Press Room

Washington, D.C. September 6, 2012 – Today, the National Whistleblower Center released a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Douglas Shulman concerning changes necessary to make the whistleblower program effective. The NWC letter addresses a key part of the IRS whistleblower statute that potentially limits the award provided to a whistleblower who has “planned and initiated” […]

Washington, D.C. August 21, 2012 – Under a new program championed by the National Whistleblower Center (NWC) to reduce securities fraud, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today announced its first SEC whistleblower award of nearly $50,000. The SEC’s announcement is the mark of success for its new Whistleblower Program, which was established one year ago after […]

The Food and Drug Administration denies that it targeted more than five of its scientists or any congressional staff, outside medical experts or journalists in a surveillance operation to identify who leaked confidential information to the media. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, called on the Justice Department this week to investigate what he deemed the FDA’s […]

Washington, D.C. July 14, 2012. Today, the New York Times released a groundbreaking story on the government’s secret spying program on a group of whistleblowers employed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Stephen M. Kohn, the Executive Director of the National Whistleblower Center and the lead attorney for the FDA whistleblowers, issued the following statement: We hope that […]

Washington DC. July 12, 2012. Senator Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) has announced his objection to the Senate’s consideration of two nominees for Assistant Secretary positions at the Treasury Department. The announcement came yesterday after the Treasury Department failed to respond to the Senator’s inquiry about the IRS Whistleblower Program holding up to Congressional intent and […]