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Sputnik News published an interview today with National Whistleblower Center Executive Director Stephen M. Kohn. In the interview Mr. Kohn discusses the fact that US intelligence agencies are failing to use the skills of Arab-American employees in the War on...

Dr. Frederic Whitehurst, the FBI scientist who blew the whistle on misconduct at the FBI crime lab, was recently interviewed by Andrew Cohen of The Marshall Project.  In the interview Dr. Whitehurst discusses the recent admission by the FBI of "errors"...

USDOL/OALJ Reporter Decisions of the Administrative Review Board March 2015  Review summaries Abdur-Rahman v. Dekalb County, ARB Nos. 13-080, -085, ALJ Nos. 2006-WPC-2 and 3 (ARB Mar. 30, 2015) Final Decision and Order Affirming Award of Attorney's Fees and Costs...

Bradley Birkenfeld, former UBS banker turned whistleblower tells his story in an article released today by CNBC's Eamon Javers. Why did the US pay this former Swiss banker $104M? is accompanied by several short videos of the the interview Javers conducted with...

Chicago, IL.  April 30, 2015.  Today SEC Chair Mary Jo White gave a major public presentation endorsing the SEC whistleblower program and explaining how whistleblowers now play a central role in protecting U.S. financial markets. Stephen M. Kohn, executive director...

The Department of Justice recently announced the settlements, listed below, in False Claims Act cases. The False Claims Act permits private parties to sue on behalf of the government those who falsely claim federal funds or avoid paying funds owed...

U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), and Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-CA) today introduced the Legal Justice for Servicemembers Act. This legislation would strengthen the protections for military whistleblowers and ensure that servicemembers receive...

The SEC Office of the Whistleblower post Notices of Covered Action where a final judgment or order, by itself or together with other prior judgments or orders in the same action issued after July 21, 2010, results in monetary sanctions exceeding $1...

USDOL/OALJ Reporter Decisions of the Administrative Review Board February 2015 See Case summaries:   International Assoc. of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, ARB No. 13-086 (ARB Feb. 27, 2015) Final Decision and Order PDF Summary: The ARB summarily affirmed the Principal...

On April 13, 2015, the House subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs heard testimony on whistleblower retaliation within the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA). The hearing focused on the treatment of whistleblowers within the VA,...