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NSA Whistleblower Thomas Tamm
This week’s cover story in Newsweek focuses on Thomas M. Tamm, a former Justice Department lawyer in its Office of Intelligence Policy and Review. Tamm blew the whistle on the National Security Agency's illegal wiretapping on U.S. citizens. As his reward for...
Recent Articles
U.S. Businesses in Hungary want whistleblower law
"Whistle-blower legislation brings in a lot of money," proclaims the headline in Business Hungary magazine. The article in November's issue reports on a trip to Hungary by Stephen M. Kohn, President of the National Whistlelbower Center. Stephen Kohn traveled to Hungary last Fall to...
Cutting workload is not a materially adverse action
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia this week affirmed a decision to dismiss a federal whistleblower's case, primarily because the whistleblower suffered no "materially adverse" action. Baloch v. Kempthorne, No. 07-5330 (Dec. 30, 2008).Since 1991, Mohammad Baloch has...
Vote for Whistleblower Protection on Change.org
As you know, the recent financial meltdown and the Madoff scandal have highlighted the importance of protecting whistleblowers. Employees that have the courage to stand up for the protection of American taxpayers should be treated with the respect they deserve. As the new...
Eighth Circuit says not so fast on STAA amendments
Today the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that 2007 amendments to the whistleblower protection for truck drivers is not retroactive. In Elbert v. True Value Company, Case No. 08-1222 (8th Cir. 2008-12-19), the Court said that Timothy Elbert did not have a right in 2007 to file in...
Brief: It's not "absurd" to follow SOX law.
A few federal judges have been reluctant to follow a provision in the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) law that allows corporate fraud whistleblowers to have a de novo trial in federal court. One judge in Maryland ordered a SOX case back to the Department of Labor's Administrative Review Board (ARB)...
Defend NSA Whistleblower Thomas Tamm!
This week’s cover story in Newsweek focuses on Thomas M. Tamm, a former Justice Department lawyer in its Office of Intelligence Policy and Review. Tamm blew the whistle on the National Security Agency's illegal wiretapping on U.S. citizens. As his reward for...
NSA Whistleblower Thomas Tamm
This week’s cover story in Newsweek focuses on Thomas M. Tamm, a former Justice Department lawyer in its Office of Intelligence Policy and Review. Tamm blew the whistle on the National Security Agency's illegal wiretapping on U.S. citizens. As his reward for...
Fourth Circuit leaves SOX whistleblower out in the cold
The Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has affirmed an administrative appeal decision that leaves corporate whistleblower Stacy Platone out in the cold. The December 3, 2008, opinion affirms a decision of the U.S. Department of Labor's Administrative Review Board that took away Platone's...
New Whistleblower Rules Approved for Government Contractors
The National Whistleblower Center is reporting that the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Department of Defense have approved new rules governing federal contracting which go into effect today. For the full story on the NWC website, and to read the rules, Click Here.
