whistleblowers

Millions Demand Answers In China After Doctor's Death From Coronavirus

8:03am February 08, 2020

by Emily Feng

Dr. Li Wenliang had sought to raise alarms about the virus but was effectively silenced by the government. Now Chinese social media is swamped with tributes to him.

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President Trump shows off the Veterans Choice Program Extension and Improvement Act after signing it in April 2017. A new report said on Thursday that the agency failed in its core mission of protecting whistleblowers.

Trump's Whistleblower Protection Office Didn't Shield Sources, Inspector General Says

6:11pm October 24, 2019

by Bobby Allyn

According to the report, the office failed to push out poorly performing senior officials, did not conduct accurate or unbiased investigations and may not have protected identities of whistleblowers.

Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden says President Trump's call with the Ukrainian president was "an overwhelming abuse of power."

Politics & Government

On Ukraine Call, Biden Says Trump Is 'Violating Every Basic Norm Of A President'

6:59pm September 21, 2019

by Brakkton Booker

Former Vice President Joe Biden was reacting to reports that President Trump pressured Ukraine's leader to investigate Biden's family.

In this March 24, 2019 photo, The White House is seen behind security barriers in Washington. A White House official turned whistleblower says dozens of people in President Donald Trump's administration were granted access to classified information despit

Politics & Government

Whistleblower Protections Key Tool To Investigators Probing Waste And Abuse Of Power

7:36am April 13, 2019

by Tim Mak

The independent agency that provides legal protections to individuals revealing government waste or wrongdoing reports an uptick in those coming forward in recent years.

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A new interim report from the House Oversight Committee details Trump administration officials' efforts to transfer nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, pictured here, visited the U.S. in March 2017.

Politics & Government

Trump Officials Tried To Rush Nuclear Technology To Saudis, House Panel Finds

9:43pm February 19, 2019

by Tim Mak

Whistleblowers told the Oversight committee that efforts by some national security officials to try to transfer sensitive nuclear technology to the Saudi government potentially violated the law.

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The safety director at Grand Canyon National Park says people may have been exposed to radiation from three buckets of uranium ore that sat for years in a museum collection building. Whether the amount of exposure was unsafe has not been determined.

Uranium Ore Stored At Grand Canyon Park Museum Unlikely To Have Been Dangerous

9:08pm February 19, 2019

by Laurel Wamsley

A safety director issued a public warning that buckets of ore may have exposed employees and tourists to unsafe radiation. But being near natural uranium ore is unlikely to cause an unsafe dose.

For VA Whistleblowers, A Culture Of Fear And Retaliation

8:56am June 21, 2018

by Eric Westervelt

VA employees in one Southeast district say a toxic culture of retaliation has undermined veterans' care and worker morale. There is growing skepticism among whistleblowers the VA can police itself.

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The seal of the Department of Veterans Affairs

Beyond A Failed Nominee: Whistleblower Retaliation Another Problem At The VA

4:55pm April 27, 2018

The VA Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection has taken on dozens of new cases of alleged retaliation. But some VA employees are skeptical the office will be able to protect them.

A whistleblower lawsuit alleged that two Florida insurance companies inflated fees by making patients appear sicker than they were.

Medicare Advantage Insurers Settle Whistleblower Suit For $32 Million

2:11pm May 31, 2017

by Fred Schulte

A former medical director at two Florida insurance companies alleged the companies inflated fees by making patients appear sicker than they were or exaggerating the treatment that was provided.

OSHA says a manager's report of suspected fraudulent activity was at least partly responsible for his firing. Here, pedestrians pass in front of a Wells Fargo bank branch in New York earlier this year.

Wells Fargo Will Fight OSHA Order To Pay Whistleblower $5.4 Million And Rehire Him

4:25pm April 04, 2017

by Bill Chappell

The bank says it will appeal OSHA's order that it should compensate a manager who reported suspicions of fraud at Wells Fargo.