Press Releases

Washington, DC. – October 1, 2007.  Several whistleblowers provided confidential information to the United States Department of Justice which resulted in a $515 million taxpayer recovery against the drug company Bristol Myers to settle health care fraud allegations.  The settlement was announced by the Department of Justice and Acting Attorney General Peter Keisler on Friday, […]

Washington, D.C. September 20, 2007. A letter requesting Congressional action to protect all employee whistleblowers was sent to Congressional leaders on Thursday, September 20, 2007. The letter was endorsed by more than twenty whistleblower advocate and civil liberties groups.

Former Top U.S. Contracting Official among Witnesses Washington D.C. September 17, 2007. The Senate Democratic Policy Committee heard testimony September 21, 2007 regarding abuses by government contractors during the Iraq War. The hearing, entitled “The Mistreatment of Iraq Contracting Whistleblowers,” focused on the experiences of the employee-whistleblowers who report contractor misconduct, and included significant information […]

False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007 Introduced by Senators Grassley, Durbin, Leahy, and Specter Washington, D.C. September 12, 2007. Important legislation designed to protect taxpayers from fraudulent government contractors was introduced in the Senate today by Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Ranking member Arlen Specter (R-PA), longtime whistleblower champion Charles Grassley (R-IA), and […]