An international food standards committee of the United Nations and World Health Organization has called for a scientific risk assessment of botulism spores in powdered infant formulas as a result of the U.S. outbreak linked to ByHeart products.
"A senior scientist from the FDA, Dr. David Graham, sat before a microphone. He wasn't there to tow the company line. He wasn't there to protect the agency's reputation. He was there to blow the whistle. He looked at the senators and he delivered a line that would chill the pharmaceutical industry to the bone. He called the Vioxx saga... 'the single greatest drug safety catastrophe in history.'"
Sen. Ron Wyden and several whistleblower organizations have urged the U.S. Supreme Court to revive for a second time a fired UBS worker's whistleblower retaliation lawsuit, pointing to a "deep and direct conflict" the Second Circuit has created with its latest decision in the case.
Supporters say the legislation would close “loopholes” in existing whistleblower protections for federal contractors.
As U.S. President Donald Trump takes a wrecking ball to the norms, rules, and laws that have governed the United States for decades, whistleblowing as we know it – a way to right wrongs, call out misconduct and hold people accountable – may be under threat.
These efforts to advance protections for corporate whistleblowers will help keep Americans safe from fraud, waste, and abuse. The Senate Banking Committee should consider and Congress should pass this legislation quickly.
"Perdue can't block the U.S. Department of Labor's administrative proceeding for whistleblower complaints, a North Carolina federal judge has concluded, saying the chicken producer failed to show why the proceedings should be stopped urgently."
A report in the Seattle Times has found that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) dismisses the majority of whistleblower complaints it receives.
Meant to enable whistleblowers to freely report anomalies that affect the safety of air travel, the FAA’s system and those run in-house by major aerospace manufacturers draw focus after air disasters or accidents like one over Portland in January. The disclosures are meant to provide FAA safety officials windows into problems that could render planes unsafe to fly, and to ensure the flying public never boards one. A Seattle Times analysis of that FAA program’s reports to Congress shows an overwhelmed system delivering underwhelming results for whistleblowers.
Government Accountability Project has endorsed the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Whistleblower Act, introduced today by Rep. Schakowsky (D-IL) and Rep. Trahan (D-MA). The legislation would have a strong impact on a broad scale.
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