On Tuesday, July 30 from 12 to 4 p.m., The National Whistleblower Center (NWC) will celebrate the 11th annual National Whistleblower Day on Capitol Hill in the Kennedy Caucus Room. Speakers for this year’s celebration will include the co-chairs of the Senate Whistleblower Protection Caucus—Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Ron Wyden (D-OR)—among a myriad of whistleblowers and legal advocates.

Every summer since 2013, National Whistleblower Day has been recognized on July 30—a date chosen because the first protective whistleblower law in the United States was unanimously signed into law on this day in 1778. National Whistleblower Day is a time to commemorate the bravery of whistleblowers across all industries who have made the courageous choice to speak out against corruption in pursuit of accountability and justice.

Attorneys Stephen M. Kohn, Michael D. Kohn, and David K. Colapinto—partners at the law firm Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto, the top whistleblower law firm in the world—founded the NWC in 1988. After electrician Joe Macktal blew the whistle on Halliburton Brown & Root (HB&R) for attempting to cover up the safety concerns he identified at the Comanche Peak nuclear power plant, Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto created the NWC to advocate for Macktal and civilians like him who were willing to put everything on the line to expose misconduct. In the 36 years since its founding, the NWC has helped pass protective legislation such as the Dodd-Frank Act, the...

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