Press Releases

Punishing Whistleblowers Discourages National and International Anti-Corruption Efforts Washington, D.C. October 22, 2009. Today the National Whistleblowers Center (NWC), the Government Accountability Project (GAP) and the Project on Government Oversight (POGO) urged U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to review the case of Bradley Birkenfeld, the international banker who blew the whistle on secret offshore accounts […]

Government is Discouraging Future Tax Whistleblowers Washington, D.C. October 14, 2009. Tomorrow marks the end of the IRS’ amnesty program for special voluntary disclosures by taxpayers with unreported income from hidden offshore accounts.   The entire basis for the IRS amnesty program was due to the efforts of one whistleblower – Brad Birkenfeld – who […]

Washington, D.C. October 7, 2009.  Today the Treasury Inspector General For Tax Administration (TIGTA) released a report finding that “deficiencies exist” in the IRS program designed to promote whistleblower disclosures of tax fraud.  The TIGTA report found that some of the major deficiencies were “inadequate procedures and processes” for administering whistleblower claims, the failure to “timely process” […]

Time Magazine “Woman of the Year” Urges Congress to Honor the Anniversary of 9/11 by Enacting Protections for National Security Whistleblowers Washington, D.C. September 11, 2009.  On the 8th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, FBI whistleblower Coleen Rowley issued a plea to the President and Congress to […]