H.R.985), if preserved in conference, would go a long way towards...

The National Whistleblower Center announced today that a major Whistleblower/Civil Rights tax case has been filed with the Supreme Court. The case, Murphy v. IRS, has generated a lot of attention in the past year, and certainly puts forth questions...

This weekend, The Detroit News reported that the remaining federal criminal charges against DOJ whistleblower Richard Convertino will be dropped. Mr. Convertino, a career federal prosecutor, was hit with conspiracy and obstruction charges after blowing the whistle on DOJ mismanagement of terror...

I would like to take this opportunity to remind everyone that the False Claims Act is supposed to be a Whistleblower law. Something is strange when there's a 670 Million Dollar settlement under this law and it’s actually pretty hard...

Today's Washington Post has an update on the FBI Bullet-Lead debacle. Lee Wayne Hunt , a North Carolina man who has maintained his innocence since being convicted of murder in 1986, is appealing his case to the North Carolina Supreme Court....