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By Jim Abrams Associated Press Thursday, January 29, 2009; A17 The House voted yesterday to strengthen whistleblower protections for federal employees, including those working for the Transportation Security Administration and others employed in national security areas. The bill also would create specific protections for those who expose abuses of authority by those trying to manipulate […]

Speaker of House Nancy Pelosi issued a press release expressing her support for the whistleblower amendment to the stimulus bill. Speaker Pelosi stated that “It is inconceivable that the people’s business had been conducted for so long without ‘whistleblower’ protections to encourage every public employee to do the right thing.” The Speaker’s press release is […]

 Click plattsamend to read the amendment. Washington, D.C. January 28, 2009. Today, our seven organizations strongly urge all members of the House of Representatives to pass a bipartisan amendment that would bring genuine accountability and oversight to the stimulus spending bill, H.R. 1. We applaud Representatives Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Todd R. Platts (R-PA) for offering an […]

On January 28, 2009 the U.S. House of Representatives passed a highly controversial amendment to the stimulus bill which included whistleblower protections for federal employees.  Although endorsed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi in her floor speech, this amendment faces opposition in the U.S. Senate. The National Whistleblowers Center has three experienced whistleblower advocates/attorneys, Stephen M. Kohn , David K. Colapinto , and Michael D. […]

Nine dissident scientists at the Food and Drug Administration who say they were forced to approve high-risk medical devices sent a letter to President Obama on Monday stating that agency officials might have made them the targets of a criminal investigation into their complaints. “It has been brought to our attention that F.D.A. management may […]