Press Releases

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 […]

Dispute over Whistleblower Access to Federal Court Intensifies Washington, D.C. September 3, 2009.  As reported in a front-page story of today’s Washington Times, internationally respected whistleblower, Bunnatine (Bunny) H. Greenhouse, has issued an appeal to the U.S. Senate to pass strong protections for all federal employees. Mrs. Greenhouse was the only major Bush Administration executive to […]

Washington, D.C. August 26, 2009.  Yesterday the National Whistleblowers Center released the video of the August 8th deposition of national security whistleblower Sibel Edmonds.  Ms. Edmonds testified before the Ohio Elections Commission in response to a subpoena in the Schmidt v. Krikorian case.  Despite efforts by both the Department of Justice and the FBI to prevent her […]