Press Releases

Jury trials and protections for national security whistleblowers are at stake Washington, D.C. July 28, 2009.  The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs will be marking up its version of the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 (S. 372).  The markup will be held in Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 342 at 10:00 […]

Washington, D.C. July 28, 2009.   U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan ordered yesterday that the Army Corps of Engineers must answer for its decision to withhold top-secret security clearance from whistleblower Bunnatine (Bunny) H. Greenhouse. “This decision sets a new precedent for the protection of national security whistleblowers,” said Michael D. Kohn, President of the National Whistleblowers […]

National Whistleblowers Center Calls for Immediate Review of Lame Duck MSPB Appointees Washington, D.C. June 24, 2009.   On June 22, 2009, the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) issued a long awaited ruling in Robert J. MacLean v. Department of Homeland Security Agency.  Mr. MacLean blew the whistle on the Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Agency […]

Washington, D.C. June 8, 2009.  Statement issued by Stephen M. Kohn, Executive Director of the National Whistleblowers Center regarding today’s hearing on whistleblower protections before the Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Colombia: “We thank Senator Daniel Akaka for conducting this […]