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In the most direct evidence yet tying UBS Chairman Peter Kurer to oversight failures at the Swiss bank, Investment News learned today that the U.S. Justice Department recently criticized as inadequate an internal investigation that he supervised. The 2006 investigation focused on whistleblower allegations that bank managers were encouraging breaches of UBS’s own written policies […]

Most who report retaliation don’t get help or protection. Friday, Feb. 27, 2009. Workplace whistleblowers have little to protect them from retaliation by employers, according to a new study by Congress’ investigative arm. In a report issued Thursday, the Government Accountability Office found that inadequate resources and poor tracking of complaints have left most whistleblowers […]

For Immediate Release Friday, February 27, 2009 Grassley urges the President to change culture of bureaucracy by honoring whistleblowers with a Rose Garden ceremony WASHINGTON — Senator Chuck Grassley today urged President Barack Obama to plan a Rose Garden ceremony to honor whistleblowers in order to strengthen transparency, good government and accountability in the federal […]

Washington, D.C. February 26, 2009.  In 1993, the NWC took on the daunting task of documenting forensic fraud and abuses in the world-renowned FBI crime lab. This effort was led by former FBI SSA Dr. Frederic Whitehurst. As a direct result of information disclosed by Dr. Whitehurst, the U.S. Department of Justice issued an extensive […]

The Rolla Daily News Feb 26, 2009 Senators Chuck Grassley and Claire McCaskill today said that they are working to keep Congress living by the same rules as everybody else. They have introduced legislation that would give the same whistleblower protections to employees in the legislative branch as to those afforded in the executive branch […]