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NPR
April 28, 2018
Last year, the Trump administration tried to solve this problem by creating a new VA office designed to shield whistleblowers from retaliation. The problem of whistleblower retaliation further shines a light on the growing dysfunction inside the VA, which still awaits a permanent chief after Rear Adm. RonnyÃâà...
Government Accountability Project (blog)
April 28, 2018
Which federal court should you use if you're a whistleblower ready to report fraud against the government by filing a complaint under the federal False Claims Act? Of course, there are legal limitations. But there's also a common-sense answer, now supported by data: If you can, you should find a judicialÃâà...
Whistleblowers Protection Blog (blog)
April 27, 2018
Moreover, whistleblower protections under the FCPA apply to African youth. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which enforces the FCPA, rewards whistleblowers that expose such cases. As FCPA provisions against bribery can apply outside of the U.S., so do whistleblower protections andÃâà...
CNN
April 27, 2018
In an interview with CNN's Chris Cuomo, former Cambridge Analytica employee turned whistleblower Christopher Wylie said that Russian President Vladimir Putin was the only foreign leader they did message testing on while Wylie worked there before the 2016 election. Source: CNN. Home Ãâ÷ U.S..
Tampabay.com
April 25, 2018
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Auditor Dave Yost's opponent in the state attorney general's race said Tuesday that Yost should immediately have referred to authorities a whistleblower's allegations that the state's then-largest online charter school intentionally inflated attendance figures. The RepublicanÃâà...
InvestmentNews
April 25, 2018
Employees who report corporate wrongdoing are offered financial incentives and protection from retaliation under the Dodd-Frank law, but the law left a lingering question of which whistleblowers are protected. In a series of recent rulings, U.S. judges have narrowed the definition of what merits a shieldÃâà...
New York Times
March 31, 2018
Christopher Wylie, the Cambridge Analytica whistle-blower, brought Canada into a story that's drawn intense scrutiny to Facebook this week. And it's not just because he's from Victoria, British Columbia. After focusing close attention on the social network with the disclosure that Cambridge used personalÃâà...
MSNBC
March 31, 2018
Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wiley talks to Ari Melber ahead of his testimony before Congress. Wiley says he hopes to urge congress that the scandal is beyond the Facebook “a data leak” and could impact “national security”. Wiley reveals work the Trump data firm did for a Russian oilÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 31, 2018
Judge Throws Out Lawsuit Brought by Fired Iowa Whistleblower. A judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by a fired ... He wrote that Hedlund and other state officers cannot bring wrongful termination lawsuits under an Iowa law intended to protect whistleblowers. Instead, May agreed with the state that theyÃâà...
CNET
March 31, 2018
If it weren't for three whistleblowers, who knows how Takata's awful airbag scandal would have played out. ... All have attempted to receive awards through the Motor Vehicle Safety Whistleblower Act, which allows the government to award money to those who help uncover big issues in the automotiveÃâà...
Radio Iowa
March 30, 2018
The Iowa House has unanimously passed a bill designed to shield “whistleblowers” in state government from retaliation if they go to the state auditor with complaints. “It's a short and simple bill, but it is very good public policy,” says Representative Bobby Kaufmann, a Republican from Wilton. Kaufmann isÃâà...
Haaretz
March 30, 2018
In March 1988, Mordechai Vanunu, a junior technician at the Nuclear Research Center in Dimona, was convicted of espionage and treason, after having made available to unauthorized persons photographs and information about the reactor in that southern Israeli city. A year and a half earlier, he had beenÃâà...
CNET
March 29, 2018
BuzzFeed said Eunoia may never have officially launched and that another source said the startup couldn't secure funding. During a Tuesday hearing before the House of Commons' select committee on culture, Wylie told UK lawmakers that his move toward becoming a whistleblower started when TrumpÃâà...
Whistleblowers Protection Blog (blog)
March 29, 2018
The whistleblowers challenged the denial in Tax Court and prevailed. However, the DOJ and IRS challenged this finding in the Court of Appeals. Today, at the request of DOJ, that appeal will be dismissed, and the two whistleblowers will become the first persons to obtain a whistleblower reward based on aÃâà...
Whistleblowers Protection Blog (blog)
March 29, 2018
Will Kramer knows what it means to be a whistleblower. As a former investigative staffer in the Senate, Kramer has ample experience working with whistleblowers. Later while serving as a health safety consultant, Kramer became one himself when he uncovered deeply disturbing conditions and improperÃâà...
Allentown Morning Call
March 28, 2018
In an opinion Tuesday, the state Supreme Court ruled Bailets can collect the damages for his emotional suffering after the justices unanimously rejected a claim by the turnpike commission that Pennsylvania's Whistleblower Law doesn't let wrongly fired workers recoup money other than lost wages.
New York Times
March 28, 2018
LONDON — The whistle-blower Christopher Wylie held a roomful of British lawmakers rapt for three and a half hours on Tuesday, like a pink-haired, ... she hoped that employees of large technology companies would come forward more, looking at whistle-blowers like Mr. Wylie and Edward J. Snowden.
