Journalists and whistleblowers who help uncover wrongdoing would receive added protection under a bill introduced last week.
FERNLEY--The Fernley City Manager Greg Evangelatos told City Council members that he worked with City Attorney Jeff McGowan to formulate Bill #129, which would modify Title 11 to include a 'whistleblowers protection' for city officers or employees from retaliation or retribution who report government wrong doing.
U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill won a major victory for federal employees today when a provision that grants a right to a jury trial for many federal employee whistleblowers who have experienced prohibited reprisals was added to a bill being considered by the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee.
Dr. Frederic Whitehurst, the former FBI agent who successfully blew the whistle on corruption at the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Crime Lab, told of the ordeal the national security establishment whistleblower faces in a conference held at the National Whistleblowers Center in Washington, D.C. Speaking at the National Whistleblowers ...
MORE ON WALPINGATE: Bad Times For Whistleblowers. "As Walpin told me, when any group misuses AmeriCorps money for a political campaign or to get a free car wash, 'That's like stealing a welfare check from a single mother.' And Obamaland thinks he's confused." Remember: Under a Republican President, whistleblowers are brave heroes, standing up for ...
