Editorial Team

Reviewed by Bram Whitfield (BW), Editor-in-Chief — Whistleblower Award Programs Practice. Updated May 2026.

All content on whistleblowerawardcalc.com is written, reviewed, and updated by The Click Lab's editorial team before publication. This page describes our editorial standards, our personnel, and how to request a correction.

Our Editorial Standards

• Every factual claim about award percentages, program thresholds, statutory authority, and anti-retaliation protections is sourced to the specific statute, regulation, or SEC/IRS/DOJ guidance document. We cite the legal authority directly, not general summaries.
• The calculator's award range assumptions, adjustment factors, and threshold logic are fully documented on the methodology page. Every variable is explained and its source cited.
• Content is reviewed and updated when Congress amends the relevant statutes, when agencies issue new rules or guidance on award determinations, or when published award orders clarify how the agencies are applying the statutory factors.
• No content is sponsored or influenced by law firms, the SEC, or any other commercial or government entity. Our only revenue is Google AdSense display advertising, which has no editorial relationship to our content.
• Whistleblower programs involve large financial incentives, personal risk, and complex legal strategy. We present estimates as educational tools and explicitly recommend consulting a qualified whistleblower attorney before submitting any tip. We do not encourage premature or reckless reporting.

Corrections Policy

If you find a factual error — incorrect award percentage, outdated threshold, wrong statutory citation, misstated program rule — please contact us at hey@theclicklab.agency with a description of the error and a citation to the authoritative source. We review all corrections and update content promptly when errors are confirmed.

Whistleblower law is a specialized and evolving area. We distinguish factual errors from areas of genuine legal complexity: whether a specific type of conduct qualifies as a reportable violation, how agencies will exercise discretion in a particular case, and how courts will interpret new provisions. We note uncertainty explicitly rather than resolving contested questions artificially.

Editor-in-Chief

Bram Whitfield (BW) — Editor-in-Chief, Whistleblower Award Programs Practice
Bram oversees all editorial content on whistleblowerawardcalc.com. His background is in securities law and government enforcement, with experience tracking SEC and CFTC whistleblower program developments, analyzing published award orders, and monitoring legislative changes to the False Claims Act and IRS whistleblower provisions. He reviews all new content and all updates for accuracy against current statutes, agency rules, and published guidance from the SEC Office of the Whistleblower, IRS Whistleblower Office, and Department of Justice Civil Division.

Contributing Writer

Glen Radford (GR) — Contributing Writer, Government Enforcement & FCA Reference
Glen contributes research and drafting for guides covering False Claims Act qui tam procedures, Department of Justice intervention decisions, healthcare fraud and defense contractor fraud patterns, state false claims act variations, and the procedural mechanics of government enforcement actions that generate whistleblower awards. His background includes government litigation research and analysis of published DOJ enforcement statistics and qui tam case outcomes. He focuses on the procedural accuracy of our FCA and IRS content, where the gap between the statutory framework and actual agency practice is widest.

Scope of Content

Our content covers federal whistleblower award programs (SEC, CFTC, IRS, FCA, FinCEN/AML) and the general legal framework applicable to each. We provide overview-level information on state false claims acts but do not provide detailed state-specific guides. Whistleblower cases involve substantial personal and legal risk. Before submitting any tip under any program, we strongly recommend consulting a whistleblower attorney. Most whistleblower attorneys offer free initial confidential consultations.

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