Aljazeera.com
March 28, 2018
Zuckerberg turned down a similar request from British MPs to answer questions on the role of the data firm Cambridge Analytica in the US presidential election campaign. But the whistle-blower behind the scandal did agree to give evidence and, in doing so, revealed that the Brexit vote was also subject toÃâà...
CNN
March 24, 2018
London (CNN) One of the first uses of a trove of Facebook data on tens of millions of Americans that has thrown Facebook and Cambridge Analytica into crisis this week was in 2014 by a super PAC run by John Bolton, President Donald Trump's new national security adviser, two former CambridgeÃâà...
Maine Public
March 23, 2018
Joel Clement, former director of the Office of Policy Analysis and top climate change policy official at the U.S. Department of the Interior, was recently demoted along with other climate policy experts. Clement was also a whistleblower on the Trump administration's policy of reassigning employees to encourage them to leaveÃâà...
Whistleblowers Protection Blog (blog)
March 23, 2018
This legislation, if implemented, would provide key protections for federal employee whistleblowers. It would also ameliorate the convoluted process currently in place for Congressional employees to report instances of sexual harassment, assault, or discrimination. The Senate may pass these reforms asÃâà...
CNBC
March 18, 2018
Christopher Wylie, a whistleblower who revealed the role played by data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica in obtaining data from Facebook users, said on Sunday he was blocked by the social media network. On Twitter, Wylie claimed his account was suspended after he spoke up about his role in anÃâà...
Financial Advisor IQ
March 15, 2018
... SEC, say lawyers who advise whistleblowers. Attorneys reached this conclusion after the U.S. Supreme Court last month raised higher barriers around who could claim protection under the whistleblower anti-retaliation provisions of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
DeSmog UK
March 15, 2018
There are fears that in its current form, major stories could go unreported due to the special statues of 'trade secrets', which threatens the rights of whistle-blowers and the ability of reporters to expose wrongdoing. The letter to the minister points out that the EU directive was subject to corporate capture, andÃâà...
Law.com
March 15, 2018
Dodd-Frank purports to protect “whistleblowers,” which it defines as individuals who provide “information relating to a violation of the securities laws to the Commission.” However, elsewhere in the statute, Dodd-Frank states that it protects a whistleblower who makes “disclosures that are required orÃâà...
Law.com
March 14, 2018
A U.S. Labor Department judge raised concerns about the breadth of a Wells Fargo whistleblower settlement, saying the release of claims was too broad. ... A judge at the U.S. Labor Department this month refused to sign off on a settlement between Wells Fargo & Co. and a whistleblower, calling the scopeÃâà...
WWBT NBC12 News
March 14, 2018
Even after that action was proposed, the whistleblower was not given any meaningful work. "It's a public concern, because that's taxpayer money. I remained on a detail to no duties, making well over $90,000," said Hudson. Hudson says leaving is bittersweet, but she believes fighting for what she believesÃâà...
Whistleblowers Protection Blog (blog)
March 13, 2018
“Working under the current law raises serious issues as to whether the whistleblower can ever be truly protected,” he continued. Mr. Kohn suggested that when informing whistleblowers of their rights, the NSA should make clear that 1) contractor employees have protections under the False Claims Act andÃâà...
Mirror.co.uk
March 12, 2018
Two whistleblowers were punished for trying to expose Britain's worst child abuse scandal which affected up to 1,000 girls for 40 years, the Mirror can reveal today. A Labour MP last night joined calls for a public inquiry after girls as young as 11 were lured from families to be drugged, beaten and raped inÃâà...
The Times
March 11, 2018
A second Russian who fled to Britain following a battle with the Kremlin may also have been fatally poisoned with a nerve agent. Alexander Perepilichnyy, a businessman who blew the whistle on an alleged Ãâã150m tax fraud by Russian officials, may have been killed in a brazen chemical attack in Surrey inÃâà...
Independent Online
March 11, 2018
Johannesburg - The disappearance of non-profit organisation (NPO) A re Agang deputy director Nomawethu Kunene fits the pattern of ruthless perpetrators of state looting, the Democratic Alliance said on Sunday. Her disappearance was alarming, as Kunene appeared to become the target of harassment,Ãâà...
Times LIVE
March 11, 2018
That is what Eskom's head of legal compliance Suzanne Daniels said on Sunday in an interview with eNCA. “You want to get some normality back into your life‚ but it's changed forever‚” Daniels said. “When it's you‚ the person that is affected‚ it's a whole different ball game. Objective and rationally you knowÃâà...
Whistleblowers Protection Blog (blog)
March 10, 2018
Earlier today, the National Whistleblower Center (NWC) joined a friend-of-the-court brief filed with the Supreme Court in support of FBI whistleblower John Parkinson's petition for certiorari, seeking review of the Federal Circuit's decision denying veterans' preference-eligible FBI employees the right to raiseÃâà...
