Press Releases

Majority Opinion Permitted Contractor to Profit from Fraud Washington, D.C. – March 27, 2007. The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-2 ruling, permitted a major federal contractor to escape liability for fraud against taxpayers on a technicality. In the case, Rockwell International was found guilty of defrauding taxpayers of 1.3 million dollars. The fraud was […]

Washington, D.C.-March 22, 2007. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has scheduled argument in the Murphy v. IRS tax case for April 23, 2007 at the U.S. Courthouse in Washington, D.C. The case will determine whether “make whole” compensatory damages paid to whistleblowers (and other employees) as compensation for a […]

House Overwhelmingly Approves Whistleblower Enhancement Act Senate Action Needed to Finish the Job Washington, D,C. – March 14, 2007. Today, by a vote of 331 to 94, The House of Representatives passed the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (H.R. 985). The Enhancement Act is the first major reform of federal whistleblower laws in 18 years, and cures numerous […]

Petition with strong left-right support headed to Capitol Hill Washington, DC, March 8, 2007.  The National Whistleblowers Center, along with a broad coalition of 30 liberal, libertarian and conservative groups including the American Civil Liberties Union, Citizen Outreach, OMB Watch, Electronic Privacy Information Center, Government Accountability Project, Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Liberty Coalition, the National […]