" On whistleblowers: "Retaliation against whistleblowers is just wrong. Period.
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Unlike other whistleblowers in the federal government, intelligence community whistleblowers are not permitted to file lawsuits over any perceived retaliation.
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It would also provide IRS whistleblowers with the anti-workplace retaliation protections that are already given to whistleblowers in other fields.
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It would also provide IRS whistleblowers with the anti-workplace retaliation protections that are already given to whistleblowers in other fields.
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Now on at Kunsthall Charlottenborg in Denmark, Whistleblowers & Vigilantes showcases multimedia work about whistleblowers like Chelsea Manning, Julian Assange, and Edward Snowden.
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Furthering this point, a new report from Whistleblowers of America, an organization that assists whistleblowers who have suffered from retaliation after having identified harm to individuals or the public, found that most whistleblowers find that the VAOWP has failed them.
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Mark Zaid, a colleague of Bakaj's who also represents the whistleblowers, told The Journal there were "definitely multiple whistleblowers" — but did not elaborate.
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TD Ameritrade that Dodd-Frank language invalidating mandatory arbitration agreements for SOX whistleblowers does not extend to whistleblowers who sue under Dodd-Frank.
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WATCHDOG HITS DOE ON WHISTLEBLOWERS: Congress' watchdog agency is pushing the Department of Energy (DOE) to better protect whistleblowers that work for contractors.
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Finally, Grassley is the patron saint for whistleblowers — and whistleblowers trust him and come to him and provide him the story behind the story.
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One of the ten whistleblowers, Captain of the Marines John Grannis, jumped ship (without permission) and presented the whistleblowers' petition to the Continental Congress.
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Zaid's partner Andrew Bakaj subsequently tweeted that the pair "represent multiple whistleblowers" but would not say if that means more than the two known whistleblowers.
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If companies can pay whistleblowers' expenses through funding legal advice and keeping them employed, and if their employees know they will do so, whistleblowers may feel supported.
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Federal whistleblowers are granted anonymity under the Whistleblower Protection Act, and lawyers for the Trump whistleblower say outing this individual would deter future whistleblowers from coming forward.
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Importantly, in the context of awards to whistleblowers, the SEC has a rule requiring whistleblowers to "provide the commission with information" relating to potential securities-laws violations.
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Others like Whistleblowers UK's Georgina Halford-Hall think that bounties are a moral good — that they validate whistleblowers and send a signal they have done the right thing.
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Additionally, the report specifically highlights the need to protect whistleblowers and reveals NSA has hired a whistleblower coordinator and created a new internal website for whistleblowers to consult for information.
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National security experts told Insider it's common and legal for whistleblowers to do what the CIA officer did, and that there are multiple paths available for whistleblowers to convey their concerns.
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" Ernst echoed the sentiment, saying, "Whistleblowers should be protected.
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IRS agents also have frustrated whistleblowers and their lawyers with their reluctance to give credit to whistleblowers for identifying tax fraud, which can lead to a reduction or outright denial of rewards.
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The SEC proposal did not extend the scope of anti-retaliation protection to internal whistleblowers and the agency did not specifically ask for comments on whether Dodd-Frank covers whistleblowers who report internally.
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Victims and whistleblowers were in fear of repercussions, they said.
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"We need a systemic fix to really protect whistleblowers," Rep.
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We should always work to respect whistleblowers' requests for confidentiality.
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Federal regulators have also ordered the bank to rehire whistleblowers.
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But the whistleblowers' crosshairs are not limited to Wall Street.
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The doctors became whistleblowers, speaking out with a dire warning.
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The majority of whistleblowers are culturally vilified rather than valued.
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Regulators, whistleblowers, protestors and the media made the abuses clear.
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"Whistleblowers have the potential to help even more," Grassley said.
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"We should always work to respect whistleblowers' requests for confidentiality."
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Offer anonymity, legal representation and job security for the whistleblowers.
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Intermediaries Establish trusted intermediaries through which the whistleblowers would work.
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We are now representing whistleblowers within ICE, outside contractors, etc.
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"Whistleblowers have certain protections, no doubt about it," Sessions noted.
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Currently only 10 EU countries offer full protection to whistleblowers.
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Our idealized image of whistleblowers isn't doing us any favors.
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At a broader level, NHTSA will need to embrace whistleblowers.
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Azar has said he supports whistleblowers and vowed full investigations.
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The government could still award money to the three whistleblowers.
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What advice would you give to future whistleblowers in general?
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Because it was never intended to be applied to whistleblowers.
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Washington is laden with good law firms to protect whistleblowers.
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We need more women to be whistleblowers like Susan Fowler.
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Intelligence community whistleblowers have limited recourse from a legal standpoint.
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Instead, he explained why the government can't protect contractor whistleblowers.
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Instead, the office "engaged in actions that could be considered retaliatory [against whistleblowers]" and "likely diminished the desired confidence of whistleblowers and other potential complainants in the operations of the office," the report said.
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Shayne Stevenson, an attorney at Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP who represents whistleblowers, said he expects companies will try new tactics over time to give themselves legal cover, while still trying to silence whistleblowers.
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Jordan Thomas, a lawyer at Labaton Sucharow who represents whistleblowers, said the language used in the Fifth Third, Wells Fargo and Advanced Micro Devices settlements is designed to discourage whistleblowers from reporting corporate misbehavior.
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In response, Congress passed the Dr. Chris Kirkpatrick Whistleblower Protection Act, which expands protections for whistleblowers, strengthens enforcement against supervisors who retaliate against whistleblowers, and better protects against the improper access of employee medical records.
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The Democratic and Republican candidates have both expressed hostility toward whistleblowers.
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Our country will be judged by how it treats these whistleblowers.
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"They have the right to remain anonymous," Schiff said of whistleblowers.
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Would-be whistleblowers fear that IS has spies inside the government.
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Protecting whistleblowers is crucial to effective government and the oversight process.
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This sounds a lot like dealing with whistleblowers, Bradshaw pointed out.
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Often, cases settle, and the SEC does not release whistleblowers' names.
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WHAT OTHER PROTECTIONS DOES U.S. LAW PROVIDE TO INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY WHISTLEBLOWERS?
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"Most whistleblowers are absolutely not motivated by the money," said Clark.
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Businesses need whistleblowers — particularly those with knowledge of the largest infractions.
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For a start, real whistleblowers don't always match our mental image.
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The Democratic and Republican candidates have both expressed hostility towards whistleblowers.
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Instead, he offered reasons why the government can't protect contractor whistleblowers.
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What kind of whistleblowers would be included in these new protections?
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"...the reality is, whistleblowers often face retaliation through subterfuge," he said.
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The Associated Press typically does not reveal the identity of whistleblowers.
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Meissner has a deep background working with the SEC, and whistleblowers.
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"We've got a track record of protecting whistleblowers, witnesses," Burr said.
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"Democrat lawyer is same for both Whistleblowers?" he said on Twitter.
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That's worrisome, as federal laws protect whistleblowers from revealing their identity.
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Meissner has a long history working with the SEC and whistleblowers.
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Campaigns often seek information illegally leaked by whistleblowers or public officials.
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In a tweet Saturday, Trump mocked the notion of additional whistleblowers.
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Whistleblowers can take a complaint to an authority in their agency.
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As attorneys for whistleblowers, who often come forward with what others consider confidential information that reveals serious legal violations or fraud against the government, we recognize that many people view whistleblowers with ambivalence or even hostility.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has awarded a record $103 million to three whistleblowers tied to a 2016 settlement with Bank of America Corp's Merrill Lynch brokerage unit, the whistleblowers' attorney said on Monday.
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Otherwise he's relying solely on fishmongers -- or whistleblowers -- to hand him investigations.
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In recent years, the SEC has stepped up its scrutiny regarding whistleblowers.
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But the whistleblower office has a statutory mandate not to identify whistleblowers.
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People don't like whistleblowers until it turns out they were spectacularly right.
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The key to this will be improving the protection afforded to whistleblowers.
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I don't remember doctors dying during SARS, or people talking about whistleblowers.
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"Papillon is not an independent company," said Hala, one of the whistleblowers.
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"How can we defend his threatening whistleblowers?" asked one congressional GOP source.
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The failings of the drug-testing system mean whistleblowers are particularly valuable.
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However, the LuxLeaks case has exposed weaknesses in legal protections for whistleblowers.
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" American Oversight warned that OSC's position on impeachment could "dangerously constrain whistleblowers.
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Longstanding Intelligence Committee policy has been to protect whistleblowers' anonymity, Zaid said.
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The Commission paid more than $57 million to 13 whistleblowers in 2016.
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Guterres is already on board, and is taking steps to safeguard whistleblowers.
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Some states protect whistleblowers who report on violations of overtime or discrimination.
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Mnuchin also slammed any whistleblowers who leaked suspicious activity reports about Cohen.
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As required by the law, the recipient — like all whistleblowers — is anonymous.
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Reached last year, he told BuzzFeed News that the whistleblowers were wrong.
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Walsh said that all whistleblowers should be "praised and revered" by Americans.
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She fit the mold of whistleblowers we had represented since the 1980s.
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Whistleblowers are the start of a process, not the end of it.
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I spent time looking into what protections US law actually provides whistleblowers.
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Ultimately, federal employee whistleblowers need to be guaranteed access to the courts.
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The form itself referenced two laws designed to protect the whistleblowers identity.
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Whistleblowers: The Department of Labor is moving forward with new whistleblower protections.
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He's a master of so much, but including inspectors general and whistleblowers.
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He is a master of so much, including inspectors general and whistleblowers.
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Others, like former FBI Director James Comey, may be self-proclaimed whistleblowers.
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After all, Assange never cared much for distinctions between whistleblowers and hackers.
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"The Committee has a long, proud, and bipartisan history of protecting whistleblowers — including from efforts to threaten, intimidate, retaliate against, or undermine the confidentiality of whistleblowers," Schiff wrote in a memorandum to his colleagues on the Intelligence panel.
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Iceland would become a safe haven for whistleblowers, hackers, and internet freedom activists.
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Recent legislative action and the emergence of independent whistleblowers suggest Manjoo was right.
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With communications security specialists, we will build a digital environment that protects whistleblowers.
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To this day, the committees have done little to address those whistleblowers' concerns.
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However, whistleblowers make essential contributions to law enforcement and other important governmental policies.
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Go deeper: A wave of whistleblowers came forward last year against Facebook. Sen.
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He also said it was the duty of the committee to protect whistleblowers.
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Of course, threats against whistleblowers defending the environment are not unique to Congo.
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"The Democratic and Republican candidates have both expressed hostility towards whistleblowers," he said.
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Had he succeeded, it may have cowed other Barclays whistleblowers from coming forward.
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Whistleblowers who have been publicly named are at a greater risk of retaliation.
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Schumer, in his letter to Esper, praised Vindman, Cooper and whistleblowers more broadly.
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A bipartisan group of senators is urging the Obama administration to protect whistleblowers.
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Since the program's inception, 66 whistleblowers have helped the government recover $2 billion.
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This year also brought the Trump administration's stated intention to hunt down whistleblowers.
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The Dodd-Frank Act, approved in 0003, provides financial rewards for certain whistleblowers.
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Another problem is that whistleblowers may not know which information is most important.
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Wenliang was one of eight whistleblowers who got word out about the coronavirus.
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This impacts people who do need security and privacy, including whistleblowers like Snowden.
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The Whistleblower Protection Act bars federal agencies from threatening to retaliate against whistleblowers.
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By background, I spent 34 years dealing intimately with whistleblowers and protecting them.
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Agape and the whistleblowers protested that neither of them wanted to keep litigating.
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But at the Department of Energy, whistleblowers are paid with harassment and retaliation.
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Chuck Grassley, a Republican and a defender of whistleblowers, said on Monday afternoon.
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He said whistleblowers historically get relief in only 2% to 5% of cases.
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Next on the list must be full court access for federal employee whistleblowers.
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Recent legislative action and the emergence of independent whistleblowers suggest Manjoo was right.
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David Marshall, an attorney with Katz, Marshall & Banks who also represents whistleblowers, agreed.
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Whistleblowers went to the authorities and the SEC investigated, hiring a forensic account.
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Whistleblowers can receive 10 percent to 30 percent of penalties the SEC collects.
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Other data comes from media or aggregation—possibly revealed by whistleblowers or advocates.
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The memo also addressed the proper protocol for whistleblowers to release information on criminal activity within DHS, which a former counsel with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services told BuzzFeed appeared to be a direct attempt to chill whistleblowers from coming forward.
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" His message: "It doesn't matter what you think of any of these individual whistleblowers.
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" SIGAR also contended the government is "failing to protect reformers and whistleblowers from reprisal.
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For some users — like journalists or whistleblowers — the dark web is about identity protection.
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Reaction to the WikiLeaks call for whistleblowers to leak Trump's returns has been mixed.
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SM: Wisely, Congress set up separate funds for whistleblowers to be paid out of.
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They've been called "ad-industry vigilantes" by Fast Company, and "whistleblowers" by The Drum.
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Political dissidents, whistleblowers and perhaps the whole concept of civil liberty rely on encryption.
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Not all hope is lost for privacy wonks, whistleblowers, or amateur drug dealers though.
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These are trained law enforcement officers who take it very seriously to become whistleblowers.
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Such lawsuits let private whistleblowers sue on the government's behalf and share in recoveries.
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The ministry also said whistleblowers would be rewarded, but did not give further details.
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In fact, the Obama administration has prosecuted more whistleblowers than all previous presidents combined.
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And it's undeniable that the careers, and thus economic conditions, of whistleblowers do suffer.
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Yet it was actually the Obama administration that began the aggressive war on whistleblowers.