FEDweek
March 9, 2018
The Office of Special Counsel says it has resolved a whistleblower retaliation complaint in which the employee's reputation as a whistleblower and for cooperating with the agency IG was a factor. The case involved a National Science Foundation employee who contended that he suffered retaliationÃâà...
CNN
March 9, 2018
(CNN) Democrats say a whistleblower who has been a key component of a Republican-led investigation that's targeted Hillary Clinton's role in the approval a uranium sale to a Russian state energy company provided Congress with no evidence of wrongdoing involving Clinton, President Bill Clinton or theÃâà...
FEDweek
March 7, 2018
A federal appeals court has found that the MSPB took too narrow a view of whistleblower protections, agreeing with the Office of Special Counsel that an ... Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the OSC intervened on his side, arguing that the merit board had created a procedural hurdle for whistleblowers not inÃâà...
Whistleblowers Protection Blog (blog)
March 7, 2018
Yesterday, a delegation from the Republic of Armenia visited the National Whistleblower Center (NWC) for a presentation about best practices to fight corruption and the implementation of whistleblower laws. The visit was facilitated by the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), an initiative of theÃâà...
Law.com
March 7, 2018
The settlement in the whistleblower suit would help his client prevail in a separate dispute over his pension, Cohen said. Cohen said in court papers opposing the attorney general's bid to impose additional terms on the settlement that the state's demand to impose taxes on the entire $1.3 million appearedÃâà...
Springfield News-Leader
March 7, 2018
The title and job description of the spokesperson position have been changed. The pay remains the same. Loading… Post to Facebook. Now hiring: Greene County seeks to fill position vacated by whistleblower The title and job description of the spokesperson position have been changed. The pay remainsÃâà...
Whistleblowers Protection Blog (blog)
March 7, 2018
In Digital Realty Trust v. Somers the Supreme Court issued a destructive decision that will have far-reaching consequences for whistleblowers. Seemingly unaware of the practical consequences of its decision, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled to leave whistleblowers who report internally withoutÃâà...
Politico
March 6, 2018
A HUD employee has accused Secretary Ben Carson of conducting a "witch hunt" against a whistleblower and painted a picture of chaos and mismanagement that could hinder a congressional investigation into the agency. In a Tuesday email to Carson and other HUD officials, Marcus SmallwoodÃâà...
Just Security
March 5, 2018
Last week, a federal judge dismissed a complaint by a CIA whistleblower (and spy), who goes by the pseudonym James Pars. The ruling by Judge Trevor McFadden could affect the willingness of whistleblowers to step forward in the future. Pars' case wasn't so much about his whistleblowingÃâà...
Whistleblowers Protection Blog (blog)
March 5, 2018
The 90th Academy Awards yesterday featured a diverse set of films nominated for Best Picture, including a whistleblower film called The Post. Based on a true story, the movie centers on the fight to publish top-secret U.S. government information on the Vietnam War leaked by whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg.
GovExec.com
March 5, 2018
The intelligence community whistleblower ombudsman threatened with firing last year has received a show of support from two nonprofits long critical of enforcement of disclosure rights in the national security workforce. The Government Accountability Project and the Project on Government Oversight onÃâà...
Whistleblowers Protection Blog (blog)
March 2, 2018
The Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Rewards Act (H.R. 5101), would establish a rewards program for whistleblowers who notify the U.S. government of assets in U.S. financial institutions that are linked to foreign corruption, allowing authorities to recover and return these assets and prevent further enabling ofÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 1, 2018
Judge Allows Lawsuit Over Ag Whistleblower Law to Proceed. A federal judge has denied the state's motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging a 2012 law that made it illegal to get a job at a livestock farm through misrepresentation to conduct an animal cruelty undercover investigation. March 1, 2018, at 7:39Ãâà...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
March 1, 2018
Rannazzisi was a whistleblower in a "60 Minutes"-Washington Post investigation last year. The report detailed how the drug industry used its influence in Congress and in the executive branch to take away the DEA's most potent tool for stopping drug companies suspected of allowing drugs to wind up in theÃâà...
Whistleblowers Protection Blog (blog)
March 1, 2018
Stephen M. Kohn, Executive Director of the National Whistleblower Center, said: “Without strong oversight from GRECO, whistleblower laws in Europe will never be effective. GRECO must act to ensure that whistleblowers such as Mr. Atanasov are not subjected to any retaliation, and that the Civil Law onÃâà...
W*USA 9
March 1, 2018
While the article doesn't name Cunningham, some are outing him as the Whistleblower, saying it was too convenient he went missing. YourNewsWire.com made several false statements in their article including that the flu vaccine is only 10 percent effective (it's not--it's 36% effective according to healthÃâà...
GovExec.com
March 1, 2018
“The only place where Pars can go now is to Congress or the intel community IG,” said Irvin McCullough, an investigator for the Government Accountability Project, which represents whistleblowers. The judge's finding of no private right of action is “coupled with executive and legislative inaction on whistleblower problemsÃâà...
