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February 27, 2009Senator Grassley urged President Obama to honor whistleblowers with a Rose Garden ceremony to promote transparency and accountability while changing…- February 26, 2009Senators Grassley and McCaskill introduced legislation to extend the same whistleblower protections currently available to executive branch employees to congressional…
- February 26, 2009Obama's budget prioritizes increased regulatory oversight across environmental, food safety, and consumer protection agencies, reversing the deregulation policies of the…
- February 25, 2009Senator Grassley introduced legislation to extend whistleblower protections to congressional employees who report legal violations, arguing such protections would improve…
- February 19, 2009UBS agreed to disclose names of American clients suspected of tax evasion through offshore accounts, paying $780 million and effectively…
- February 18, 2009President Obama supports whistleblower protections for intelligence officers, but Defense Secretary Gates opposes the legislation, creating internal disagreement over a…
- February 18, 2009Whistleblower protection advocates remain committed to passing stronger safeguards for federal employees after provisions were excluded from the stimulus package,…
- February 13, 2009Federal whistle-blower protections were removed from the final economic stimulus bill despite being included in the House version, disappointing advocates…
- February 13, 2009The stimulus package retained a car buyer tax relief provision but removed whistleblower protections for federal and state employees reporting…
- February 11, 2009The stimulus package includes whistleblower protections and fraud detection provisions that cost taxpayers nothing while recovering billions in government fraud,…