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Expert Outlines Key Issues with New DOJ Whistleblower Program

Whistleblower Network News

The DOJ’s Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program will offer awards to individuals who blow the whistle on corporate crimes under the jurisdiction of the DOJ which are not covered by other whistleblower programs. The five differences are: If you “meaningfully participated” in the misconduct, you are ineligible.

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New DOJ Whistleblower Program Highly Flawed According to Experts

Whistleblower Network News

The DOJ’s Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program will offer awards to individuals who blow the whistle on corporate crimes under the jurisdiction of the DOJ which are not covered by other whistleblower programs. On August 1, the U.S. Not surprisingly, all discretionary whistleblower award laws have failed. Kohn writes.

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OSC Pushes Congress to Permanently Recognize National Whistleblower Day

Whistleblower Network News

Dellinger affirms that the OSC will play its part by “requiring all agencies participating in our 5 U.S.C. On June 20, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) announced it is advocating for July 30 to be permanently recognized as National Whistleblower Appreciation Day. government. Continental Congress in 1778.

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In Record Day, CFTC Issues Four Whistleblower Award Orders Totaling $4.5 Million

Whistleblower Network News

The orders awarded seven individual whistleblowers, who included victims of fraud, employees and market participants. The multiple awards the CFTC is granting today serve as a warning to would-be wrongdoers across the markets we oversee that anyone may blow the whistle on their misconduct.”

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UK on Verge of Establishing Stronger Protections for Whistleblowers

Whistleblower Network News

Currently, UK whistleblowers are protected by the Public Interest Disclosure Act of 1998 (PIDA), which states that whistleblowers may obtain a remedy if they are hurt, suffer detriment, or are dismissed due to blowing the whistle in the public interest. It would also eliminate restrictive Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs).

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Government shutdown puts contractors in precarious position

Federal News Network

There’s never a convenient time for a full or even a partial government shutdown, but we’ve reached the beginning of the end of another fiscal year with the likelihood of a shutdown rising. So how can contractors make sure they’re ready for it and minimize the damage? By the way, I do think that’s going to happen.

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Advocates Warn of Potential Risks of U.S. Attorneys’ Offices’ Whistleblower Pilot Programs

Whistleblower Network News

Attorneys’ Offices across the country have rolled out “Whistleblower Pilot Programs” offering the potential of non-prosecution agreements in exchange for voluntary self-disclosure of criminal conduct by participants in non-violent offenses. Attorney Matthew M. Graves when the USAO for the District of Columbia announced its program.