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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 […]

By R. Jeffrey Smith and Joby Warrick 2/18/09 The Washington Post During an election featuring Democratic allegations that U.S. intelligence was distorted to justify a misbegotten war, Barack Obama endorsed new protections for national security officers who blow the whistle on abusive, corrupt or illegal behavior, by offering them the right to sue for damages and challenge […]

By Joe Davidson 2/18/09 The Washington Post Advocates for stronger whistleblower protections who were jumping for joy not long ago are a bit more subdued because those measures were not included in the stimulus package President Obama signed yesterday. Gleeful when the House passed the protections for federal workers and disappointed when the provisions were […]