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Why It’s Worth It To Be a Whistleblower

Why It’s Worth It To Be a Whistleblower Many question the worth of being a whistleblower. “Is it worth the time and effort?” “Will I lose my job?” “What good will it bring me?” Overall, “is it worth it?” Being a whistleblower is a tedious process—cases can take years, to hire lawyers you need to...

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Shouldn’t We All Be Equally Protected?

Shouldn’t We All Be Equally Protected? If Congress is supposed to make laws to protect people, and if all people are created equal, shouldn’t members of Congress and their employees abide by the same laws as others? Shouldn’t Congressional employees be protected by Congressional legislation as well? The logical answer to these questions would be...

Construction worker with tools at waist, working on building structure, relevant to whistleblower cases in construction industry.

Independent Watchdogs on OSHA Whistleblowers: A Broken Reflection

Government auditors are blowing the whistle on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the leading investigative branch for workplace safety in the Department of Labor (DOL). The first called foul against OSHA’s whistleblower program came in August, 2010, when the Government Accounting Office (GAO) concluded OSHA functioned as though its field investigators were simply...

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Whistleblowing Across the Pond

Whistleblowing Across the Pond As one of our writers recently crossed the Atlantic to find out more about governance in Europe, she coincidentally came across this poster. Occupying ad space in numerous places on one of London’s major streets, the poster promotes blowing the whistle on housing fraud. While blowing the whistle on housing fraud...

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TARP Fraud Uncovered: Bank CEO’s Guilty Plea in NYC

TARP fraud uncovered: Bank CEO pleads guilty in New York City The ironies of TARP — the Troubled Assets Relief Program—may take decades to be understood. In the same manner of most great American financial crises, from the days of railroad bribery and trust-busting to world war munitions graft… claims of rights and wrongs are...

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Whistleblower Actions: Citizens Motivated By Doing Right

Whistleblower Actions: Citizens Motivated By Doing Right In 2006, whistleblower rewards were significantly increased, and the Whistleblower Office created, when President Bush signed into law the Tax Relief and Health Care Law. ” If the Secretary proceeds with any administrative or judicial action based upon information brought to the Secretary’s attention by an individual, the...

Industrial pipes and valves in a manufacturing facility, relevant to whistleblower claims against JM Eagle for falsifying product quality tests.

Qui Tam and Big Oil, All Over Again

Qui Tam and Big Oil, All Over Again When it comes to classic whistleblower cases, oil always comes to the surface. The recurring saga, alleged mismanagement, and waste, of the federal Minerals Management Service (MMS) revealed the recurring nature of oil oversight: and the frustrating, often ignored, role of whistleblowers. In 2007, what was viewed...

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FDA Criminal Investigators Suffers Form Foot in Mouth

FDA Criminal Investigators Suffers Form Foot in Mouth Once again, there is a bad taste in the mouth over FDA’s appetite for whistleblowing. In posh sections of Virginia Beach, one might not have known that the FDA’s top criminal investigator was allegedly conducting high profile criminal investigations. For one thing, a home office might not...

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Proposed Regulations Benefit Whistleblowers

Proposed Regulations Benefit Whistleblowers For the last 144 years, the IRS has been providing tax whistleblowers with compensation for information leading to the recovery of additional taxes paid by the identified defrauding taxpayer.There were two major flaws to the IRS program that served to deter individual whistleblower from reporting the fraud: 1) the rewards were discretionary with...

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IRS Proposes New Whistleblower Reward Plan

IRS Proposes New Whistleblower Reward Plan The Internal Revenue Service announced today new rules that will alter the Whistleblower Rewards Program should it be taken into effect. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, the author of the 2006 law, modeled the Whistleblower Rewards Program after the successful False Claims Act. In June, Grassley expressed his concern with...

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