Suit: FDA monitored staff’s private email

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: January 30, 2012
Tags: Congress, ct scan, FDA, food and drug administration, General Electric Co., Government, lawsuit, washington, whistleblowers

WASHINGTON — Current and former Food and Drug Administration officials say in a lawsuit that the agency secretly monitored their private email after they raised concerns that approved medical devices might risk public safety. The doctors and scientists who researched the products approached members of Congress and the incoming Obama administration to express alarm that [...]

Defense may call witnesses at WikiLeaks hearing

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: November 22, 2011
Tags: anti-secrecy, army intelligence, Baltimore, Bradley Manning Support Network, classified material, david coombs, fort meade, hagerstown, iraq, jeff paterson, whistleblowers, wikileaks

HAGERSTOWN — Supporters of an Army intelligence analyst suspected of leaking classified material to WikiLeaks say the defense hopes to call as many as 50 witnesses at his military hearing next month. Jeff Paterson of the Bradley Manning Support Network told reporters Tuesday the witnesses would include people who can talk about the public benefits [...]

New rules offer big cash awards to whistleblowers

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 25, 2011
Tags: cash awards, corporate, corporate fraud, Government, misconduct, SEC, securities and exchange commission, tipsters, u.s. companies, washington, whistle, whistleblowers
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WASHINGTON — Whistleblowers who report corporate fraud or other misconduct to the government could receive sizable cash awards under new rules adopted Wednesday by federal regulators. Tipsters would be eligible if they give the Securities and Exchange Commission information that leads to an enforcement action resulting in more than $1 million in penalties. The SEC [...]