Whistleblower News From The Inside -- January 24, 2017
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Hanford Nuclear Site contractor to pay $5.275M to settle false claims charges — Washington River Protection Solutions LLC agreed to the payment to settle charges of submitting false claims to the Department of Energy for overtime and premium pay. DOJ
Chilling tale of Australia’s Origin Energy whistleblower — In Australia, “January 23 will be a day to remember for whistleblowers, regulators, politicians – and, of course, corporations.” Sydney Morning Herald
Why the Obama administration didn’t protect this whistleblower — Stefani Butler “is the whistleblower who approached me more than three years ago about wrongdoing that was occurring on government surveys, including the one that forms the basis for the monthly unemployment report.” NY Post