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Whistleblower Law

Qui Tam whistleblower law allows private individuals to attempt to recover money misused or misappropriated by government contractors. Litigants, known as "relators", receive a portion of the money they recover.

• - Government resources include health care fraud alerts, compliance guidance and corporate integrity agreements.
  
• - Discussion of whistleblowing and other federal laws commonly used in health care fraud and abuse investigations, from the law firm of Brown, Rudnick, Freed and Gesmer.
  
• - U.S. General Accounting Office maintained system to facilitate reporting of allegations of fraud, waste, abuse, or mismanagement of federal funds.
  
• - A nonprofit educational organization supporting employee whistleblowers in the enforcement of environmental laws, nuclear safety, civil rights and government and industry accountability.
  
• - Guidance for would-be whistleblowers from a father and son team of whistleblowers. Includes their story and tips.
  
• - Attorney-sponsored site includes information on nursing home, defense contractor, fraudulent loans and other types of whistleblower actions.
  
• - Includes extensive support materials and records of legal proceedings in claim for improper navel contracting.
  
• - Procedures for U.S. government employees to disclose wrongdoing through special counsel office.
  
• - Collection of judicial and administrative decisions, and other legal resources, from the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Administrative Law.
  
• - Includes FAQs about "whistleblowing" and a pdf report to the U.S. Senate Finance Committee describing the legal system and hurdles facing whistleblowers.
  
• - Discusses protection from complaints about safety and health hazards in the workplace and the environment.
  
• - Presents the author's perspective on what is involved in being a federal whistleblower, and how to work with attorneys.
  
  

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