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Congress Passes “END Wildlife Trafficking Act”
On September 21, 2016, The House of Representatives voted by unanimous consent to pass H.R. 2494, the Eliminate, Neutralize and Disrupt (END) Wildlife Trafficking Act. The bipartisan legislation, designed to combat the growing wildlife trafficking crisis, passed the Senate unanimously...
Encouraging Whistleblower Legislation in West African States
The Economic Community of West African States’, or ECOWAS, recently held a weeklong anti-corruption meeting in Monrovia, Liberia. Attendees included 13 West African countries, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Arms, and international partners. As Tunde Ajisomo, ECOWAS ambassador...
SEC Enforcement Director Speaks on The Impact of the Whistleblower Program
On September 14, 2016, SEC Enforcement Director Andrew Ceresney spoke at the Sixteenth Annual Taxpayers Against Fraud Conference about the SEC’s whistleblower program. His remarks covered issues from the impact of the whistleblower program on the Agency to the role...
NWC Files Amicus in State Farm Ex Rel. Rigsby
Today, the National Whistleblower Center filed an Amicus (friend of the court) brief in State Farm Fire and Casualty Company v. U.S. ex rel. Rigsby. Having suffered a 758-thousand-dollar jury verdict for defrauding the Government following Hurricane Katrina, State Farm...
House Intel Claim that Snowden Had Whistleblower Protection Is False and Misleading
In a brief 3-page report dated September 15, 2016, the House Intelligence Committee concluded that Edward Snowden “was not a whistleblower” because there were “laws and regulations in effect at the time” that “afforded him protection” and he failed to...
Blowing the Whistle to Promote Sustainable Oceans
Today marks the start of the third Our Ocean conference hosted by Secretary of State John F. Kerry. The conference, which is being held in Washington, DC from September 15-16, 2016, will focus on marine protected areas, sustainable fisheries, and...
SEC Whistleblower Awards Top $100 Million
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced August 30, 2016, that it has awarded over $100 million to whistleblowers since its inception in 2011. The SEC’s whistleblower program was established by Congress to incentivize whistleblowers with specific, timely and credible...
DOL Issues New Whistleblower Protections for Seamen
The Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) new whistleblower protections for sailors will go into effect on Thursday. OSHA issued these new protections in its "Procedures for Handling of Retaliation Complaints Under the Employee Protection Provision of...
IRS Whistleblower Office Releases Information on Claim Process
September 12, 2016. Washington, D.C. The Internal Revenue Service's Whistleblower Office recently released Publication 5251 - The Whistleblower Claim Process. The new publication provides clarity on: What qualifies for an award, How whistleblowers submit a claim for award, What happens...
SEC Enforcement Director Speaks on The Impact of the Whistleblower Program
On September 14, 2016, SEC Enforcement Director Andrew Ceresney spoke at the Sixteenth Annual Taxpayers Against Fraud Conference about the SEC’s whistleblower program. His remarks covered issues from the impact of the whistleblower program on the Agency to the role...
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