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Representative Issa Calls FDA Purpose “Unlawful” Washington DC. February 10, 2012. Representative Darrell Issa, Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, launched an investigation into the FDA’s targeting of whistleblowers for highly intrusive monitoring and computerized searches. In a letter to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, Representative Issa said that interfering with an “employee’s right to provide […]

Washington, D.C. February 9, 2012.  Today, the United States government and numerous state governments reached a settlement agreement with five major banks to resolve lawsuits and investigations concerning foreclosure-abuses that fueled the financial “meltdown” and forced millions of Americans out of their homes. David K. Colapinto, the General Counsel of the National Whistleblowers Center, and […]

FDA Spy Program Documents Linked Here As reported in today’s Washington Post, six current and former employees of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)have filed a complaint against the FDA in U.S. District Court. The employees are seeking an injunction to stop the agency from illegally spying on employees’ privatecommunications to Congress and other oversight agencies. Linked here are key documents […]

Washington, D.C. February 6, 2014. NWC Executive Director, Stephen Kohn, was a guest panelist at a forum regarding “Accountability in Government” held by the Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program. Representatives of 19 countries including, Belize, Botswana, Brazil, Cambodia, Croatia, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Ghana, India, Iraq, Jordan, Latvia, Lesotho, Macedonia, Nigeria, Slovakia, Tanzania, and […]

Senator Grassley Asks If FDA Monitored All Employees the Same as Whistleblowers Washington, D.C. February 2, 2012.  Senator Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) launched an investigation in response to a lawsuit filed by six FDA whistleblowers and documents released by the National Whistleblowers Center that show the FDA targeted whistleblowers for special monitoring and intercepted personal communications to Congress, including emails to […]