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The fact is, insiders know that things rarely turn out well for the whistleblowers.
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Whistleblowers: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is moving forward with new whistleblower rules.
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True whistleblowers encounter serious criminal or otherwise improper activities and bring them to light.
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Whistleblowers are the ones who alerted us to Legionnaires outbreaks and shortages of doctors.
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Authorities also censored information and silenced the whistleblowers who tried to sound the alarm.
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By the end of 2017, the SEC had only granted 46 awards to whistleblowers.
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China has already censored details about the outbreak while arresting and disappearing multiple whistleblowers.
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Motivated by nothing more than a nagging conscience, these whistleblowers have discharged their duties.
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Chris McLamb and Leah Judge represent whistleblowers at the law firm Constantine Cannon LLP.
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He recognizes the importance of whistleblowers, he listens to them and he protects them.
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A total of 232 complaints alleged retaliation against whistleblowers for speaking out about problems.
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In that year Congress explicitly amended the obstruction of justice laws to protect whistleblowers.
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Whistleblowers do not have an obligation to speak publicly after filing their anonymous complaints.
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What that means is that Trump is actively undermining the legal rights of whistleblowers.
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The SEC says the program has awarded more than $85 million to 32 whistleblowers.
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We need to protect whistleblowers and we hope to get some resolution next week.
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Every year is a mix of politicians, entrepreneurs, disruptors, celebrities, whistleblowers, and do-gooders.
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The situation has become so dire that asylum officers have turned into public whistleblowers.
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Read more: These are the key players you need to know to make sense of the Trump impeachment inquiryMore whistleblowers come forward as Giuliani faces a federal criminal probeMeanwhile, the president could face even more whistleblowers as other government officials consider stepping forward.
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The snowball effect from Fowler's blogpost continues, toppling CEOs and venture capital firms, launching legislation—whistleblowers inspiring more whistleblowers, each successive disruption forcing change on an industry that, despite all its talk about moving fast and breaking things, has resisted change thus far.
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They've argued that doing so would help other whistleblowers come forward with perceived government wrongdoing.
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Kentucky Senator Rand Paul had once championed whistleblowers as a critic of U.S. intelligence agencies.
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"We will protect and defend (all whistleblowers') interests," WADA President Craig Reedie said on Thursday.
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Be that whistleblowers, media informants, or individuals or organizations in possession of highly sensitive data.
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So, too, did brave whistleblowers and opposition politicians, especially those from the Democratic Alliance (DA).
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Wicker did not say whether the whistleblowers worked for the FAA, another agency or Boeing.
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The Intercept set itself up, it was mainly known as national security journalism, whistleblowers, leaks.
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A series of whistleblowers revealed that tobacco companies knew smoking is addictive and causes cancer.
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Which brings us back to why this special day to celebrate whistleblowers is so important.
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This will offer financial incentives to participants and encourage reporting, manage claims and protect whistleblowers.
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And the persecution of whistleblowers is often accompanied by ruthless character assassination to discredit them.
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Whistleblowers sometimes try to estimate how much cash has gone missing from Nigeria's public purse.
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In total, the SEC has issued more than $107 million in rewards to 33 whistleblowers.
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Thanks to these brave whistleblowers, it's easy to spot the subsequent meddling by political hacks.
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Whistleblowers: The Department of Labor (DOL) is moving forward with new whistleblower protections for sailors.
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Colloquially, I think that most people think of "whistleblowers" as persons who justifiably reveal wrongdoing.
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Meanwhile, the president could face even more whistleblowers as other government officials consider stepping forward.
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Monday's edition of the Federal Register contains new rules for whistleblowers, endangered snails, and beef.
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NHTSA must recognize that whistleblowers function as force multipliers that make the agency more effective.
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Other than that, is there a reasonably good system in place to protect federal whistleblowers?
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Or Edward Snowden in 2013, the guy whose name has become synonymous with government whistleblowers.
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Whistleblowers get between 10 and 30 percent of the sanctions that result from their information.
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Danish lawmakers pledged to improve legal protection for whistleblowers following a public hearing on Monday.
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The appeal by Agape and the whistleblowers presented a novel issue at the 63th Circuit.
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" He labeled his sources as "whistleblowers trying to expose wrongdoing at great risk to themselves.
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"The whistleblowers have not vanished," Bradley Moss, a colleague of Zaid, has said on Twitter.
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"If they come down hard on the defendants, they will deter future whistleblowers," said Maus.
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I could open a hotel style embassy in DC with luxury immunity suites for whistleblowers.
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False Claims Act cases let whistleblowers sue on a government's behalf and share in proceeds.
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The whistleblowers' law firm, London-based Bindmans, released 53 pages of selected evidence on Monday.
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Grassley has made sure to bring up whistleblowers in public forums with the Trump administration.
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Granting a pardon to Snowden would catalyze the needed paradigm shift that whistleblowers must be valued rather than vilified; that whistleblowers play an essential role in promoting accountability and trust in our institutions; and that truth can, and must, matter in a functional democracy.
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"I think both corporate whistleblowers and corporations should hope that the Supreme Court finds that internal reporting is sufficient to have the anti-retaliation protections because if not, sophisticated corporate whistleblowers will bypass internal reporting systems and report directly to the SEC," he said.
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As it turns out, the law explicitly says whistleblowers cannot be forced to arbitrate anti-retaliation claims under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act – but Dodd-Frank does not specifically address whether employers can compel whistleblowers to arbitrate their anti-retaliation claims under Dodd-Frank itself.
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In a written response to the EU lawmakers, Kohn called for the establishment of a government agency where whistleblowers can report confidentially or anonymously, as well as payments of 10-30 percent of the proceeds obtained from wrongdoers to incentivize whistleblowers to step forward.
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The government said its own investigation, which relied on the sort of sampling Judge Anderson would not allow the whistleblowers to conduct, showed the potential recovery in the case should be around $25 million, not the substantially lesser amount the whistleblowers had agreed to.
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CNN previously reported on allegations from two whistleblowers; the complaint filed Wednesday named a third whistleblower.
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There was a Justice Department settlement based on whistleblowers for $23 billion for off-label promotion.
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An inspector general investigation later found that whistleblowers who raised concerns were not protected from retaliation.
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As I was leaving this summer, we had 800 ongoing investigations that were generated by whistleblowers.
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SM: There are cases now where whistleblowers are being sued by people who gave them information.
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Finally, we must ensure that the work of whistleblowers has a tangible and long lasting impact.
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Second, this whistleblower -- and whistleblowers more generally -- are not the star witness in cases like this.
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Whistleblowers say the US Treasury Department has been consumed by chaos during the past two years.
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Meanwhile, Switzerland's treatment of whistleblowers remains shoddy—and, unlike in most developed countries, risks getting worse.
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It offers no legal protections at all to private-sector whistleblowers, and none are in sight.
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CEOs at Uber and SoFi lost their jobs after whistleblowers came forward, alleging sexism and harassment.
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The Justice Department, as you know, has to make a choice when whistleblowers file FCA cases.
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While whistleblowers suffer, top level executives and government officials are granted impunity for violating the law.
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Private whistleblowers receive a portion of the government's recovery if DOJ eventually prevails in the case.
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Both refer to (and praise) individual whistleblowers who were employees or former employees for the defendants.
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The president has prosecuted more whistleblowers under the Espionage Act than all presidents before him combined.
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In an another paragraph, Musk seemingly vilified whistleblowers—saying they are Tesla employees with a grudge.
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Whistleblowers face major risks and need confidence they will be suitably compensated, the advocates have said.
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Candada's Conservative opposition leader said Andrew Scheer said Trudeau had betrayed justice by removing two whistleblowers.
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More whistleblowers are also coming out of the shadows, potentially bringing more trouble for the president.
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"He later pushed the theory that the whistleblowers are "paid Democratic operatives of the Democratic party.
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Because there are many more whistleblowers like Susan Fowler whose stories have fallen on deaf ears.
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These gag orders triggered America's first law protecting federal employee whistleblowers, the Lloyd-La Follette Act.
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Whistleblowers said the practice is particularly alarming because it prevents TSA from addressing critical security gaps.
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Both of the whistleblowers hold doctorate degrees in engineering from one of China's most prestigious universities.
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At issue is the future of a two-part system used to protect whistleblowers from retaliation.
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Many of the required reforms - including those for whistleblowers - have been adopted recently by VW globally.
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One student asked the former Alabama senator whether whistleblowers should be allowed to be cross-examined.
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But he cautioned that whistleblowers in Japan are often harassed into silence or not taken seriously.
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"Whistleblowers go to significant efforts to get us material, and often very significant risks," he said.
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Trump, in his first address today, called for the UN to take steps to protect whistleblowers.
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The TSA has serious problems with culture and management, including disciplining whistleblowers who called out problems.
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"These include providing timelier resolutions, more responsive recommendations and enhancing communications with whistleblowers," the spokesperson said.
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Whether public whistleblowers have signed White House NDAs is irrelevant to the scope of their rights.
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Would-be opponents and whistleblowers be forewarned: This president will not hesitate to move against you.
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Context: Trump incorrectly stated that rules for whistleblowers had recently changed to not require firsthand information.
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According to the whistleblowers, Engel wrote, the Trump administration intends to dismiss Lansing and install Mendes.
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In his statement, Obama said that Manning's sentence was "disproportionate" to those faced by other whistleblowers.
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False Claims Act cases let whistleblowers pursue claims on behalf of governments and share in recoveries.
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These judges carefully reviewed a criminal conviction under the federal obstruction law designed to protect whistleblowers.
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The ICIG will continue in those efforts on behalf of all whistleblowers in the Intelligence Community.
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Because some of those analysts who are new today will be the whistleblowers of the future.
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Whistleblowers, in contrast to government investigators, gather evidence of wrongdoing while the suspect's guard is down.
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They met in secret, as whistleblowers were as welcome in colonial times as they are today.
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Paul said he isn't objecting because he doesn't support whistleblowers, but the system should be refined.
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Whistleblowers do not have an obligation to speak publicly once they have filed their anonymous complaints.
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Laws that protect intelligence community whistleblowers against retaliation weren't passed until 2012 under President Barack Obama.
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Today, federal employee whistleblowers are among the least protected class of workers in the United States.
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Due to confidentiality provisions, it is hard to know exactly which cases were initiated by whistleblowers.
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The letter did not disclose if the whistleblowers worked for Boeing, the FAA or another entity.
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Much of this sales growth was fueled by doctors who received kickbacks, according to the whistleblowers.
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As you know, since this film was finished, new legislation came out that goes after whistleblowers.
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According to reports in both The Telegraph and The Guardian newspapers, the British government is considering a new UK law that would criminalize both whistleblowers and journalists who take and report information from whistleblowers, even if they are acting to uncover information in the public interest.
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Furthering Breyer's point about governmental dysfunction as well as the argument in support of independent review in a judicial forum for whistleblowers, is the fact that Congress, despite agreeing to hold a hearing on the OIG report, is not allowing actual whistleblowers to participate in the hearing.
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The U.S. Supreme Court will decide next term whether whistleblowers who report concerns within their companies are entitled to sue under the robust anti-retaliation provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act, even though Dodd-Frank elsewhere identifies whistleblowers as employees who tell the government about corporate wrongdoing.
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Whistleblowers can expose any violation—even ones that occurred before the program's creation—that originated anywhere in the world, as long as the vehicles or components at issue were sold in the U.S. What's more, would-be whistleblowers are protected from employer retaliation and can remain anonymous.
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Other convicted whistleblowers have had to serve far less time, often in the range of one to three-and-a-half years—though Manning is just a sixth of the way through her sentence, she has already been incarcerated twice as long as most other convicted whistleblowers.
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Other convicted whistleblowers have had to serve far less time, often in the range of one to three-and-a-half years—though Manning is just a sixth of the way through her sentence, she has already been incarcerated twice as long as most other convicted whistleblowers.
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" While he allows Congress hasn't been as active in protecting whistleblowers as he's liked, he's certainly seen "examples of congressional intervention with agencies and whistleblowers, to the point where they've been able to resolve sort of a contentious relationship and arrive at some sort of gracious solution.
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Such lawsuits let whistleblowers bring cases on behalf of the U.S. government, and share in any recoveries.
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We are not waiting for any whistleblowers to reveal their secrets or investigators to issue their subpoenas.
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It seeks to the hold the government to account by encouraging tip-offs from sources and whistleblowers.
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Barclays grants whistleblowers anonymity to prevent any retribution for their actions - in keeping with normal UK practice.
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The Signals Network Foundation is sending a message to whistleblowers that this time, the newsroom is ready.
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But no one believed the women trying to blow the whistle on the man who protected whistleblowers.
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He believes this marketing of bad science is what turns Silicon Valley insiders into self-styled whistleblowers.
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The comic, like the whistleblowers it celebrates, reveals true events and history normally hidden from our sight.
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They have encouraged whistleblowers to come forward and offered lighter punishments for wrongdoers in exchange for information.
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"Treat them well and whistleblowers are assets – treat them poorly and they will become liabilities," he concluded.
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Even mainstream American continues to maintain a sense of ambivalence, for some even downright hostility, towards whistleblowers.
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The False Claims Act lets whistleblowers sue on behalf of the federal government and share in recoveries.
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Here's what is happening: Whistleblowers: The Department of Energy is proposing new whistleblower protections for nuclear facilities.
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The False Claims Act lets whistleblowers sue on behalf of the federal government, and share in recoveries.
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Americans will be reliant on congressional oversight—and perhaps even more whistleblowers—to keep the administration transparent.
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"Whistleblowers are a crucial line of defense against waste, fraud and abuse," Wyden said in a statement.
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Oswald is managing principal of The Employment Law Group, P.C., a law firm that protects FCA whistleblowers.
