Press Room

Mar 13, 2009. By Alice Lipowicz Four House members are pushing to expand and strengthen whistleblower protections for federal employees and federal contractors’ employees who report frauds and other crimes. Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said March 12 he is supporting the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of […]

Today Rep. Van Hollen Reintroduced A Bill Extending Whistleblower Protection To All Federal Employees Washington D.C., March 12, 2009. The National Whistleblowers Center thanks Representative Van Hollen (D-MD) for his continued support and strongly urges Congress to enact this critical legislation immediately.  Whistleblower protection is absolutely essential to ensure accountability over billions of dollars of […]

WASHINGTON (March 12, 2009) — Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Kensington, is taking another crack at protecting federal employees who report their employers’ wrongs. Van Hollen, along with Reps. Ed Towns, D-N.Y.; Todd Platts, R-Pa.; and Bruce Braley, D-Iowa, reintroduced the Whistleblower Protection Act to Congress Thursday afternoon, after it failed to make it into the […]

By PETE YOST – March 10, 2009 WASHINGTON (AP) – The inspector general for the Commerce Department is trying to force a prominent environmental group to reveal who leaked the Bush administration’s plans to weaken the Endangered Species Act just weeks before President Barack Obama took office. The investigation was triggered by Sen. James Inhofe […]

Washington, D.C. March 9, 2009. Today, during a press conference Senator Claire McCaskill and Representative Chris Van Hollen committed to continuing their efforts to obtain whistleblower protection for all federal employees, including national security employees. Senator McCaskill highlighted the need to continue the fight for whistleblower protection stating, “we have to do more.”  She acknowledged […]