Press Releases

April 17, 2006, Washington, DC. Today the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in the case of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway v. White. At issue is whether an employer may be held liable for retaliatory discrimination for any adverse treatment that would “reasonably likely to deter” an employee from engaging in protected activity. This case […]

Washington, DC, March 30, 2006 – The National Whistleblowers Center strongly condemns the March 29, 2006 indictment of former federal prosecutor Richard Convertino.  Mr. Convertino, a former award-winning Assistant United States Attorney, disclosed significant deficiencies in the Ashcroft Justice Department’s “war on terror.” After being warned not to testify before a Senate oversight hearing, DOJ […]

March 9, 2006. Washington, D.C.  Congressman Edward Markey introduced a bill today in the U.S. House of Representatives to “improve whistleblower protections.” The proposed law, which is modeled on the Sarbanes-Oxley corporate whistleblower statute and protects all federal employees and contractors. In addition to reinstatement, it also permits wrongfully terminated whistleblowers to collect back pay, […]

Washington, D.C. February 9, 2006. Yesterday President Bush signed the Deficit Reduction Act. The Act contains monetary incentives to state governments for enacting False Claims Act (“FCA”) provisions which are equivalent to the federal FCA. Since it was amended in 1986 the federal False Claims Act has proven to be the strongest whistleblower protection law […]