National Whistleblower Day News

Thank you for a great 2018. The National Whistleblower Center recently released its 2018 End-of-Year Report which summarizes several victories for whistleblowers.  See below. In 2018, the NWC continued its work to strengthen whistleblower protections and incentives, defend whistleblowers’ rights, and educate people at home and abroad about the power of whistleblowers in combating fraud […]

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, […]

Each year since 2013, the Senate has passed a non-binding resolution marking July 30th as National Whistleblower Day. However, more needs to be done. Whistleblowers have played a critical role in upholding America democracy, and rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse. They should be celebrated and recognized for doing so. National Whistleblower Center is current […]