Federal

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 the whistle on fraud and abuse of taxpayer money. [...]

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.