Obama Signs Federal Contractor Whistleblower Protection Law

In February, TWI’s Daphne Eviatar called attention to the weak protections in the federal economic stimulus bill for whistleblowers who expose contracting fraud. At the time, Daphne wrote:

[T]he stimulus bill fails to adequately protect employees of government contractors, who are in the best position to blow

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Report: Illinois Gov. in Federal Custody (2nd Update)

The Chicago Tribune is reporting that Rod Blagojevich, Illinois’ embattled Democratic governor, was taken into federal custody this morning in Chicago, following a three-year corruption investigation.