December 2010 Archive
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It was not till 1986 when a law protecting whistleblowers is created. Congress added an anti-retaliation protection to your then current False Claims Act . A whistleblower is really a individual who tells on something he believes is an illegal act. Read more
| Posted by Child Support Law on Dec 20, 2010 |
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Reports fraud in community college bond system By EGP News Report Incidents of fraud , waste or abuse in the Los Angeles Community College District’s $5.7 billion bond-funded building program can now be reported through LACCD’s new whistleblower hotline , it was announced on Tuesday. Read more
| Posted by EGP News Report on Dec 17, 2010 |
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Georgia has agreed to pay a woman $280,000 to settle a whistleblower lawsuit in which she claimed she was fired for reporting that two Ethics Commission lawyers were running a private law practice on state time. Read more
| Posted by Rhonda Cook-The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Dec 14, 2010 |
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Sophistication, frequency a major concern for firms Almost one out of two executives at large Canadian companies says employees have attempted to defraud their organization, according to a study by software provider SAS . Read more
| Posted by By John Morrissy, Financial Post on Dec 9, 2010 |
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City of Montreal auditor general Jacques Bergeron has reacted "with stupefaction" to the city's bid to remove a whistleblower hotline from his authority. The ethics line was set up in December 2009 to enable city employees and suppliers to tip off the auditor general's office, on a confidential basis, about irregularities in the handling of city business. Read more
| Posted by IRWIN BLOCK, The Gazette on Dec 8, 2010 |
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Montreal Gazette Supports the Transparency and Need for WhistleBlower Hotlines for Government Employees Without whistleblowers , Canadians might not have found out that the Canadian military was handing over Afghan detainees to possible torture. Read more
| Posted by The Montreal Gazette on Dec 8, 2010 |
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