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However, it welcomed proposals to make anti-doping more independent, improve support for whistleblowers and standardize testing.
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Whistleblowers who legally submitted concerns and believed they were being protected had their communications intercepted and unmasked.
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"I think whistleblowers have the right to remain confidential and their privacy ought to be respected," Sen.
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False Claims Act cases let whistleblowers pursue claims on behalf of the government and share in recoveries.
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But when it comes to whistleblowers, defining who qualifies for which protections isn't Dodd-Frank's only inconsistency.
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"Whistleblowers who report abuses on Wall Street often put their careers and livelihoods at risk," said Cummings.
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Let's remember this was never disclosed to our family until months later when heroic whistleblowers came forward.
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And whistleblowers, including Shultz's grandson Tyler, claim the company went to great lengths to hide its shortcomings.
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She then abandoned anonymity as a founding member of the National Survivor Advocates Coalition and Catholic Whistleblowers.
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The Treasury whistleblowers also made other, more serious allegations about the disarray inside America's financial intelligence system.
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The three judges noted that the obstruction statute designed to protect whistleblowers was "sweeping" in its scope.
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The committee heard from whistleblowers who warned of cut corners and mistakes inside the 737 Max program.
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Examples of misinformation included a false tweet about whistleblowers by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.
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Grassley, who heads the Senate Judiciary Committee, says the policy violates federal laws meant to protect whistleblowers.
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Under IRS rules, whistleblowers can be awarded up to 30 percent of any taxes and penalties collected.
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The House also passed two noncontroversial bills by voice vote on Wednesday to protect and encourage whistleblowers.
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Eight days after Congress fired the Commodore, the Commodore filed a criminal libel action against the whistleblowers.
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Legal protection would be guaranteed when whistleblowers disclose illicit activities through internal channels or to public authorities.
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The most senior GOP senator has fashioned a career on protecting whistleblowers during presidencies of both parties.
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Each of these three whistleblowers will receive a portion of the millions Avanir has agreed to pay.
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Barack Obama's administration charged more whistleblowers with violating the Espionage Act than any other administration in history.
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Bronfman is a "fanatic" Raniere follower, says Parlato, and has a history of intimidating whistleblowers through lawsuits.
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They placate students with favors, maintain stories at the level of deniable rumor, and attack whistleblowers mercilessly.
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Yesterday, congressmen Ted Lieu (D-CA) and Don Beyer (D-VA) released a whistleblowers guide for employees.
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"Whistleblowers are an invaluable resource for weeding out waste, fraud and abuse -- the last thing the government should be doing is paying the legal fees of contractors who've retaliated against whistleblowers," McCaskill, the top Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said in a statement.
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"Whistleblowers are an invaluable resource for weeding out waste, fraud and abuse — the last thing the government should be doing is paying the legal fees of contractors who've retaliated against whistleblowers," McCaskill, the top Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said in a statement.
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Whistleblowers will also obtain legal protection if they disclose breaches to the media but guarantees will apply only if public disclosure was made after no response was received to the first report of breaches, or in cases where whistleblowers risk retaliation or major public interests are at risk.
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Whistleblowers described a work environment in which production was prioritized over health, and safety and injuries were mislabeled.
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However, the group subsequently tweeted that this was a joke and it was simply trying to encourage whistleblowers.
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Two whistleblowers have come forward to allege Trump improperly used his position to pressure Ukraine into investigating Biden.
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has called on every agency inspector general to investigate potential retaliation against whistleblowers.
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The UK government is considering new laws that target whistleblowers and journalists who obtain or share state secrets.
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The measures include improved customer protection, banks being held accountable for poor conduct and better support for whistleblowers.
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There are some whistleblowers who, despite our [policies meant to shield their identities], will issue their own statements.
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"Cryptography is so heavily relied on by financial services, businesses, electronic commerce, whistleblowers, journalists, and governments," he said.
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" Later Wednesday, Trump doubled down: "I have a lot of respect for whistleblowers, but only when they're real.
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" (Associated Press) She's argued, however, that the whistleblower should be shielded from potential retaliation: "Whistleblowers should be protected.
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Alexander Vindman appears to cross guarantees that Defense Secretary Mark Esper previously voiced, that vowed protections for whistleblowers.
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Oh, and there are some lawsuits (whistleblowers, shareholders) and a case that union activity was being illegally suppressed.
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People who act as whistleblowers on issues of harassment rarely find that their careers rebound from the upheaval.
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But a few years ago, whistleblowers starting coming forward with claims of botched cleanup work by Tetra Tech.
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On Tuesday, Facebook also announced a $40,000 fund to encourage whistleblowers to flag advertising abuse on the platform.
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And once they could see that, they were less inclined to doubt women whistleblowers right off the bat.
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The financial penalties are "preposterous", says Alexis Ronickher, a partner at Katz, Marshall & Banks, who has represented whistleblowers.
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Miller also said whistleblowers should be financially rewarded, and that UK mutual funds should have "truly independent boards".
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"This is part of a concerted and avowed war against whistleblowers including investigative journalists and publishers," Summers said.
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"This is part of a concerted and avowed war against whistleblowers including investigative journalists and publishers," Summers said.
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A lot of "rogue" Twitter accounts have emerged recently—some for fun, and others claiming to be whistleblowers.
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That law allows whistleblowers to sue companies on the government's behalf to recover fraudulently paid-out taxpayer money.
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These include refugee registration, though UNHCR has taken over the role since allegations by whistleblowers of inflated numbers.
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The proposal also bars OCE from acting on anonymous tips, which ethics reform advocates warn would undermine whistleblowers.
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a lawsuit that would have broadened protections for corporate whistleblowers.
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In fact, all 21 federal laws since 2000 protecting corporate, federal contractor, and federal government whistleblowers passed unanimously.
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Trump's eventual departure from high office will permit the return to the days of unanimous support for whistleblowers.
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In other words, instead of questioning authority, they question those who question authority — such as whistleblowers and reporters.
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However, he said many whistleblowers don't undertake suits lightly given the personal and financial consequences they may face.
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False Claims Act cases let whistleblowers bring claims on behalf of the government and share in any rewards.
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Whistleblowers, especially those uncovering substantial misconduct, have only one piece of what might be a much larger puzzle.
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Pardon Edward Snowden, to encourage more whistleblowers to come forward if these systems continue growing out of control.
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There has been a magnifying glass on executive conduct in many industries, after whistleblowers have reported unprofessional behavior.
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"Whistleblowers often sacrifice their careers because they face retaliatory acts from those superiors they reported against," he said.
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The organization, known for its work protecting whistleblowers, is representing the doctors and released their letter to CNN.
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Still, many whistleblowers see the new guidelines as an inevitable response to the recent wave of internal activism.
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It also urges them to apply its zero-tolerance policy to bishops, said Father Lasch, a Whistleblowers member.
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Harris also told the podcast that Congress needs to "do everything possible" to protect whistleblowers from the president.
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So after Agape and the whistleblowers reached an agreement, they notified the government and waited for its approval.
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By honoring Dr. Kirkpatrick, the bill calls attention to the financial, emotional, and personal hardship faced by whistleblowers.
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And there's a long history of administrations trying to ferret out such personal information to discredit whistleblowers' revelations.
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The False Claims Act lets whistleblowers bring claims on behalf of the federal government and share in recoveries.
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Given what happened in the Ukraine investigation, what whistleblowers or professional witnesses will come forward in the future?
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However, increasing protections for intelligence community whistleblowers has been met with resistance from both sides of the aisle.
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Other groups have included "Americans under 25" in 1966, "The Whistleblowers" in 2002 and, memorably, "You" in 2006.
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Whistleblowers claimed he drank too much on the job, oversaw a "toxic" work environment, and even overprescribed medication.
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This meant that whistleblowers regularly contacted us with scoops, which were then followed up by the national media.
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As national security whistleblowers, the anonymous officials have no entitlement to a financial reward, a factor that often tips the balance in favor of blowing the whistle despite the inherent personal and professional risks — risks made all too clear in the president's brazen threats, including suggestions that whistleblowers be executed.
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Kim's lawsuit emerges as more whistleblowers stand up to report sexual harassment, discrimination and assault in the tech industry.
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The lawsuits were filed under the False Claims Act, which allows whistleblowers to sue companies on the government's behalf.
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"What this memo effectively does is it discourages lawsuits," said Reuben Guttman of Guttman, Buschner & Brooks, who represents whistleblowers.
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But a cadre of whistleblowers, who got wealthy off the products they now warn against, revealed the underlying connection.
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He called for better witness protection for whistleblowers, as people are often killed in disputes over land in Kenya.
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They provide the SEC the power to offer monetary awards to whistleblowers whose tips lead to successful enforcement actions.
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That was followed by accusations that Tesla was spying on other whistleblowers that have legal cases against the company.
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Koreans are wary of being whistleblowers about harassment at family-run conglomerates or chaebol that dominate South Korean business.
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Not surprising, then, that whistleblowers are more inclined to offer their information about business malpractice to U.S. agencies first.
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Top Republicans, however, dispute Schumer's claim that Trump's actions on Friday could have a chilling effect on future whistleblowers.
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Democrats have engaged in secret interviews, selective leaks, performances of transcripts that never happened, and lies about whistleblowers. pic.twitter.
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Bakaj, however, gave a more vague statement, saying that his team now represents "multiple whistleblowers" connected to this event.
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On Tuesday, Gizmodo reported that a meme depicting whistleblowers being beaten was being shared on an internal meme generator.
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The letter regarded claims that an official there retaliated against four whistleblowers who raised red flags about contracting crimes.
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Since Birkenfeld came forward, the feds have opened multiple newavenues for whistleblowers to report wrongdoing, and created new protections.
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The law also creates incentives, allowing whistleblowers to collectbetween 10 and 30 percent of any recoveries over $1 million.
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The SEC has awarded more than $262 million to 53 whistleblowers since it began issuing the awards in 2012.
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Lawless also suggested that the firing and the company's statement were intended to discourage other whistleblowers from coming forward.
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Kennebeck said the film had been difficult to make, given the problems other whistleblowers like Edward Snowden have faced.
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As public support for victims and whistleblowers grows, the risk of retaliation against those who speak up may decrease.
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Is it the campaign against whistleblowers during Obama's administration that's made us more and more afraid to speak out?
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously in 2000 that private whistleblowers can sue on behalf of the U.S. government.
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Moreover, as evidenced by the fate of high-profile whistleblowers like Edward Snowden, statutory protections are incomplete at best.
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This policy template is a collaborative effort by a group of whistleblowers, investors, founders, and activists, compiled by TechCrunch.
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Those promises were scrubbed from his website in 2023 in favor of a war on whistleblowers against his administration.
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Whistleblowers who help the SEC spot fraud are eligible for as much as 30 percent of the money collected.
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Empowering these whistleblowers is key to rooting out bad actors who are breaking the law by dodging their taxes.
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The recommendations included publicly supporting a FOIA reform bill, releasing the Senate torture report, and increasing protection for whistleblowers.
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Share your concerns confidentially and anonymously," the ad will read, with a link to its "safe space for whistleblowers.
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The Act would create a process for the US to sanction individuals targeting whistleblowers for exposing illegal state activity.
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According to the news agencies, the raids had been organized over articles that relied on leaked documents from whistleblowers.
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Nothing in Dodd-Frank's text "introduced or applied" a prohibition on mandatory arbitration for those whistleblowers, the judge held.
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"The president will be held accountable, and nobody should have the right to endanger whistleblowers," Pelosi said in response.
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Michael Moore is starting a new secure website called "Trumpileaks" for whistleblowers to share information from the Trump administration.
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But Cummings and Baldwin argued that banks are beginning to circumvent that law to crack down on potential whistleblowers.
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Whistleblowers are the ones who let us know about huge waitlists at the VA while managers recouped large bonuses.
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However, she also adds that she is confident that the whistleblowers are subject to karmic justice in the end.
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So right now, whistleblowers are particularly vulnerable because there's no one sitting in the MSPB to rule for you.
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" Additionally, the advocacy group calls out the trade agreement for provisions that "create new threats to journalists and whistleblowers.
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Arkansas senators are considering a bill that would allow private businesses to sue whistleblowers that expose abuse or wrongdoing.
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Through various whistleblowers, it has been alleged that the athletes were doping with the help of the Russian government.
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The former CIA agent emphasized that not all whistleblowers go through the designated channels aimed at protecting national security.
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"I think whistleblowers have the right to remain confidential and that their privacy ought to be respected," said Sen.
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And potentially, whistleblowers had to hope at least a little that spilling the beans would lead to positive change.
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Schiff maintained that it is not unusual for whistleblowers to contact congressional committees and that standard procedures were followed.
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The VA often works harder to punish whistleblowers than it does to solve problems, putting veterans' lives at risk.
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I left phone and email messages for lawyers representing Agape and the whistleblowers but didn't receive comments in response.
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These naval and marine officers, and one midshipman, were, to our knowledge, the first whistleblowers of our new nation.
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Here's the problem with that view: The President is the law when it comes to protecting national security whistleblowers.
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Which means the Republican strategy of trying to expose the whistleblower could stop future potential whistleblowers from saying anything.
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Luxembourg has a law protecting whistleblowers but it is limited to exposing illegality, such as corruption and money laundering.
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Chuck Grassley, the most senior GOP senator who has a long history of advocating for and protecting government whistleblowers.
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Under the law, the substance of a whistleblowers' claims cannot be provided until the report is sent to Congress.
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"Whistleblowers should be entitled to confidentially and privacy, because they play a vital function in our democracy," Romney said.
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Watchdog groups and whistleblowers are worried that poor-quality auditing of public companies could lead to another financial crisis.
