Press Room

Official Recognition Sought for Founding Fathers’ Support of the First American Whistleblowers of 1777  Washington, D.C. June 13, 2011.  Today, the National Whistleblowers Center (NWC) issued a call-to-action requesting that the President of the United States and Congress declare July 30th as National Whistleblower Day. As set forth in today’s op-ed piece by Stephen M. […]

Washington D.C. May 25, 2011. Today, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced rules to implement the whistleblower provisions in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.  The rules will have a major impact on the ability of corporate employees to report fraud and protect the integrity of financial markets. According to the Fact Sheet issued […]

Blow the whistle on financial fraud, earn valuable rewards. The Securities and Exchange Commission approved rules Wednesday that could make it highly lucrative for Wall Street whistleblowers and other corporate insiders to alert the agency to securities violations. The agency was acting at the behest of Congress and President Obama, who mandated the rewards last […]

Washington D.C. May 24, 2011.  Tomorrow, May 25th at 9:30 a.m. EST, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will meet to vote on its final rules for the whistleblower provisions in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.  The rules will directly relate to the new “bounty” provisions in the Securities Exchange Act, which requires […]

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s new whistleblower program is attracting far fewer snitches than expected despite richer rewards to entice tipsters to come forward, The Post has learned. The corporate watchdog has received just 168 complaints alleging corporate fraud in the first 6½ months of the program’s existence, according to data the SEC provided to […]