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Inspector General Substantiates Whistleblower Claim: Public Health Emergency Fund Was Misappropriated
A whistleblower complaint has led to an investigation of federal officials’ misappropriation of funds earmarked for biomedical research, finding that hundreds of millions of dollars were misused over the past decade. The Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human...
WNN Exclusive: MSPB Confirms Backlog of 3118 Federal Employment Cases
In response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by Whistleblower Network News, the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) has confirmed that there is a current backlog of 3118 federal employee cases at the Board. Of these, 774...
Buttigieg Remains Silent on DOT’s Failure to Enact Auto Safety Whistleblower Program
Pete Buttigieg, former Mayor of South Bend, Indiana and President Biden’s nomination to be the Secretary of Transportation, has commented widely on the different priorities the Department of Transportation (DOT) would have under his leadership. On January 21, the Senate...
Special Chicago Police Force Engaging in Illegal Quota-Based Policing, Lieutenant Alleges in Whistleblower Suit
A lieutenant with the Chicago Police Department (CPD) has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the City of Chicago, alleging that he was retaliated against for raising concerns about and refusing to engage in an illegal quota-based policing system that his...
Executive Order Fails to Address Problems Plaguing OSHA Whistleblower Program
On January 21, President Biden issued an Executive Order on Protecting Worker Health and Safety. A part of the President’s National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness, the Executive Order instructs the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)...
Migrant Farm Worker Wins Increased COVID-19 Protections for Workplace Following Lawsuit
"I want to work, but I also want to live." These are the words of Maria de los Angeles Calzada Navarrete, a migrant agricultural farmworker who just successfully sued for increased COVID-19 protections in her workplace. Previously, she had allegedly...
DOJ Report: Over Two-Thirds Of 2020 FCA Recoveries Come From Qui Tam Whistleblowers
According to a January 14 press release from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), $2.2 billion was recovered through False Claims Act (FCA) settlements and judgements in the 2020 fiscal year. More than two-thirds of that total ($1.6 billion) came...
IUCN Motions Essential In Guiding New International Whistleblower Law, Environmental Whistleblower Policy Expert Explains
New resolutions approved by the members of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) may serve as a guiding star for governments looking to combat the destruction of natural resources and wildlife trafficking, says Scott Hajost, a leading international...
Whistleblower Complaint Leads to SEC Investigation of Exxon
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched an investigation of ExxonMobil Corp (Exxon), according to The Wall Street Journal. The investigation was launched in response to a whistleblower complaint filed with the SEC last fall that alleges Exxon...
Blowing the Whistle on Illegal Fishing: A UN Webinar
Illegal fishing is one of the most under-prioritized environmental and economic crimes in our world today. Up to 28 million tons of fish valued at $10-23 billion are caught illegally every year, according to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization....
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