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"Whistleblowers shine a bright light on malfeasance in our government and the private sector," Pelosi said in a statement.
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It's also helped enable whistleblowers and revolutionaries across the world escape the scrutiny of oppressive governments and organize revolutions.
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Whistleblowers can take complaints to the inspector general, congressional members or their staff, and in some cases, the media.
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The case will determine the scope of the shield against employer retaliation provided to whistleblowers under the Dodd-Frank law.
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Folks who speak up (the Enron whistleblowers) and people of the internet have been named POTYs in years past, too.
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Journalists and whistleblowers may have won dismissal of Trump's libel lawsuits, but at significant cost of time, energy, and money.
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Still, NAVEX's Conlin believed that whistleblowers as a whole are feeling more empowered to speak up without fear of repression.
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During his opening statement, Vindman compared his situation to the Soviet Union of his youth, where whistleblowers were harshly punished.
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The Dodd-Frank law gave the SEC newfound powers to reward whistleblowers who come forward with tips of corporate malfeasance.
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The European Commission (the executive arm of the EU) has launched a new initiative to encourage whistleblowers to step forward.
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They are based on testimony to the anti-corruption prosecutor by three anonymous whistleblowers placed in a witness-protection scheme.
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Those seizures were widely credited to a new policy in which whistleblowers can anonymously provide information through a secure portal.
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Whistleblowers—employees who discover and disclose evidence of serious misconduct—have been essential to holding government and corporate institutions accountable.
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Dana Gold is an attorney and senior fellow at the Government Accountability Project, a nonprofit group dedicated to protecting whistleblowers.
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Instead of living in fear and keeping quiet, whistleblowers told the truth, knowing their due process rights would protect them.
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He's also been mindful of the political downsides of getting crosswise with the intelligence community, where whistleblowers are widely despised.
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Many in this town have spent ample blood, sweat and tears for decades building up an infrastructure to protect whistleblowers.
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The stated purpose of the caucuses is to "raise awareness of the need for adequate protections against retaliation" of whistleblowers.
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Under the program, whistleblowers can receive between 10 and 30 percent of any monetary sanctions that emanate from their tips.
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It could also be Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, an organization that has assisted whistleblowers within the government since 1993.
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Doctors have acted as whistleblowers, discouraged their colleagues from taking staff positions in ICE facilities, and marched in the streets.
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Thursday's edition of the Federal Register contains new protections for whistleblowers, flowers, and a ban on banks investing in metals.
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Whistleblowers like Lukambo are the lifeblood of what remains of Congo's democracy in a fragile, turbulent region of the world.
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C.) and Rand PaulRandal (Rand) Howard PaulRand Paul blocks Senate resolution backing protection for whistleblowers Do Republicans understand the Constitution?
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C.) and Rand PaulRandal (Rand) Howard PaulRand Paul blocks Senate resolution backing protection for whistleblowers Do Republicans understand the Constitution?
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To lower-level employees, as well, the SEC's proposed cap sends a signal — one that suggests limited support for whistleblowers.
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There are two known whistleblowers prepared to discuss US President Donald Trump's politically charged July call with the Ukrainian president.
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They also give the SEC the power to offer monetary awards to whistleblowers whose tips lead to successful enforcement actions.
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"Trusted" means intermediaries trusted by the whistleblowers, not necessarily by the establishment figures whose policies and processes would be challenged.
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In many years of talking to whistleblowers and complainants about corporate abuse, I have not met any who emerged undamaged.
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For example, the SEC has no requirement that whistleblowers first report wrongdoing to their own companies before contacting the SEC.
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Director of Information Security at First Look Media says he thinks people don't realize that whistleblowers are just ordinary people.
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" The SEC says it rewards whistleblowers that provide "original, timely, and credible information that leads to a successful enforcement action.
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The House-passed bill would make it easier to fire poorly performing VA employees and would safeguard protections for whistleblowers.
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And while Edwards concedes that his farting unicorn isn't "as serious as whistleblowers," he's still hoping for an amicable solution.
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"Anonymous also wrote that they believe there are more potential whistleblowers because "many people have witnessed the president&aposs corruption.
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The Obama administration has aggressively prosecuted whistleblowers liked Thomas Drake who talked to the press about illegal government surveillance activities.
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"[Whistleblowers] were seen as subversives or as enemies of the state, often with an (alleged) anti-American intent," says Kabisch.
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The Chinese government initially tried to downplay the severity of the coronavirus outbreak and tried to crack down on whistleblowers.
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Remember, FCA suits are typically initiated by private whistleblowers, who file their allegations of fraud against the government under seal.
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Some Republicans, including Trump, have spent months pushing to reveal the whistleblower&aposs identity, despite legal protections afforded to whistleblowers.
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"I therefore ask that you inform me regarding your plans to ensure that these whistleblowers are adequately protected," he added.
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According to whistleblowers, one Jewish patient went without food for days because the hospital had run out of kosher meals.
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Our national security has suffered from the perception that IC whistleblowers will not be heard when the going gets tough.
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A federal law known as the Whistleblower Protection Act shields federal whistleblowers who work for the government from workplace retaliation.
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And GAO said DOE rarely punishes contractors for retaliating against whistleblowers, only taking action twice in the last two decades.
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A federal law known as the Whistleblower Protection Act protects federal whistleblowers who work for the government from workplace retaliation.
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Police whistleblowers, like the ones who came forward to address corruption in McDonald's investigation and Baltimore's corruption cases, are rare.
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Sanger, who led the internal investigation after being installed as independent chairman in October, had faced controversy involving whistleblowers before.
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"We do not have a specific policy around whistleblowers," a Reddit spokesperson said in a statement to CNN on Wednesday.
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They needed whistleblowers to ensure that every official of the new republic would be held fully accountable for their misconduct.
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Under the deal, whistleblowers will be protected when they report irregularities at the companies or public bodies where they work.
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As a part of the OSC's whistleblower policy, the regulator added to its securities regulations anti-retaliation protections for whistleblowers.
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And the threats to whistleblowers for retaliation and for people to find out who they are [are also going up].
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"All I can say is I expect whistleblowers to be protected according to what the law gives them," Grassley said.
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"They all say they're going to respect whistleblowers but they end up not doing it," Grassley said of administration officials.
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Sexual Harassment Whistleblowers — Its been two years since #MeToo became a household term, but accusers often get nowhere near justice.
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The initial drafts of the document overstated the degree to which the NSA's IG invited whistleblowers to report legal violations.
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Are you or the whistleblowers in danger of being arrested by the Australian government now that this film is out?
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Charles GrassleyCharles (Chuck) Ernest GrassleyGOP senators call for Barr to release full results of Epstein investigation Trump health official: Controversial drug pricing move is 'top priority' Environmental advocates should take another look at biofuels MORE, one of the most steadfast supporters of whistleblowers in Congress, regulators can't treat whistleblowers like skunks at a picnic.
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Regulators have demanded change from Wells Fargo after employee whistleblowers revealed it had opened potentially millions of unauthorized accounts in 2016.
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It would have been banned from accepting anonymous tips -- silencing many potential whistleblowers -- and been barred from communicating to the public.
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In that time, the reputation of Wikileaks as a hard-charging defender of whistleblowers and an opponent of corruption has withered.
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It is one thing to get tough on crime; it is quite another to view journalists and whistleblowers as potential criminals.
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In addition, whistleblowers will be able to bring private lawsuits against employers if they believe they are the victims of retaliation.
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South Korea has been buffeted by corporate scandals, many within its family-run conglomerates or chaebol, but has seen few whistleblowers.
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"It is a rancorous story about whistleblowers, Mr. Giuliani, side channels, quid pro quos, corruption, and interference in elections," Taylor testified.
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Neither FINRA nor the SEC would comment on whether tracking journalists and whistleblowers are a reasonable interpretation of the regulators' guidelines.
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"How can you do that to your kids" is a line well known to many whistleblowers, and it's a painful one.
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"What troubles me about this is that there are clear protections in the law for whistleblowers, pretty broad protections," she said.
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"It is our philosophy... that whistleblowers should in the great majority of cases remain anonymous," said WADA Director General Olivier Niggli.
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Richard Burr of North Carolina, said that on a bipartisan basis the committee directs potential whistleblowers to the relevant inspector general.
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Those accused of improper behavior hate credible whistleblowers; those who oppose corruption and mismanagement in government see great value in them.
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Chairman Schiff has publicly expressed concern for witnesses involved in his inquiry, given Trump's implicit threat that whistleblowers should be executed.
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All of the programs include provisions protecting whistleblowers from retaliation, such as getting fired, demoted, held back from promotions, or worse.
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The decades-long prison sentence Manning received from a military court was especially harsh in comparison to that of other whistleblowers.
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There's a place for self-reporting to help police shady industries, especially by allowing whistleblowers to report misbehavior at the top.
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The case was seen as a delicate balancing act for the judge between upholding Luxembourg's strict secrecy laws and protecting whistleblowers.
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We work with whistleblowers, victims, lawyers, journalists and campaigners around the world, so confidentiality and protection of our sources is vital.
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His first anti-crime bill has some valuable ideas, including protection for whistleblowers and a longer statute of limitations for corruption.
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"[T]here is not an actual channel for whistleblowers [to report] egregious abuses of our constitutional rights and liberties," she said.
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Whistleblowers evoke a sense of the childhood tattletale, the kid with right on his side who is friendless in the schoolyard.
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Nissan investigators continue to pursue a number of other leads with the probe expanding as whistleblowers come forward, one source said.
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Avenatti said he obtained both tapes from two "whistleblowers" he also represents, but none of his clients appear in either video.
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Instead, he cited interviews with AMI executives, cybersecurity and intelligence experts in the Middle East, Saudi whistleblowers, and Trump administration officials.
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Recent reports show that last year, over 28503 veterans there died waiting for care – and that whistleblowers are still facing retaliation.
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Many FCA cases are initiated by private whistleblowers, known as relators, who file suits under seal on behalf of the government.
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But according to NHCA, it worked closely behind the scenes with the Pentech and Prime whistleblowers before they filed their suits.
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And second, the tax code doesn't protect whistleblowers against retaliation by their employers, a necessity for any effective anti-fraud program.
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They will have a chilling effect on all whistleblowers and hurt the public's ability to learn about corruption and the truth.
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Under the False Claims Act, whistleblowers can sue on behalf of the government and receive a portion of the damages awarded.
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A partial exoneration is that Staley's witch hunts were undertaken because he didn't appear to understand whistleblowers' right to be protected.
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Both whistleblowers' attorneys have declined to say exactly how many they are representing, however — suggesting there may be more than two.
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Our organization, Government Accountability Project, represents numerous whistleblowers within the DHS who have made multiple disclosures to the agency's inspector general.
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True or not, this was the word on the street, and it had a chilling impact on other would-be whistleblowers.
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Other provisions in the senators' bill are designed to strengthen protections for whistleblowers and make changes to rules governing IRS employees.
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The report even highlighted one instance where OAWP instigated a retaliatory investigation against a whistleblower, despite its mandate to protect whistleblowers.
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Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) on Saturday encouraged whistleblowers, specifically within President Trump's administration, to continue sharing leaks with the press.
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If we strengthen and empower whistleblowers in the financial industry, we can do a better job of holding Wall Street accountable.
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Zaid wrote that it had been a long-standing policy of the House Intelligence Committee to protect the identities of whistleblowers.
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Both Facebook and the research firm have said the data was deleted, but whistleblowers and news reports claim it still exists.
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CBB-backed whistleblowers helped reveal the sales practice scandal in 2016 that resulted in hefty fines and penalties for the bank.
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"This kind of fear silences whistleblowers, hampers recruiting and retention efforts and discourages innovation to challenge the status quo," Erwin said.
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James Connell, a canon lawyer and retired priest in Milwaukee who belongs to Catholic Whistleblowers, an advocacy group for abuse victims.
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He said the quasi-judicial body that protects government whistleblowers is effectively powerless at the moment because it lacks a quorum.
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U.S., whistleblowers only have standing to pursue FCA suits because the government has assigned them an interest pursuant to the statute.
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To detractors, though, including a new presidential administration hostile to whistleblowers of Manning's ilk, she remains no more than a traitor.
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"We at The Intercept have always opposed the use of the Espionage Act against government whistleblowers," Reed wrote in the statement.
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Lawyers for the intelligence official who raised the alarm about Trump and Ukraine announced that "multiple whistleblowers" have now come forward.
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It needs intrepid whistleblowers willing to step forward and defend the institutions this president has dragged into the dirt with him.
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Zaid works for Compass Rose Legal Group, a law firm that focuses on representing whistleblowers and also represents the first whistleblower.
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"In the years since the financial crisis ... a corporation's obligation to listen to whistleblowers has changed – very much so," Bush said.
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Among the steps they recommend: allowing employees to report problems anonymously, and following up on reports without trying to identify whistleblowers.
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There are only a handful of reporters and whistleblowers risking the daily wrath of the most powerful executive branch on Earth.
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The one governing intelligence whistleblowers was passed after Edward Snowden leaked hundreds of thousands of pages of documents about data collection.
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I reached out to Paul's office, and a representative for the senator said that Paul's views on whistleblowers have not changed.
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They think I may have had a 'dicey' conversation with a certain foreign leader based on a 'highly partisan' whistleblowers statement.
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The Founding Fathers, at the height of the American revolution, understood that without whistleblowers the newly born democracy could not survive.
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The agency kept its attention on its whistleblower office, paying out a record $57 million in bounties to whistleblowers in 2016.
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The actions highlight Grassley's reputation as a dogged investigator — and an independent streak that has led him to embrace government whistleblowers.
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They think I may have had a 'dicey' conversation with a certain foreign leader based on a 'highly partisan' whistleblowers statement.
