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WASHINGTON, D.C. | September 7, 2018. This summer CBS News’ Whistleblower drew praise as it gave whistleblowers prime time  exposure. Each week introduced “cases in which ordinary people step up to do the extraordinary by risking their careers, their families and even their lives to ensure others are not harmed or killed by unchecked, unethical corporate greed,” […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. | August 31, 2018. On May 8, 2018, Representative Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU) and Don Young (R-AK), introduced H.R. 5697, the Wildlife Conservation and Anti-Trafficking Act (WCATA) of 2018. The bipartisan bill will “support wildlife conservation, improve anti-trafficking enforcement, [and] provide dedicated funding for wildlife conservation at no expense to the taxpayer.” It includes critical whistleblower provisions […]

Read the National Whistleblower Day program and press packet to learn more about the history of National Whistleblower Day, and see the full list of speakers. If you are a member of the press who would like to attend the event, please contact jm@whistleblowers.org.

The resolution was introduced by Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and cosponsored by all members of the bipartisan Senate Whistleblower Protection Caucus. The idea for National Whistleblower Day was first sparked by the re-discovery of America’s first whistleblower law, enacted on July 30, 1778. The rediscovery was based on original historical research published in The Whistleblower’s Handbook, […]

I’m proud to be a whistleblower. I knew I did the right thing by reporting fraud within the FBI. Last week, the National Whistleblower Center asked you to watch a speech where former FBI Director James Comey spoke about whistleblowers. Director Comey talked about my case in that speech (referring to me as “Michael Kobus”), […]