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John Kostyack, the executive director of the National Whistleblower Center (NWC), contextualized the comments of the keynote speakers at the National Whistleblower Day Celebration by quoting the late Representative John Lewis: “Get in good trouble. Get in necessary trouble and...

Whistleblower experts agree that before blowing the whistle, individuals should seek legal counsel to learn what tools are available to whistleblowers. As part of this year’s National Whistleblower Day celebration on July 30, experts discussed tools available for individuals who...

Employees of the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) have filed a whistleblower complaint about the director, president, and CEO of the DIA Salvador Salort-Pons and the DIA Chairman of the Board Eugene Gargaro Jr., according to Artnet News. The complaint...

Reality Winner, the National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower convicted of leaking details of a 2016 Russian cyberattack on U.S. voting software, has tested positive for coronavirus in a Texas federal prison, along with over 500 women. Almost 40% of the...

The Benton County Deputy Sheriff’s Guild (BCDSG) in Kennewick, Washington, has unanimously voted to recall Sheriff Jerry Hatcher. A whistleblower prompted an independent investigation into Hatcher when they alleged that Hatcher violated anti-discrimination and harassment policy laws, according to BCDSG’s...

The UK made history in 1998 when it became the first country in Europe and just the second in the world – behind the US – to pass a designated whistleblower protection law. Since then, the Public Interest Disclosure Act...

On June 18, the U.S. Department of Labor Administrative Review Board (ARB) ruled that an employee’s complaint about theoretical violations of the Dodd-Frank Act does not constitute protected activity under the Dodd-Frank whistleblower protection provisions.  The ruling concerns Bryan Horn...

On July 23, a group of whistleblower advocacy and government accountability organizations sent an open letter to Congress, to urge the passage of legislation to protect coronavirus whistleblowers.  Specifically, the groups wrote in support of the COVID-19 Whistleblower Protection Act. ...

Gavin Guerra’s Let the People Decide takes an unflinching look at the unsettling similarities between the voter suppression laws of the Jim Crow era South and modern attempts to restrict voting rights. The documentary is part of the Ninth Annual...

During a panel on climate change, hosted July 30 by the National Whistleblower Center (NWC),  experts discussed how the current financial distress of the fossil fuel industry creates the potential for fraud. The panel pointed to the NWC’s recent report...