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"Whistleblowers around the financial services sector, I'm sure, would have been watching this and making a decision as to whether or not they feel safe and protected, and able therefore to make their disclosures," said Georgina Halford-Hall, chief executive of Whistleblowers UK. She added that she feared the outcome would deter them from speaking out.
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The memo alarmed subcommittee Chairman Paul TonkoPaul David TonkoHouse Democrats push automakers to rebuff Trump, join California's fuel efficiency deal Overnight Energy: Democrats seek help in appealing to conservatives on climate | Whistleblowers say Interior sidelined scientists | Automakers strike fuel efficiency deal with California in rebuff to Trump Interior whistleblowers say agency has sidelined scientists under Trump MORE (D-N.Y.).
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The upshot, according to the 3rd Circuit (and similarly-minded federal trial courts in Los Angeles and Manhattan): Whistleblowers who claim they're entitled to Dodd-Frank's enhanced procedural and back pay provisions can be forced into arbitration, even though Dodd-Frank itself protects the right to sue for whistleblowers with claims under the less generous Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
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J.) and Paul TonkoPaul David TonkoHouse Democrats push automakers to rebuff Trump, join California's fuel efficiency deal Overnight Energy: Democrats seek help in appealing to conservatives on climate | Whistleblowers say Interior sidelined scientists | Automakers strike fuel efficiency deal with California in rebuff to Trump Interior whistleblowers say agency has sidelined scientists under Trump MORE (D-N.
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Rattled by high-profile leaks from Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning, the Obama team unleashed an unprecedented attack on whistleblowers and journalists.
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"Whistleblowers, if they go to a regulator [externally], are given a better reward if they use the system internally first," Welch said.
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U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon on Monday trimmed some of the whistleblowers' claims, but otherwise denied Teva's motion to dismiss the case.
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Now imagine if you had helped these guys go outside of their job description in an attempt to help them be whistleblowers.
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These victories—earned through the work of mass employee outrage and individual whistleblowers like former Uber engineer Susan Fowler—remain incomplete though.
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"—The Hill Michael Moore Launches 'TrumpiLeaks'Filmmaker and activist Michael Moore has launched a new site for potential Trump administration whistleblowers called "TrumpiLeaks.
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"We already have a number of whistleblowers speaking to us, so I am told," said Reedie, speaking at the SportsPro Live conference.
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Last month, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it had paid out more than $100 million in awards to whistleblowers.
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Y.) wants federal inspectors general to step in, and Democrats are looking for GOP support for legislation to protect whistleblowers (The Hill).
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"As the Committee is well aware, the governing stature and associated regulations permit whistleblowers to preserve their anonymity," MacDougall will tell lawmakers.
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The Law Commission's report states that the need to increase the punishment for potential whistleblowers matches the danger posed by such leaks.
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"It is very hard to measure the sum total of the damage done," said one of the whistleblowers, a senior FinCEN official.
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A law firm representing the whistleblowers said their clients tipped off the agency to the misuse of customer funds by the brokerage.
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"One trend we've been seeing more and more, and a way we can get new information, is from whistleblowers," the aide said.
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We can only applaud to hackers, whistleblowers and citizens who might go on and free the data, which actually belongs to everybody.
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The Parliament passed as well new measures that grant EU-wide protection to whistleblowers who expose corruption, tax evasion and other crimes.
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Dana Gold, senior counsel for the Government Accountability Project, represents Allen and McPherson and says whistleblowers like them often face serious repercussions.
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DOJ also said that under 9th Circuit precedent, it has broad authority to end FCA cases even if whistleblowers want to proceed.
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I reached out to the Justice Department, which declined to comment, and to the Gilead whistleblowers' lawyers, who did not immediately respond.
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Whistleblowers have alleged that Vote Leave broke electoral spending law before the referendum and illegally channelled funds to a digital services firm.
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Bossi contends that whistleblowers are looking for three guarantees when they decide to raise a concern about a wrongdoing in their workplace.
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The UN audit was triggered by whistleblowers who said officials may have inflated refugee numbers to skim aid and do other fraud.
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Tejinder Singh, a partner at Goldstein & Russell representing the whistleblowers, in an interview said the decision serves as a warning for companies.
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Other whistleblowers like Thomas Tamm have been barred from practicing law or faced years of retaliatory investigations for charges that never materialized.
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Obama's directive gave intelligence community whistleblowers some protections against workplace retaliation, but does not provide them with security guards or similar protections.
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That law allows the government and whistleblowers suing on its behalf to recover taxpayer money paid to companies based on fraudulent claims.
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The payouts for whistleblowers, modelled on those offered by America's Securities and Exchange Commission, will be an especially powerful tool, she says.
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Many of the whistleblowers who spoke in the film were referred to Orner, who said honesty was key to gaining their trust.
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Inspired by the ongoing impeachment inquiry, we're eager for some smart guesses about a few insiders and whistleblowers in the United States.
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Some whistleblowers have a history of filing suits, which may not make their allegations untrue, but it does add perspective, he said.
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" CNN's Jake Tapper was more emphatic: "The Obama administration has used the Espionage Act to go after whistleblowers who leaked to journalists . . .
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Historically, DOJ has generally allowed private whistleblowers to continue to litigate FCA cases even if the government chooses not to pursue them.
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That helps answer a question many have recently asked about the FBI and our intelligence community: Why haven't more whistleblowers come forward?
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It turns them into outspoken whistleblowers, where in real life they would have been obedient, because that was life in the USSR.
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Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), ranking member on the oversight panel, said Congress would protect whistleblowers and appreciates their willingness to speak up.
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Saudi Arabia's King Salman has ordered protection for financial and corporate whistleblowers as part of an anti-corruption drive in the country.
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In posing the question, Ipsos noted that the dark Web can help protect human rights activists, dissidents under oppressive regimes and whistleblowers.
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To stay off the radar when leaking information to the press, whistleblowers often turn to the dark web to mask their identity.
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First the misconduct is discovered, and then we learn about all of the whistleblowers who tried to stop the fraud much earlier.
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Managers and corporate officers responding to complaints need to shed their preconceptions about whistleblowers and instead invest in the information they receive.
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At the very least, the referral is a chilling reminder to future whistleblowers that they may not be welcome before that committee.
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It's possible that the database grew since whistleblowers last saw it -- though it was impossible to add to it after early 2015.
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That's why whistleblowers, for example, expect confidentiality protection from journalists, and feel more comfortable speaking to reporters than to law enforcement authorities.
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Numerous official reports and accounts from whistleblowers point to a systemic doping scheme that involved both sporting officials and Russia's security services.
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NHTSA's challenge will be to ensure its rules reflect Congress's intent to deter corporate misconduct, not the whistleblowers trying to report it.
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The case has been closely watched given its implications for how the World Bank investigates corruption and its ability to protect whistleblowers.
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True whistleblowers use the well-established and discreet processes in place to voice grievances; they do not put American lives at risk.
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He told me why the government—especially Congress—sometimes loves whistleblowers, and why the Whistleblower Protection Act keeps needing to be tweaked.
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Michael Kohn: It's whistleblowers who have historically provided essentially all the information Congress needs to do their job, and they understand that.
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In a statement to The Hill, an agency spokesperson stressed that the agency was working on implementing new improvements to protect whistleblowers.
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But the president has the power not only to choose the NSA director but also to prosecute whistleblowers for leaking classified information.
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Representative Jimmy Gazaway, who voted against the bill, said he doesn't think whistleblowers should be limited to only employees on the job.
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Things actually lurched in a troubling direction under the Obama administration, which was rightly criticized for prosecuting whistleblowers and spying on reporters.
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The Peace Corps' past is littered with allegations that it does not provide adequate support for whistleblowers and victims of sexual assault.
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At the time, Burr pledged to seek more information about the complaint, while Warner emphasized the importance of protecting whistleblowers from reprisal.
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The lawyer who represents both whistleblowers said the new one has firsthand knowledge of key events and can corroborate the original one.
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" Assange's legal team applied to the court for a delay, claiming the extradition effort was "politically motivated" and a "war on whistleblowers.
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The program, created under the Dodd-Frank regulatory reform law, has paid $387 million to 72 whistleblowers over the past 8 years.
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Remember that our fledgling nation had insufficient funds to even shoe Washington's Army in wintertime; yet Congress chose to defend the whistleblowers.
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It's not hard to see what Trump and Paul are doing here -- whether purposely or out of ignorance of how whistleblowers work.
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Steve Russell (R-Okla.), would allow whistleblowers outside the intelligence community to disclose classified information to supervisors in their chain of command.
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Two of the whistleblowers were captured and thrown in jail, not being able to meet the "enormous bail" set by the court.
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While there are measures in federal law meant to negate retaliation against whistleblowers, it is not clear they apply to the president.
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That law allows the U.S. government to place targeted sanctions on anyone who, among other things, retaliates against whistleblowers exposing government corruption.
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She investigates the safety and security of nuclear weapons and power facilities, works with federal whistleblowers, and develops POGO's Foreign Influence Database.
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These, too, are more visible than in the past, thanks to more combative prosecutors, investigative journalists, whistleblowers and freedom-of-information laws.
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Whistleblowers claim the White House's top doctor drank too much on the job, oversaw a "toxic" work environment, and even overprescribed medication.
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The NGO also expressed concern that the case would deter future whistleblowers from coming forward with information that was in the public interest.
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Now, the president's appointees to the NLRB have a chance to reaffirm — or retreat from — decades' worth of legal precedent protecting whistleblowers' rights.
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SEC rules adopted in 2011 bar corporate employers from retaliating against whistleblowers who try to report allegations of securities law violations or fraud.
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At this point, it's commonplace for US government power dealings, investigations, and surveillance tactics to come to light, whether from leaks or whistleblowers.
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Avenatti, 799, says he is currently representing seven clients — three alleged victims, two parents and two "whistleblowers" — in the investigation against Kelly, 224.
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Still, there's no good version of a data leak, and this information could be used to pursue whistleblowers by foreign actors, TechCrunch notes.
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The charges of reassigning whistleblowers comes on the heels of testimony by three former TSA employees who reported that they were retaliated against.
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Gouthro's claims are the centerpiece of a new blockbuster Bloomberg Businessweek report about how the company has responded to whistleblowers in its ranks.
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Novartis has faced numerous probes across the globe where authorities or whistleblowers accuse it of bribing doctors to boost sales of pharmaceuticals products.
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"The anti-vaxx movement will consider this an outstanding Christmas present, and they'll say the clinic is just censoring whistleblowers," Caplan told Gizmodo.
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Since the programbegan, the SEC says it has awarded more than $57 million to 26 whistleblowers,whose identities are protected under the law.
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Other reports by the whistleblowers involve concerns about the MCAS control cut-out switches, which disengage the MCAS software, according to the source.
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In 2011, Atkins urged the SEC to require whistleblowers to report internally first, saying a failure to do so could undermine compliance programs.
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The law allows whistleblowers who expose fraud against the U.S. government to bring private lawsuits and keep a percentage of any damages awarded.
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The committee is demanding that the FDIC send it information on actions to protect whistleblowers and inspector general communications by Monday, June 13.
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The stories of influential whistleblowers Bill Binney, Ed Loomis, and Thomas Drake — and their confrontations with the law — come alive on the page.
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We can talk until we are blue in the face about how critical whistleblowers have been in helping root out fraud and misconduct.
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Under the False Claims Act, whistleblowers can sue companies on the government's behalf to recover taxpayer money paid out based on fraudulent claims.
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FBI whistleblowers are required to make objections internally, and the process has been widely criticized as less than that afforded at other agencies.
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Wells Fargo's relationship with regulators has been strained since 2016, when employee whistleblowers revealed the bank had opened potentially millions of unauthorized accounts.
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The OCE would no longer be able to take tips from anonymous whistleblowers or turn over evidence of criminal wrongdoing to law enforcement.
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Then there is the question of their alleged wealth—alleged by Mr Trump himself, in his case, and by whistleblowers in Mr Putin's.
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Whistleblowers who spoke to the panel described a "toxic" work environment under Jackson's leadership and questionable behavior, including excessive drinking, CNN has reported.
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Here is what U.S. law says about how whistleblowers in the intelligence community should file complaints, and the punishments for retaliation and identification.
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Cohen, now a professor at Georgetown University, said the law was primarily intended to protect whistleblowers from workplace retaliation by colleagues and supervisors.
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The SEC has also proposed requiring that whistleblowers formally file their reward claim within 30 days of first initiating contact with the agency.
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Whistleblowers are meant to be able to approach the IG or the congressional committees to file complaints of fraud, waste, abuse, or illegality.
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On Sunday, the attorneys representing the original intelligence whistleblower announced they are now representing "multiple" whistleblowers with knowledge of Trump's conduct with Ukraine.
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In a March 2018 speech, Sidibé applauded Loures for "taking the high road" and instead slammed whistleblowers and women who had spoken out.
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Such a result could deter people from reporting misconduct internally first, said Jordan Thomas, a partner at Labaton Sucharow who represents SEC whistleblowers.
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Dana Gold is the director of education and a senior counsel with the Government Accountability Project, where she currently represents multiple immigration whistleblowers.
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Irvin McCullough is a national security analyst with the Government Accountability Project, where he helps national security whistleblowers disclose wrongdoing free from retaliation.
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Bonzanto said the funding increase is needed to fulfill the agency's mandate of educating and training VA employees on the rights of whistleblowers.
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Two whistleblowers came forward in April to accuse Questcor of trying to boost profits for Acthar, a medication primarily for infants with seizures.
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Cummings and Meadows have also bonded on policy work together, joining forces on legislation to aide whistleblowers and to reform the Post Office.
