AltWeeklies Wire
Flight Attendants Are Paying the Price for Speaking Upnew
Never mind that three flight attendants may well have saved America West Flight 851. The whistleblowers are on their own.
Phoenix New Times |
Sarah Fenske |
02-03-2009 |
Business & Labor
SPIRIT Database in Dade County Is Open for Hackingnew
The county’s court system has spent $36 million on a revolutionary new database, but when programmers warned it was vulnerable, they’re the ones who got deleted.
Miami New Times |
Kirk Nielsen |
11-08-2004 |
Science
Workers' Reports Lead to Record Medicare-Fraud Settlementnew
The full story of the University of Washington Medicare-fraud case, settled for a record $35 million, has not been told, says a whistleblower. For starters, clerks were ordered to forge doctor signatures and re-create old records. Fear of firing, meanwhile, kept everyone quiet. Almost.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
06-08-2004 |
Crime & Justice
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