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Whistleblower Network News On September 22, five whistleblower advocacy groups co-signed a letter to a group of senators voicing concerns about a section of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022. The groups worry that language in Section 321 of the Act would discourage intelligence whistleblowers from speaking out and obfuscate where their disclosures are protected. …

Free Beacon The Biden administration awarded more than $250,000 to an organization whose founder waged a secret campaign last year to undercut the theory that the coronavirus originated in a Chinese lab. The Defense Threat Reduction Agency granted $253,279 to EcoHealth Alliance in July to conduct research to thwart the use of viruses as weapons of mass …

Just The News A whistleblower group is calling for further investigation into whether information about a Department of Veterans Affairs plan last year to prevent veterans from using G.I. benefits at some for-profit schools was either mishandled or intentionally leaked to “enable insider trading.” The agency announced its intentions in a March 2020 press release, …

A nonpartisan Beltway accountability and public integrity group has asked the U.S. State Department for the full details behind the recent sanctions against Russian ammunition.  Empower Oversight Whistleblowers & Research based in Arlington, Virginia, is concerned that the ban could be a “deceptive abuse of the sanctions process in order to pursue President Biden’s domestic gun control …

“The government watchdog group Empower Oversight is asking the Justice Department whether Attorney General Merrick Garland will allow Special Counsel John Druham’s Russia collusion probe to continue and provide funding for it in the fast-approaching, new fiscal year. “Under the regulations governing the special counsel, it is up to the attorney general to decide whether …

“As reported Finbold, the non-profit educational organization Empower Oversight is leading investigations against the regulatory agency after you have submitted a request for access to communication between SEC officials, including your current and former employees. The organization submitted the request through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). It also intends to review communication surrounding the …

“Empower Oversight, a nonprofit, nonpartisan educational organization dedicated to enhancing independent oversight of government and corporate wrongdoing, has submitted a FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) request to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The FOIA request is seeking communications between SEC officials and their current and former employers amid the turbulent lawsuit against Ripple and its …

“A bipartisan group of senators, led by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), introduced the False Claims Amendments Act of 2021 to beef up the government’s most potent tool to fight fraud… “Full text of the Administrative False Claims Act can be found HERE. A summary of the legislation can be found HERE. The bill is endorsed by several government accountability groups, including Empower Oversight, …

“Whistleblowers who expose wrongdoing in the financial services arena can reap hefty monetary payouts from regulators like the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission when their tips lead to enforcement actions. “But for government workers — and in industries less lucrative for the would-be whistleblower — that’s not the case. Paying a high-powered private attorney is infeasible for …

Listen to Empower Oversight Founder Jason Foster on the Just the News podcast HERE.