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Whistleblowers provide an invaluable service to society by exposing wrongdoing that otherwise would go undetected and unpunished, often at great risk to themselves.
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The site has become an important source for whistleblowers looking to speak out against government malpractice, placing it at odds with US officials.
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Flynn used to consult for IP3, ad "whistleblowers" who spoke with House Democrats were concerned about the national security adviser skirting ethics rules.
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And Republicans are confounded that the White House hasn't withdrawn Jackson's nomination after whistleblowers came to the Veterans' Affairs Committee with the charges.
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Nothing in the text of the statute permits whistleblowers to turn around and give a piece of the recovery to a third party.
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Some Republicans, including Trump, have spent months pushing to reveal the whistleblower&aposs identity, even though federal law protects government whistleblowers from retaliation.
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He said there is also a "real industry now behind recruiting whistleblowers inside the resistance movement," and creating public outcry about the administration.
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Unlike the Cambridge Analytica whistleblowers Christopher Wylie and Brittany Kaiser, and the company's former CEO, Alexander Nix, Murtfeld has not sought the spotlight.
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The tweet marked an escalation for Trump's attacks on the individual and raised questions about whether the president had violated laws protecting whistleblowers.
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As long as whistleblowers properly protect classified information and have exhausted remedies within the IC, Congress should be available as the ultimate option.
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Meanwhile, DOE's programs for whistleblowers and its remedies for employees alleging retaliation are dense, difficult to navigate and often require professional legal advice.
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The department has a rocky history with contractor whistleblowers going back years, which spurred three Senate Democrats to request Thursday's report in 2014.
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"They think I may have had a 'dicey' conversation with a certain foreign leader based on a 'highly partisan' whistleblowers statement," Trump continued.
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Neither of the two whistleblowers has been officially identified by name, and neither of the two testified during the House investigation last fall.
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At the walkout, the students read off a list of demands, which included expunging whistleblowers' records and overhauling the sexual assault reporting process.
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"Whistleblowers, to me, are, 'I saw something, here's what I saw,' rather than, you know, writing a treatise about concerns I have," Sen.
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Democrats say any effort to identify the whistleblower could endanger the person's life and chill future whistleblowers from revealing alleged wrongdoing in government.
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Whistleblowers have alleged fraud at Catalyst Capital, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday, citing documents it reviewed and people familiar with the matter.
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I can say with authority that the Trump administration's actions undermine both the national security and our intelligence and our protections of whistleblowers.
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Goucher was also one of the first whistleblowers to make doping allegations against former coach Alonzo Salazar, who was also Cain's former coach.
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The measure also protects whistleblowers from reprisals, and forces private landlords to pay relocation and medical costs for families exposed to housing hazards.
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But Schiff's staff has maintained that it is normal for whistleblowers to contact the Intelligence Committee for guidance before submitting a formal complaint.
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In 2010, Congress established the Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community, giving whistleblowers another avenue through which to report information.
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Whistleblowers come forward out of a sense of duty, David Colapinto, co-founder and general counsel of the National Whistleblower Center, told CNN.
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The question for many now is how the Australian public will react to the erosion of press freedom and the targeting of whistleblowers.
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The decree shields whistleblowers from "violation of their privileges or rights", the Saudi-run broadcaster said in an online report, without providing details.
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Andy Barr MORE (R-Ky.), and Paul TonkoPaul David TonkoHouse Democrats push automakers to rebuff Trump, join California's fuel efficiency deal Overnight Energy: Democrats seek help in appealing to conservatives on climate | Whistleblowers say Interior sidelined scientists | Automakers strike fuel efficiency deal with California in rebuff to Trump Interior whistleblowers say agency has sidelined scientists under Trump MORE (D-N.
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Andy Barr MORE (R-Ky.) and Paul TonkoPaul David TonkoHouse Democrats push automakers to rebuff Trump, join California's fuel efficiency deal Overnight Energy: Democrats seek help in appealing to conservatives on climate | Whistleblowers say Interior sidelined scientists | Automakers strike fuel efficiency deal with California in rebuff to Trump Interior whistleblowers say agency has sidelined scientists under Trump MORE (D-N.
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"If that system is allowed to break down, as it did here, if whistleblowers come to understand they will not be protected, one of two things happen — serious wrongdoing goes unreported, or whistleblowers take matters into their own hands and divulge classified information to the press in violation of the law and placing our security at risk," he said in the opening remarks.
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Whistleblowers can report matters of "urgent concern" to the NSA IG [Inspector General, a government organization's internal watchdog] and DoD IG. Whistleblowers, to include contractors, can report matters of "urgent concern" to the intelligence committees after notifying the NSA IG or DoD IG of the intent to do so and obtaining direction from the IG on how to contact the Intelligence Committees.
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That could have a chilling effect going forward on other whistleblowers who might have information about abuses, human rights violations, fraud, corruption to disclose.
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Three whistleblowers stepped forward to bring the allegations in two lawsuits filed under the whistleblower provisions of the False Claims Acts, the government said.
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One need only look to the cautionary tales of Bill Binney and Thomas Drake, intelligence community whistleblowers whose lives were ruined by their disclosures.
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The government watchdogs, in their letter this week, agreed with Atkinson, saying protections from whistleblowers shouldn't be reduced because of the Justice Department's stance.
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In 2016, Ashley emailed all Barclays employees with a video spelling out the bank's policy on protecting whistleblowers, according to the lender's annual report.
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Engel defended his office from the sharpest criticism by the IGs, who had written that the memo could have diminished protections for government whistleblowers.
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In fact, emails show that he instructed his workers not to take their complaints to Congress — which the whistleblowers viewed as a staggering betrayal.
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Nixon Plight of whistleblowers at VA has gotten worse Gorsuch: Americans should remember political opponents 'love this country as much as we do' MORE.
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Numerous whistleblowers "validated the stories of service providers whose contracts were canceled for speaking out in broad terms about what they witnessed," he added.
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Walgreens' settlements resolve claims under the federal False Claims Act, which lets private whistleblowers sue on the federal government's behalf and share in recoveries.
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Whistleblowers have raised concerns that information about vehicles used by the armed forces and the police may have ended up in the wrong hands.
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Whistleblowers and new disclosure standards have proven costly for Swiss banks, which have suffered hundreds of billions of dollars in outflows as a result.
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That whistleblowers' website published a trove of internal Democratic Party emails, allegedly stolen by Russian intelligence, in the late stages of the 2016 campaign.
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That money was spent by the U.S. government on Guantanamo Bay, drone bombs, surveillance, capital punishment, prisons for whistleblowers, corporate subsidies and bank bailouts.
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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark pledged to improve legal protection for whistleblowers after a British man who helped expose alleged money laundering at Danske Bank (DANSKE.
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Though the Nordic nation has freedom of speech written into its 1953 constitution, rules governing whistleblowers are vague, Socialist lawmaker Lisbeth Bech Poulsen said.
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The government added a provision to protect whistleblowers when it strengthened counter-espionage laws in 2018, although media organisations say press freedoms remain restricted.
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Verax: The True History of Whistleblowers, Drone Warfare, and Mass Surveillance: A Graphic Novel, by Pratap Chatterjee and Khalil, is available from Metropolitan Books.
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Both Manning and Edward Snowden, two former government employees turned whistleblowers, were both charged under the Espionage Act for leaking files to the media.
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Smith had heard from whistleblowers the changes were made in response to political considerations, so he sought all communications that went into the research.
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Wicker said the FAA may have been notified about these deficiencies as early as in August 2018, citing information from the whistleblowers and documents.
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Like Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning, and other whistleblowers facing government persecution, Assange has sacrificed his personal comfort and safety to bring us the truth.
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"Whistleblowers go to significant efforts to get us material and often very significant risks," Assange said in an interview on Dutch television this week.
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If DOJ declines to intervene, the FCA permits whistleblowers and their lawyers to press on with their suits, funding their own investigation and litigation.
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Two top members of the Senate Finance Committee introduced a bill on Wednesday to help whistleblowers that report suspected tax fraud to the IRS.
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"Whistleblowers go to significant efforts to get us material and often very significant risks," WikiLeaks head Julian Assange told the Dutch television network Nieuwsuur.
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As a result of that impunity, it's been left to whistleblowers to alert the public when a program oversteps the limits of the constitution.
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Another bill would shield whistleblowers in federal agencies who are also licensed to practice in California from losing their professional certification under state law.
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These include unpunished bad behavior, misaligned incentives, silenced whistleblowers or worse, and persistent personnel-related complaints from troubled operations — in other words, culture failures.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top U.S. financial regulator announced on Thursday it had awarded whistleblowers over $45 million for helping the watchdog identify improper activity.
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The Blackburn-backed law, whistleblowers said, made it easier for drug companies to distribute opioids across American communities and thwart the Drug Enforcement Agency.
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"The SEC is begging for whistleblowers," said Louis Clark, president of the Government Accountability Project, which advocates for employees who inform on their companies.
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The USDA has delegated inspection authority to company plant inspectors, while permitting increased production line speeds that make effective inspection impossible, according to whistleblowers.
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The Daily Beast also reported, citing two congressional sources, that new potential whistleblowers are coming forward in the wake of the House's impeachment inquiry.
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The media is now calling for legislative changes to protect whistleblowers like Boyle as well as the journalists who endeavor to tell their stories.
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One of those whistleblowers, Meredith McCoyd, will receive a $3 million payout for her role in helping uncover the scheme, the Justice Department said.
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Unfortunately, whistleblowers in national security and intelligence agencies today are specifically excluded from the protections applicable to employees and contractors of other federal agencies.
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Its scandals erupted in 2016 after employee whistleblowers helped reveal customer abuses involving workers opening potentially millions of unauthorized accounts to hit sales targets.
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British lawmakers continue to call for better protection for whistleblowers, who risk ending up blacklisted, bankrupt and damaged after lifting the lid on wrongdoing.
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President Donald Trump is an enthusiastic proponent of hunting down journalists' sources and silencing whistleblowers, building on precedents set by his predecessor Barack Obama.
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After all, when agents Terry and Zapata were murdered, the only people who suffered any consequences were brave whistleblowers who courageously exposed the truth.
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Further, ATF whistleblowers whose lives were turned upside down for telling the truth and exposing the government's illegal gun trafficking deserve vindication and justice.
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Some lawmakers had gone so far as to suggest that Britain adopt the U.S. model of compensating whistleblowers - an idea ultimately rejected by regulators.
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The House overwhelmingly passed the bill, which strengthens protections for whistleblowers and makes it easier to fire employees who were involved in treatment scandals.
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The SEC announced Monday that it had rewarded two whistleblowers with $50 million to be split between them and gave another roughly $33 million.
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" In response, the agency said "an impression was being created in media that UIDAI is targeting the media or whistleblowers or shooting the messenger.
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To take whistleblowers seriously, we need to set aside our judgments about them and their motives, and focus instead on the message they convey.
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Bafin said the new office will centralize the collection of details from whistleblowers and follow a special protocol to ensure identities are kept secret.
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But Android isn't the most secure operating system out there, which can expose activists or whistleblowers using these apps to hackers or government spies.
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The MSPB judges can be hostile towards whistleblowers, and in the cases I have litigated within MSPB, the judges were hostile to my clients.
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The SEC announced Monday that it had rewarded two whistleblowers with $22019 million to be split between them and gave another roughly $33 million.
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China, after initially denying any problem and moving to silence whistleblowers, has gone after the virus aggressively with a mandatory quarantine in Hubei province.
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But Harper, like several Democrats, raised concerns about reports that whistleblowers who brought some of Pruitt's spending issues to light were removed or reassigned.
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Privacy advocates are touting the so-called Panama Papers as a key example of how encryption can protect courageous whistleblowers and other vulnerable individuals.
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Citing employee whistleblowers, NBC reported that Grant Thornton raised questions in 2019 about some of the fund's 2018 figures and issued a qualified opinion.
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The problem with this theory is that it is not a crime to seek access to material from organizations like WikiLeaks or other whistleblowers.
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Barclays CEO Jes Staley has no plans to leave the British bank despite an ongoing investigation by regulators on his treatment of internal whistleblowers.
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As an unknown military analyst in 1969, Ellsberg found himself in a terrifying position similar to the one the Ukraine whistleblowers are in now.
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These still-unfolding events show exactly how whistleblowers can blow a case open in an instant, boxing in suspects and conserving valuable investigative resources.
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Congress should pass legislation to ensure IC whistleblowers can inform Congress directly of improper conduct without interference by the White House or the ODNI.
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Let's hope that this time the focus of any investigation will be on the actions of the president, not innuendo designed to discredit whistleblowers.
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"This new Government Accountability Office report makes clear that the Department of Energy has utterly and completely failed to protect whistleblowers from retaliation," Sen.
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Whistleblowers perceived this to be "the result of acting as a committed, civil servant who played it by the book," according to the report.
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Rand Paul objected to an otherwise unanimous resolution (nonbinding, but still) to recognize the role of Congress and the White House in protecting whistleblowers.
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The most recent disclosures involved potential illegalities: using one's office for financial enrichment, retaliating against whistleblowers and doctoring federal records to hide meeting participants.
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If there was any doubt that the laws and regulations protecting the "confidentiality" of confidential informants also covers whistleblowers, that debate ended in 2002.
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The Supreme Court announced Monday it will weigh whether corporate whistleblowers who don't report wrongdoing to federal authorities are protected by anti-retaliation laws.
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Their targets include ideas they oppose, whistleblowers and advocates who are exposing the truth, journalists uncovering the facts, and news outlets publishing the stories.
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Stephen M. Kohn is a partner at the law firm of Kohn, Kohn and Colapinto and has represented whistleblowers for the past 30-years.
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A House Democrat has introduced a bill to protect White House whistleblowers, saying it would help staffers come forward despite any binding nondisclosure agreements.
