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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 […]

Wall Street Journal, February 26, 2009 By ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON and MELANIE TROTTMA WASHINGTON- President Barack Obama’s budget calls for billions of dollars in new spending to enforce stricter controls on business, signaling a decisive end to the era of deregulation under President George W. Bush. The Obama budget plan would spend more on the agencies […]

THOMAS BEAUMONT Demoinesregister.com Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley today said he was introducing a bill that would specifically protect from retaliation congressional employees who report violations or laws or regulations. The Republican senator also has recently proposed updating the False Claims Act, a law that encourages whistleblowers to report governmental fraud and abuse. “Today, I’m introducing […]

In the hush-hush world of Swiss banking, the unthinkable is happening: secrets are spilling into the open. UBS, the largest bank in Switzerland, agreed Wednesday to divulge the names of well-heeled U.S. clients whom the authorities suspect of using offshore accounts at the bank to evade taxes. The bank admitted conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service […]