Press Room

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 […]

WASHINGTON — The recent approval of a new device to treat knee injuries followed a lobbying campaign that overcame repeated rejections by scientists within the Food and Drug Administration, agency documents show. The FDA’s internal dissent over Menaflex, which targets the most-common knee injury afflicting everyone from high-school athletes to baby boomers, is straining a […]

Washington, D.C. March 5, 2009. The National Whistleblowers Center (NWC) applauds President Barack Obama’s commitment to crack down on federal contract abuse, especially in the defense industry.  As President Obama observed, the contracting process is “plagued by massive cost overruns and outright fraud.” According to Michael D. Kohn, General Counsel of the NWC, “Federal employees […]