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The bank's "whistleblowers' champions", who come under the SMR, will also have to attest personally each year on the soundness of Barclays' whistleblowing systems.
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"The Washington Post has long respected the right of whistleblowers to report wrongdoing in confidence, which protects them against retaliation," a Post spokesperson said.
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The WSJ reported Thursday that the Justice Department asked the bank late last year to do an independent investigation after the whistleblowers came forward.
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In fact, while federal law usually protects whistleblowers from the kind of blowback this whistleblower is experiencing, those laws don't apply to the president.
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He stopped short of calling it BS, but said he thinks government whistleblowers are a necessity these days ... especially if it relates to Russia.
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Regulators have held the San Francisco-based bank under a microscope since 2016 when whistleblowers revealed Wells Fargo had opened potentially millions of unauthorized accounts.
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U.S. prosecutors in San Francisco subpoenaed Yesenia Guitron, one of the highest-profile whistleblowers, in December to compel her to testify before a grand jury.
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Providing compensation is important also for whistleblowers who have to leave their companies, particularly when those employees have incurred costs or losses of their own.
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The insurer was recently fined $340,000 by the SEC for requiring undertakings from exiting whistleblowers that they would not seek rewards from the agency's program.
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For example, one piece of software attempts to ferret out employees who might be about to become whistleblowers informing authorities of wrongdoing inside a company.
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Whistleblowers are a pillar of investigative journalism, from John Kiriakou revealing CIA torture to Edward Snowden at the NSA and Christopher Wylie at Cambridge Analytica.
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Our alliance will not merely offer this kind of support — we will also work in a coordinated way to publish important information revealed by whistleblowers.
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The Russian code was inserted into the fingerprint-analysis software by a French company, said the two whistleblowers, who are former employees of that company.
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"This interim hearing was unfairly conducted as a mini-trial without the benefits of disclosure, my eight witnesses, whistleblowers or me giving testimony," Mitchell said.
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The online pseudonym was once a guiding light of internet culture, a crucial protection for whistleblowers and communities with a legitimate fear of being exposed.
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Facebook goes on to assure that if whistleblowers comply with the company's policy, then the company won't sue them (which is very big of Facebook).
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Whistleblowers who participate in wrongdoing can still claim financial rewards from U.S. authorities, because they are seen as essential to uncovering hidden white-collar crimes.
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The path that has led to crackdowns on whistleblowers, to millions of deportations, to wage stagnation, to increasing disparities between our wealthy and our poor.
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Assange has also compared WikiLeaks to a news media organization that uses documents provided by whistleblowers to expose the actions of governments and powerful corporations.
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Australia has no constitutional safeguards for free speech, although the government added a provision to protect whistleblowers when it strengthened counter-espionage laws in 2018.
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"This memo appears to violate all of these laws, and it creates the impression that the Trump administration intends to muzzle whistleblowers," the lawmakers wrote.
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The law, as Granston explained, includes a provision that authorizes DOJ to move to dismiss cases over objections by whistleblowers who want to move ahead.
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Senator Roger Wicker, a Republican, said the committee was reviewing similar claims from multiple whistleblowers, and asked the Federal Aviation Administration to answer detailed questions.
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The former Uber engineer whose shocking account of her experience of sexism and harassment at the company has a message for other would-be whistleblowers.
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The plaintiffs sued under the federal False Claims Act, which lets whistleblowers pursue claims that the government was defrauded and, if successful, share in recoveries.
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British regulators are still assessing Staley's actions, and could punish him if it finds he flouted strict new UK rules on how to treat whistleblowers.
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The FCA works because it offers protection and rewards to whistleblowers who reveal fraud against the federal government in what are called "qui tam" lawsuits.
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Federal government-wide whistleblower protections will not only ensure the protection of all whistleblowers, but will prevent similar national security debacles from manifesting in future.
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As a whistleblower lawyer, I have seen the strong resistance whistleblowers face at the IRS and the IRS obstacles that derail or block these cases.
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Y., called for a key witness in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump to be given the same protections that are afforded to whistleblowers.
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Citing two congressional sources, The Daily Beast reported last week that new potential whistleblowers were coming forward in the wake of the House's impeachment inquiry.
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The White House has not responded to a request for comment from Business Insider on the possibility that there may be more than two whistleblowers.
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The SEC rules, adopted in 2011, prohibit corporate employers from retaliating in any way against whistleblowers who try to report allegations of securities law violations.
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Any whistleblowers whose names become known would fall under a new group of protected federal employees with independent overseers ensuring they do not suffer retaliation.
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The Dodd Frank financial reform law empowered the SEC to award money to whistleblowers who give information to the agency which leads to a fine.
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" Wayne Hsiung, the founder of the group, said that "families of ordinary Americans are being endangered, and whistleblowers who expose criminal violations are being targeted.
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Since February 1986, when U.S. whistleblowing laws were modernized, the U.S. government has paid whistleblowers $6.5 billion - and billions more have been recovered, he said.
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I asked Glatzer whether she thought Congress intentionally created the divergence between SOX and Dodd-Frank whistleblowers when it comes to arbitration of their claims.
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It will also require members and staff to go through mandatory sexual harassment training every year, and seek to give victims and whistleblowers more support.
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Whistleblowers have reportedly separately claimed that FAA inspectors who approved the 737 Max line were not properly trained and did not possess the required certifications.
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But I have to say that this all occurred about 15 years ago, and one hopes that whistleblowers do not now live in such fear.
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A former Justice Department prosecutor sought to sell sealed lawsuits brought by whistleblowers to the targets of pending investigations, according to a Washington Post report.
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"Watchdogs who value whistleblowers are shockingly rare in the Intelligence Community," Irvin McCullough, a national security analyst for the whistleblower aid organization Government Accountability Project.
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The SEC adopted rules in 2011 to prohibit corporate employers from retaliating against whistleblowers who try to report allegations of securities law violations or fraud.
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Increased protection for whistleblowers against retaliation, and remedies to compensate them for loss of reputation and income and emotional distress, is also crucial, Kohn added.
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And of course like whistleblowers and things like that don't want to have their names attached to it because then it'll put them at risk.
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Screens on the surrounding walls play filmed interviews with Thomas Drake and noted lawyer Jesselyn Radack, who has represented whistleblowers like Drake, Snowden, and others.
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The Chinese approach has involved censorship, draconian restrictions on individual movement, detention of whistleblowers and citizen journalists, and the rapid expansion of a technological panopticon.
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"I've been working with whistleblowers for 40 years," says Tom Devine, legal director at the Government Accountability Project, a whistle-blower protection and advocacy organization.
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Under the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1998, whistleblowers are protected from retaliation but neither the president nor members of Congress are prohibited from identifying them.
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The firm traced the posts to a Florida blogger, Dylan Potter, who admitted to investigators that Mr. Fustolo had paid him to create Whistleblowers International.
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"As the head of our country's global diplomatic force, your refusal to stand up for career employees and support whistleblowers is disturbing," the letter states.
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Eliot Engel said whistleblowers have come forward to outline an alleged plan to oust current BBG CEO, John Lansing, and replace him with Andre Mendes.
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President Trump on Friday will sign bills that protect whistleblowers at the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) and make it easier to fire problematic employees.
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The Gigafactory has been in the news plenty over the last few years, including for allegations from whistleblowers about potential drug trafficking, hacking, and spying.
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Australia has no constitutional safeguards for free speech, although the government added a provision to protect whistleblowers when it strengthened counter-espionage laws in 2018.
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Congress should now discharge its own and turn the nation's attention to the impeachment proceedings, where the president's conduct, not the whistleblowers, will be judged.
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Trump's public statements on whistleblowers are now sending a clear message to his supporters: It's okay to throw the dirt as hard as you can!
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I not only had a long career of dealing with whistleblowers; I also had the intelligence and national security portfolios while working in the Senate.
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A ruling in Digital Realty Trust's favor could force whistleblowers to contact federal authorities before they internally report the illegal activity to reap federal protections.
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Passed 420-0, the measure would train federal workers so they understand their protections, as well as enhance penalties for supervisors who retaliate against whistleblowers.
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I can say with authority the Trump administration's actions undermine both our national security and our intelligence and our protections of whistleblowers, more than both.
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" DiGenova said Giuliani asked him and Toensing to represent Ukrainian "whistleblowers," but said the trip to Ukraine was "canceled" and the pair "were never representing.
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Investigators found no evidence of retaliation in the cases of 11 ex-employees who were publicly identified as whistleblowers in media reports, according to the report.
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But while other whistleblowers continue to attract media attention and concern, Manning is locked in a maximum-security prison, six years into a 35-year sentence.
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Last year, a federal judge partly dismissed a fraud lawsuit against Conn after she ruled whistleblowers did not produce sufficient proof that the claims were fraudulent.
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"Whistleblowers are still watching nervously to see how the political winds will blow," said Daryl Glaser, a political studies professor at the University of the Witwatersrand.
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According to the author's findings, whistleblowers play a key role in cleaning up a company's financial and corporate culture, and even help them achieve profitability goals.
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These tragedies serve to explain why whistleblowers like Snowden had little faith in the system, and even less trust that their disclosures would not have repercussions.
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Cover: Chinese doctor Li Wenliang, one of the eight whistleblowers who tried to warn other medics of coronavirus outbreak, died of coronavirus on Thursday in Wuhan.
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One pattern that binds all of these engineering disasters together is that they all had whistleblowers who were aware of the looming danger before it happened.
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is asking that every agency inspector general investigate retaliation against whistleblowers who report presidential misconduct, after the firing of Lt. Col.
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Democrats are now working behind the scenes on bipartisan legislation that would protect future whistleblowers, according to a senator and Senate aide familiar with the effort.
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Legal experts question whether a light sanction for Staley could send a signal to other potential bank whistleblowers that they risk unmasking if they speak out.
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The entire Impeachment Scam was based on my perfect Ukrainian call, and the Whistleblowers account of that call, which turned out to be false (a fraud?).
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The whistleblowers say they tried multiple times to raise concerns about issues they believed threatened national security, but that they faced retaliation instead of being heeded.
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If the site's own messaging is to be believed, it was a crowdfunding site created to reward whistleblowers for sharing potentially sensitive information of journalistic value.
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The FT cited whistleblowers as saying that the accounts of Wirecard's largest business, Card Systems Middle East in Dubai, were not audited in 2016 and 2017.
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For decades, potential whistleblowers in Silicon Valley have been suppressed by a culture of silence, similar to the prevalent "omerta" culture at many Wall Street firms.
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They have rejected calls from whistleblowers and the opposition Labor Party for a powerful Royal Commission inquiry, and have the backing of the ruling Liberal Party.
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The Democrats' investigation consisted of sitting in on Republicans' interviews of Centcom analysts and whistleblowers, as well as conducting their own interviews and traveling to Centcom.
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"I applaud the House of Representatives for passing this much-needed legislation to enhance accountability and protect whistleblowers at the VA," McCain said in a statement.
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Many brave veterans and VA employees have gone public with what they've seen — and in countless instances, the agency has responded by retaliating against these whistleblowers.
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Whistleblowers who spoke to the committee warned that the transfer of the sensitive technology to the Saudis could destabilize the region by boosting nuclear weapons proliferation.
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Wide-ranging changes include tougher punishments for harassers, better protection for whistleblowers, and an end to time limits for staff to report cases of sexual misconduct.
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This would automatically extend the FCA's anti-retaliation protections to tax whistleblowers, and it would allow qui tam lawsuits to supplement the IRS's balky enforcement efforts.
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"Whistleblowers have added significant value to our enforcement program by enabling the commission to swiftly identify misconduct and hold wrongdoers accountable," he said in a statement.
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" In further clarification issued by OSC, the office specifies that the November 27 guidance "does not limit whistleblowers in any way from reporting or disclosing wrongdoing.
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Meadows also added that his committee is also trying to secure testimonies from whistleblowers who could have more information about potential improprieties surrounding the Clinton Foundation.
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Whistleblowers who participate in the SEC's program are not required to report concerns to their companies first, but those who do are eligible for bigger rewards.
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A written report summarizing what was intercepted from the whistleblowers' efforts to communicate legally with Congress was given to the CIA chiefs of security and counterintelligence.
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As an attorney, I often represent whistleblowers who have been unfairly treated or terminated after revealing wrongdoing, including many who have filed reports with the SEC.
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He also unleashed fleets of killer drones around the world, authorized the assassination of Americans without trial, and jailed more whistleblowers than all previous presidents combined.
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Trump ally and attorney Joseph diGenova compared whistleblowers to political "suicide bombers" and impeachment to "regicide" in an interview with Fox News' Laura Ingraham on Tuesday.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Russian drug cheats will be competing at next month's Rio Olympics, the whistleblowers who helped uncover the country's doping scandal have told the BBC.
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For example, the IG fraud unit opened a case in March and began interviewing whistleblowers about a new contract fraud matter inside the DEA, emails show.
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More than two whistleblowers may be coming out to discuss President Donald Trump's politically charged call with the Ukrainian president, their lawyers appear to have hinted.
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Both The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal said members of the legal team had declined to elaborate on the exact number of whistleblowers.
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Something is broken when the internal accountability mechanisms in the executive branch refuse to listen to whistleblowers, yet still claim to have held their agency accountable.
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One leading proposal would also require members and staff to go through mandatory training every year, and would seek to give victims and whistleblowers more support.
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"Time and again, we've seen whistleblowers face retaliation from within their own ranks for simply trying to correct failures or misconduct," Grassley said in a statement.
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She said that whistleblowers could appeal being fired with the inspector general, but that the inspector general's decision to reinstate the person's employment is non-binding.
