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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit last week dismissed an appeal filed by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) challenging the right of whistleblowers to obtain a financial reward based on disclosing information that results in the criminal prosecution of tax evaders. The case concerned […]

On August 28, 2017, Ensia, an independent, nonprofit magazine presenting perspectives on environmental challenges, published Making It Easier and Safer for Informants to Turn in Wildlife Criminals. The article written by William H. Funk, highlights the National Whistleblower Center’s Global Wildlife Whistleblower Program.   The NWC’s program was a grand prize winner in the Wildlife Crime Tech Challenge in […]

Watch this Washington Post exclusive video on the difference between leakers and whistleblowers. This is crucial for understanding whistleblower rights and protections for our democracy. From the Washington Post: The White House is pledging to crack down on “leakers,” but there are ways to blow the whistle and disclose information lawfully.  Our work on behalf of whistleblowers […]

President Donald Trump and Congressional GOP leaders are now aiming to dismantle the Dodd-Frank Act, and the SEC’s whistleblower program along with it. The SEC’s program, the Office of the Whistleblower is without question one of the most effective whistleblower programs in the country. In a memo, Chairman Jeb Hensarling of the House Financial Services […]