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Senate Judiciary Committee Unanimously Approves FBI Whistleblower Reform
Today the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved the FBI Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act, a bi-partisan bill designed to protect FBI whistleblowers. The bill, introduced by Committee Chair Chuck Grassley and Ranking Member Patrick Leahy, will reform current FBI whistleblower protections...
National Whistleblower Center presents original documents showing the intent of the False Claims Act
The National Whistleblower Center recently filed an Amicus (friend of the court) brief in the case Universal Health Services v. U.S. ex rel. Escobar. The legal issue behind the case concerns the False Claims Act, America’s premier whistleblower law and...
Sen. Grassley Urges Senate to Pass IG Empowerment Act
https://youtu.be/w4bAb622_v0 Yesterday, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) delivered a floor statement before the Senate in support of the Inspector General Empowerment Act of 2015 (S. 579). Grassley is a co-sponsor of this bi-partisan bill that aims to expand the independence of...
Tax Court Decision: Congress Needs to Act to Ensure No Holiday for Big Time Tax Cheats
Washington, D.C. March 15, 2016. The Tax Court in Whistleblower 22716-13W v. CIR(146 TC 6) decided March 14, 2016 held that the term “additional amounts” as used in 7623(b)(5)(B) does not include FBAR civil penalties. FBAR civil penalties are a...
National Whistleblower Center Joins World Wildlife Day Movement
The National Whistleblower Center has sent some of our staff to attend today's World Wildlife Day (WWD) events in New York City and Washington D.C. They will be meeting with international leaders and organizers who are leading the charge to...
Presidential Task Force on Wildlife Highlights Importance of Whistleblowers on World Wildlife Day
Today, the Departments of Justice, State, and the Interior, co-hosted a panel discussion with the Presidential Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking to celebrate “World Wildlife Day.” John C. Cruden, Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, underscored...
Crucial Reforms Introduced to Protect Whistleblowers on Wall Street
Today, Congressman Elijah Cummings and Senator Tammy Baldwin introduced the Whistleblower Augmented Reward and Nonretaliation Act (WARN Act). The WARN Act provides vital reforms enabling whistleblowers to attain rewards and be protected for reporting violations of banking laws under the Financial...
Sounding the Alarm: U.S. Whistleblower’s Involvement in French UBS Investigation
This past Saturday, February 20, 2016, Le Parisien/Aujourd'hui en France revealed the contents of an internal UBS memo that discussed “navigating below the radar screen” to grow its business by enticing French clients to hide their money in Swiss bank...
IRS Whistleblower Program Continues Improvements
This was a banner year for the IRS Whistleblower Program. In its annual report to Congress, released February 10, 2016, the IRS said it paid 99 awards totaling more than $103 million. Stephen M. Kohn, Executive Director of the National...
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