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The legislation also would require members and staff to go through mandatory sexual harassment training every year and seeks to give victims and whistleblowers more support.
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The SEC now provides financial awards ranging from 10% to 30% of the total recovery to whistleblowers in hopes of inspiring more people to come forward.
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By law, the 1978 Inspector General Act authorizes the inspectors general to access all records and electronic communications of employees, and to provide protection for whistleblowers.
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Whistleblowers often find themselves in tremendously difficult situations, and their courage in reporting serious crimes and injustices rather than remaining silent should be heralded and respected.
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Kirk registers to lobby MORE (R-Ill.) launched a new ad featuring the two whistleblowers who filed a workplace retaliation lawsuit against his Democratic opponent Rep.
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German financial watchdog Bafin is opening a new office on Monday dedicated to corporate whistleblowers, aiming to encourage more business insiders to expose wrongdoing.
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Wilkinson, whose anonymity was ended by an Estonian newspaper, said this was a "gross abuse of human rights", in part because whistleblowers risk never working again.
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Whistleblowers have demonstrated government malfeasance through the decades with the release of documents like the Pentagon Papers, the Panama Papers, and the NSA global surveillance disclosures.
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Their experiences as whistleblowers are prime examples of why few in the industry speak up about its problems — and why the industry's failings persist, they say.
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It will make it more difficult – if not impossible – for whistleblowers who have identified waste, fraud or abuse to come forward and inform the American public.
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The FCA itself, and the Supreme Court's interpretation of the law, requires whistleblowers to satisfy a long list of requirements to qualify as relators, Kellogg argued.
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The settlement does not include the Labor Department, which launched a probe in 2016 into allegations that Wells Fargo committed wage theft and retaliated against whistleblowers.
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And diGenova's comments are "the latest escalation in language used by Trump supporters" attacking the whistleblowers as safety concerns continue to grow, writes the Washington Post.
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While Pruitt said "there are no actions we've taken, that I'm aware of" regarding assigning employees based on their criticism, he said he takes whistleblowers seriously.
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News site TechCrunch penned a harassment policy template with several founders, whistleblowers, investors and activists, calling on VCs to adopt similar formal policies to protect entrepreneurs.
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That's precisely why a broad array of federal laws not only protect whistleblowers from retaliation but also encourage them to come forward with significant financial incentives.
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I can say with authority, the Trump administration's actions undermine both our national security and our intelligence and our protections of the whistleblowers—more than both.
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We applaud the senator for once again standing up for the whistleblowers and exercising proper oversight at a time of serious crisis within the intelligence community.
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During his confirmation hearing, Atkinson committed to keeping lawmakers apprised of significant complaints, to protecting whistleblowers and to approaching the position with an air of independence.
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Whistleblowers from among police and vigilantes are speaking out, while lawyers' groups have been working on cases for victims of abuse or families of those killed.
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Feinstein asked Horowitz for his views on whistleblowers and politically motivated investigations after a whistleblower complaint sparked the impeachment inquiry into President Trump's conduct toward Ukraine.
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Here's how things typically work as explained to me recently by National Whistleblowers Center head John Kostyack: A whistleblower comes forward and files a formal complaint.
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O'Rourke has never participated in a media interview before, the number of whistleblowers the office has helped was not public, nor was Martin's or other cases.
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For example, an entire weekend's worth of presidential tweets accusing congressmen and legally protected whistleblowers of treason, and accidentally retweeting shark-based parody accounts of himself.
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Second, whistleblowers are also a critical part of a system of oversight that includes the Congress, the inspectors general, internal training, ombudsmen, and crime reporting requirements.
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Congress voted unanimously to pay the legal costs for the whistleblowers so that they would have a first-rate defense in the Rhode Island libel case.
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Switzerland, whose banks have paid out billions to other countries to settle charges they helped foreigners hide wealth, has aggressively prosecuted whistleblowers who leak banking data.
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He cited cases of a VA employee showing up drunk to scrub in for surgery, another engaging in armed robbery and senior managers retaliating against whistleblowers.
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When asked about President Donald Trump and Paul's calls to release the name of whistleblower, several Republican senators said that laws protecting whistleblowers must be followed.
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Whistleblowers like Juana Melara and Sandra Pezqueda, both members of UNITE HERE, are using their own stories to uproot the twisted culture permeating the hospitality industry.
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The Trump administration has refused to give Congress a whistleblowers complaint about the call, in which Trump reportedly pressured Zelensky to investigate unsubstantiated allegations about Biden.
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Trump's and Republicans' attacks on whistleblowers are designed to undermine the credibility and value of whistleblower disclosures made to Congress as well as to inspectors general.
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Hermes's goal is to shine a light on a largely misunderstood industry, and as one of the most prominent whistleblowers, she has had an outsized impact.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Arron Banks, a British businessman who bankrolled one of the main campaigns for Brexit, said that whistleblowers who had made allegations against his Leave.
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The case against Deltour, Halet and Perrin has drawn widespread condemnation from rights groups who say that the men are whistleblowers in need of protection, not prosecution.
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On top of that, we are collaborating with Kenya to develop tools to fight money laundering, improve transparency in procurement systems, and strengthen legal protections for whistleblowers.
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Younger said his unit, created in 2016, with two teams of an investigator and analyst, had registered 434 cases to date from whistleblowers with five ongoing investigations.
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The senators ask the Fed if any of their staff met with bank whistleblowers identified in the Times story or uncovered other information related to the accusations.
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I would hope that The Committee would help protect the environment needed for future whistleblowers by taking steps to guarantee ethical transparency and oversight across Silicon Valley.
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Former victims and whistleblowers said they had faced a lack of accountability when raising complaints, with some saying they had been effectively pushed out of the organization.
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"That testimony is very troubling to me, because what I'm not going to tolerate is retaliation on whistleblowers and that's what it looks like to me," Rep.
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Creating a culture of honesty, protection and compensation is likely to improve the chances that whistleblowers will speak first to their employers rather than to outside agencies.
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The Democratic leader and his party colleagues are now pressuring Republicans to oppose Trump's retaliation against whistleblowers and the witnesses who participated in the House impeachment inquiry.
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The pro-government Global Times newspaper said the eight whistleblowers' treatment "was evidence of local authorities' incompetence to tackle a contagious and deadly virus," the AP reported.
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But those were all the results of whistleblowers leading to reported stories, and the men have been convicted in the court of public opinion, not of law.
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The FAA is also investigating at least four calls from whistleblowers on concerns including the angle of attack sensor and MCAS, a government official said on Monday.
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The whistleblowers, a pair of Merrill Lynch brokers who sold the volatility structured product beginning in 2010, taped conversations with other bank staffers before tipping off investigators.
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While the whistleblower refused to discuss the specifics of the complaint, "I have some legitimate concerns about reckless statements being made about whistleblowers," he told the paper.
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Advocacy groups for rape victims are lobbying in some states for measures known as anti-SLAPP laws, which were developed largely to stop corporations from silencing whistleblowers.
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"Whoever monitors twitter at the WH 4PresTrump to tell the businessman this tool will DRAIN THE SWAMP IF HE ALSO WII PROTECT WHISTLEBLOWERS," Grassley tweeted yet again.
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NAPAC suggested that a tendency to ignore the concerns of whistleblowers in the past may have contributed to the suppression of any known abuses in the sport.
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"Anonymity online can be very important, for instance for whistleblowers, journalists and people seeking to read banned information where facts and opinions are censored," Killock told Mashable.
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The RCMP sold marketing rights to its image to the Walt Disney Company in the mid-1990s, even as whistleblowers were being hounded out of the force.
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" Subsequently, they conclude that pardoning him would "severely undermine America's intelligence institutions and core principles, and would subvert a range of procedures in place to protect whistleblowers.
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However, Apple, Google, and Amazon kept secret the possibility that a human could listen to users' recordings until whistleblowers spoke out about the practice earlier this year.
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CNN reported earlier this year that whistleblowers had warned lawmakers about efforts inside the White House to rush the transfer of US nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia.
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The study happens to confirm recent comments by Snowden himself last Saturday, during a live video address to a gathering of whistleblowers, journalists and technologists in Berlin.
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On Tuesday, Bloomberg published an in-depth look at the allegations and what whistleblowers characterize as a culture of intimidation and paranoia at the electric vehicle company.
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But questions have been raised over whether Vote Leave broke campaign spending rules, with whistleblowers alleging it has illegally co-ordinated spending with a smaller campaign group.
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The expanded collection of data that affected Americans was exposed by whistleblowers like former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, prompting politicians and the public to demand greater accountability.
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"The CIA I'm sure is behind this, in my opinion," said Birkenfeld, a former UBS banker and one of the most significant financial whistleblowers of all time.
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Reform advocates are pushing for a system of government enforcement and oversight of the H-1B regulations, not one that is reliant on whistleblowers to expose abuse.
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The case came to light after multiple former Bank of America executives reported the company's misconduct to the SEC, said Jordan Thomas, the whistleblowers' New York lawyer.
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We can even do so anonymously — something VA whistleblowers can't do — or join together in private organizations, where many different voices can speak together, loudly, as one.
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In the past, DOJ allowed whistleblowers to continue litigating FCA cases even when the Justice Department, after investigating their claims, opted not to intervene in their suits.
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Sessions' intent was not only to deter sources and whistleblowers but "to deprive the public of stories of the highest public interest" about the administration, Kaye said.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) decades-long "sweep it under the carpet attitude" ignored industry whistleblowers like Harry Markopoulos who identified the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme.
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The derivatives regulator's aggressive courting of whistleblowers comes as its fellow markets regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission, is looking to place new limits on its program.
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Many of the sources for major media about various Trump associates involved in the multiple scandals, such as those involving Scott Pruitt, are not leakers but whistleblowers.
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There are many more possibilities; these are simply a few examples showing that it is possible to find resources likely to be considered trustworthy by various whistleblowers.
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A new Netflix original documentary, "The Great Hack," provides an inside look into the Cambridge Analytica scandal as it unfolds, with exclusive interviews from whistleblowers and journalists.
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Snowden and Manning might be heralded as whistleblowers fighting against an increasingly secretive American government that has violated the Constitutional and human rights of millions of Americans.
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Novartis faced numerous probes in several countries, including in the United States, where authorities or whistleblowers accused it of bribing doctors to boost sales of pharmaceuticals products.
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During his questioning, Conaway had entered into the record a Post article that faulted Schiff on his recent claim that whistleblowers have a statutory right to anonymity.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued the largest rewards for whistleblowers under the Dodd-Frank Act, setting a new record at more than $33 million.
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His unprecedented war on whistleblowers should have been a red flag, and Democrats should have pressured him to make more than modest NSA reforms after Snowden's disclosures.
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The world seems to have rallied behind other, more visible whistleblowers, such as Edward Snowden, who has become something of a celebrity from his recluse in Russia.
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For Moss, it's Trump's penchant for secrecy that may threaten a lot of the reforms that have been accomplished in the past decade, especially with legal whistleblowers.
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Still, the ministry on Friday launched a reward system, offering whistleblowers up to 10,000 yuan ($1,420) for reporting violations in the prevention and control of the disease.
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In December, when the virus first began spreading, whistleblowers like Li Wenliang, in the Chinese city of Wuhan, tried to warn people -- but were silenced by authorities.
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I asked Middlebury's Allison Stanger, author of the exceptionally sharp forthcoming book, "Whistleblowers: Honesty in America from Washington to Trump," about the cumulative effect of this blizzard.
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In Canada, federal law offers blanket protection for whistleblowers who report illegal or problematic behaviour, but only if they report the wrongdoing to a law enforcement official.
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It's basically industry whistleblowers feeling as though they sacrifice their careers to speak up or journalists shedding light on abuses like those alleged against Girls Do Porn.
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Or here's a radical thought: What if whistleblowers can't actually pursue FCA suits if they've agreed to cut litigation financiers in on a piece of their bounty?
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Let's give a standing ovation to whistleblowers who risk illegal threats to their job security and safety in the noblest expression of the highest tradition of patriotism!
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"I'm calling on the GOP to stop Trump's filthy talk of whistleblowers being spies & using mob language implying they should be killed," Ms. Waters said on Twitter.
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In addition to addressing the grave allegations of misconduct in this whistleblower complaint, Congress must act to make real the promise that whistleblowers will always be heard.
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Whistleblowers and citizen journalists in China are speaking out against the Chinese Communist Party and President Xi Jinping's handling of the coronavirus outbreak that originated in Wuhan.
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"I'm calling on the GOP to stop Trump's filthy talk of whistleblowers being spies & using mob language implying they should be killed," Waters said in a tweet.
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The whistleblowers who have dared to come forward and remark upon it haven't enjoyed the Trump whistleblower's warm welcome among "respectable" voices in politics and the media.
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One of the whistleblowers, Philippe Desbois, told BuzzFeed News that officials in the French company were worried about the FBI learning the truth of the code's origin.
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Pruitt's resignation is a victory for accountability, dogged reporters, whistleblowers, the vigorous use of the Freedom of Information Act by outside groups and the rule of law.
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The Justice Department's hiring practices have been criticized by House Democrats, who say whistleblowers have previously raised concerns about political discrimination in the hiring of immigration judges.
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Throughout the Obama administration there was always a bit of split personality disorder at play when it came to whistleblowers and voices of dissent within the government.
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According to Monday's letter to Wilkie, Biggs was informed that both Coleman and Hubbard were told to stop their casework helping to protect whistleblowers at the agency.
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It marks one of the first real tests of American democracy and how those in power would treat whistleblowers who exposed wrongdoing within the revolutionary government itself.
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This sword hanging over journalists will muzzle both the journalists and the whistleblowers, bringing an end to the limited freedom of speech that Hong Kong still enjoys.
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