Across industry lines, in both the public and private sector, businesses and other organizations looking for signals of the new year’s tone are likely to see whistleblowing as a continuing factor.
Last year’s bailouts and stimulus, and the events leading to them, have altered expectations and perceptions of security, risk and opportunity, and who the stakeholders are. A mood of populism emerged, accompanied by an enhanced regard for whistleblowers, as both market and regulatory failures were faulted for economic and other ills. The Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009 (FERA)1 amendments to the False Claims Act (FCA)2 and the stimulus package whistleblower provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)3 assure continuing whistleblower prominence as programs funded by the federal government advance.
