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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. Department of Justice (DOJ) released the long-awaited rules for its corporate whistleblower award program.

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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. He emphasizes the importance of establishing this day to bolster the longstanding consensus that whistleblowers are a cornerstone of U.S. government. 2302(c) Certification Program to promote NWAD as part of their annual re-certification.”

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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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Government shutdown puts contractors in precarious position

Federal News Network

It’s Verizon, who actually blew the whistle on themselves and said, “oh, yeah, there’s a little bit of waste and abuse going on here” and decided to come forward with it. Eric White In other news, there was an interesting maneuver by one particular contractor, and it’s a big one.

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Three Black Women Whistleblowers That Broke Silence and Caused Sweeping Reforms

Whistleblower Network News

Toni Savage Dr. Tommie (“Toni”) Savage’s federal employee whistleblower case has stretched on for nearly a decade and a half since she began to experience retaliation for blowing the whistle on systemic contracting fraud within the Army Corps of Engineers. However, in this new position, Dr. Bonds made a discovery.

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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. However, whistleblower advocates say the PIDA is rife with flaws.