Press Releases

The Washington Post published year-end articles that highlighted three ongoing projects of the National Whistleblower Center. In an article published on December 26, “Top 10 stories in the federal workforce in 2012“, The Washington Post cited the scandal involving FDA electronic spying on its own scientists who blew the whistle on agency misconduct. The Post ranked […]

Washington, D.C. September 10, 2012 – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued a decision in the whistleblower case of former UBS banker Bradley C. Birkenfeld. Mr. Birkenfeld’s brother, Douglas Birkenfeld, and his attorneys, Stephen M. Kohn and Dean A. Zerbe, will make statements at a National Whistleblower Center press conference tomorrow, September 11, 2012, […]

Washington, D.C. September 6, 2012 – Today, the National Whistleblower Center released a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Douglas Shulman concerning changes necessary to make the whistleblower program effective. The NWC letter addresses a key part of the IRS whistleblower statute that potentially limits the award provided to a whistleblower who has “planned and initiated” […]

Washington, D.C. August 21, 2012 – Under a new program championed by the National Whistleblower Center (NWC) to reduce securities fraud, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today announced its first SEC whistleblower award of nearly $50,000. The SEC’s announcement is the mark of success for its new Whistleblower Program, which was established one year ago after […]