Press Room

Thirteen national security whistleblowers on Monday, May 11, sent President Barack Obama an open letter asking that he take immediate steps to end the “second-class status” of federal employees like themselves and to criminalize bureaucratic retaliation against government workers who exercise their free speech rights in the public interest. To read the press release please click here.

Washington Post. May 1, 2009.  A bipartisan group from the House wants President Obama to put the power of his administration behind whistleblowers. In a letter sent to him yesterday, the representatives urged the president to support legislation that would strengthen whistleblower protections and to issue an Executive Order. The suggested order would establish a […]

A Food and Drug Administration employee who accused her boss of sex discrimination and won a judgment said the agency has asked her to resign as part of a settlement. An administrative law judge at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission found in August 2008 that the FDA promoted a hostile work environment in the case […]

By James Rogers TheStreet.com, April 27, 2009 The Securities & Exchange Commission may pay whistleblowers in an attempt to overcome its lack of resources and clamp down on financial fraud, according to chairwoman Mary Schapiro. Speaking at the Society of American Business Writers and Editors’ conference in Denver, Colo., Schapiro explained that the SEC will […]

Fraud Factor The New York Times, April 18, 2009