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Hitting a nerve, whistle blowing

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

Does anyone know the proper office to contact concerning whistle blowing, any information would be appreciated.
I was employed for 19 years, a county childcare case worker was misappropriating funds for a federally funded program.
I brought it to the attention of her supervisor, later finding out also good her friend outside [...]

I had more success waiting tables

Friday, April 10th, 2009

I am a defense contractor who happens to be a minority since I’m usually the only female working in my field. I have found myself often surrounded by guys that have no formal education other than being former military. Today I found out I didn’t get a job on a contract that would be a [...]

Congress Enacts Robust Whistleblower Protections to Prevent Fraud in Stimulus Spending

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

Introduction
The economic stimulus bill passed by Congress on February 12, 2009 includes robust whistleblower protections to ensure that employees of private contractors and state and local governments can disclose waste, fraud, gross mismanagement or a violation of law related to stimulus funds. This article summarizes the key provisions of Senator McCaskill’s (D-Mo.) whistleblower protection [...]

Thomas Tamm is a hero for ratting out Bush and exposing Bush’s illegal NSA spying program

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

“There are few viewpoints, if there are any, which trigger more fervent agreement across the political and media establishment than the view that George Bush, Dick Cheney and other top officials should not be criminally investigated, let alone prosecuted, for the various laws they have broken over the last eight years. Conversely, in the Beltway [...]

Army of One Campaign Overbilled by $15.5 Million

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

Ad agency Leo Burnett will pay $15.5 million to settle allegations that it overbilled the U.S. Army for work on its “Army of One” campaign. Huh? How could that happen? They bill by the hour right? There are only so many hours in a day. $15.5 million are a lot of hours! Doesn’t the Army [...]

The Dark Side of Whistleblowing

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

Neil Weinberg, 03.14.05
The government makes whistleblowers filthy rich for ferreting out fraud on the job.
Douglas Durand is the paragon of a corporate whistleblower. Shortly after stepping in as vice president of sales at TAP Pharmaceutical Products in early 1995, he began to suspect the company was conspiring with doctors to overcharge the federal government’s Medicare [...]

Need to Report Fraud, Waste or Abuse and Protect Yourself?

Friday, January 9th, 2009

When my dad blew the whistle on an embezzling college president when I was just a baby, he instinctively made several smart moves:

he went to an attorney for advice before blowing the whistle;
he worked with the State Bureau of Investigation to help gather evidence while he still worked at the college;
he took [...]

Whistleblowing: the prophecy of ordinary people

Sunday, July 8th, 2007

Prophets are not always appreciated. Prophets penetrate nice or tough or comfortable facades. Like the child of the fairy tale, they dare to tell the emperor he wears no clothes. Like Martin Luther, they publish the hypocrisy of the sanctimonious and powerful. Like Rachel Carson, they shatter complacency and demand protection for the earth’s little [...]

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