Press Releases

Washington, D.C. April 24, 2008. In 1996, Congress – in a middle-of-the-night backroom deal – reversed nearly eighty years of tax law. They stripped whistleblowers (along with all other victims of civil rights violations) of their right to be “made whole” after suffering emotional distress or loss of reputation. Attorneys for the National Whistleblowers Center, […]

Washington, D.C. April 21, 2008. — The United States Supreme Court announced its decision not to grant certiorari in the case of Murphy v. IRS. The order, posted on the Court’s website this morning, means that the IRS can continue to tax non-pecuniary compensatory damages awarded to victims of whistleblower retaliation and other civil rights […]

February 27, 2008. Washington, D.C. The Senate Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing entitled “The False Claims Act Correction Act (S. 2041): Strengthening the Government’s Most Effective Tool Against Fraud for the 21st Century” on Wednesday, February 27, 2008. Stephen M. Kohn, President of the National Whistleblowers Center, submitted written testimony to the committee […]

February 27, 2008. Washington, D.C. The National Whistleblowers Center has joined an amicus curiae brief submitted to the Supreme Court to support the rights of FOIA requesters.  The amicus brief was filed by the National Security Archive, OpenTheGovernment.org, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, the National Whistleblowers Center, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. […]