Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, has signed on as a cosponsor of a bill to expand whistleblower protections for government contractors, giving the legislation bipartisan support. “Whistleblowers working ...

Healthcare fraud is a major issue. According to federal government estimates, it costs taxpayers in the realm of $100 billion every year. While ...

In recent years, whistleblower protection laws have evolved significantly across both public and private sectors. Enhanced enforcement by agencies such as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), ...

Another whistleblower has made claims to the Justice Department’s watchdog that Emil Bove — a top agency official who is now nominated for a judgeship — suggested others in the department could ignore ...

It’s been about a week since the public first learned about Charles Borges, the Social Security Administration’s chief data officer, and the remarkable whistleblower complaint he filed. According to ...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an order in August denying a whistleblower award to an individual who provided the agency with evidence that a defendant in a previously filed ...

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Federal employees who report waste, fraud and abuse in their agencies may receive benefits like monetary payments, favorable personnel actions or backpay through settlements for their role as ...

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A Feb. 27 blog posting by the Project on Government Oversight entitled “Whistleblower Protection is Necessary Finally, to suggest that either this Committee or I are not supportive of whistleblower ...