Press Releases

Washington, D.C. December 7, 2006.  In 2004, Roger Barnes, a former Fannie Mae accounting manager, blew the whistle on Fannie Mae for large irregularities in financial records which ultimately led to the toppling of Fannie Mae’s CEO and other executives.  A new Fannie Mae whistleblower has emerged this week, detailing the continuing culture of corruption […]

IRS taxing of non-wage damages is “unconstitutional” August 22, 2006, Washington, D.C. —  The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued a landmark ruling today holding that wrongfully fired whistleblowers do not have to pay taxes on “make whole” non-wage damage awards for loss of reputation and emotional distress.   Chief Judge […]

Washington, D.C. – July 4, 2006. In testimony submitted before the House Committee on Government Reform, the Chair of the National Whistleblowers Center, Stephen M. Kohn, proposed new legislation which would create the first comprehensive national whistleblower protection law. The legislation, the Protecting Honest Amercans on the Job Act of 2006 was proposed in order to promptly […]

Washington, DC, June 15, 2006. Today the heads of two whistleblower advocate groups sent a letter urging the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs to close a loophole in pending legislation, the Federal Employee Protection of Disclosure Act. In the letter, the Chairman of the National Whistleblowers Center, Stephen M. Kohn and the […]