Press Room

July 6, 2009 Take Action! The Senate is holding a hearing on the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act today. The public hearing will be held in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 342 at 2:30 PM. Please attend if you are in the DC area or you can watch live online by clicking here. Now is […]

National Whistleblowers Center Calls for Immediate Review of Lame Duck MSPB Appointees Washington, D.C. June 24, 2009.   On June 22, 2009, the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) issued a long awaited ruling in Robert J. MacLean v. Department of Homeland Security Agency.  Mr. MacLean blew the whistle on the Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Agency […]

Washington, D.C. June 8, 2009.  Statement issued by Stephen M. Kohn, Executive Director of the National Whistleblowers Center regarding today’s hearing on whistleblower protections before the Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Colombia: “We thank Senator Daniel Akaka for conducting this […]

By Steve Eder NEW YORK, June 5 (Reuters) – John P. McMurray made it clear to his Countrywide Financial Corp bosses that they were playing a dangerous game with risk. But they didn’t listen. Even so, he is being called a hero. Warnings from McMurray are cited often in a lawsuit filed by the U.S. […]