The New England Journal of Medicine conducted a study of whistleblower experiences in pursuing qui tam cases against pharmaceutical companies with interesting results.

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Mike Helms, an Army civilian intelligence specialist, while in Iraq in 2004, fell victim to an IED that hit his humvee causing him serious injuries.  Unfortuanetly, as a civilian, he was wrongfully denied military medical care.  When he spoke out about the military’s poor treatment of deployed civilians in Iraq, he was retaliated against by [...]

There is a way for the Pentagon to seriously cut the costs of overpriced weapon systems.  Will they adopt it?  In a new Solutions column by Dina Rasor, she offers a time-tested method the Pentagon can adopt to make weapon systems cost what they “should cost” instead of “will cost.”

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In a rare display of bi-partisanship, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform passed a new bill providing whistleblower protection to federal employees and by extension, a pilot program to protect federal contractor whistleblowers.

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Despite GAO’s success over the years in stemming fraud, wast and abuse in government, the Congress wants to cut their budget.  Are they trying to kill the messenger?  Dina Rasor’s article exposes this effort by Congress to cut back GAO at a time when we need them the most.

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