CHRISToPH HENKEL 351 the incidents of whistleblowing and is among the reasons for the expansion of whistleblower rights in the United States.128 The reasons for this increase of whistleblower incidents was driven by the belief that the government is not always in the best position to remedy economic and social problems.129 As in the 1980s, with a smaller government, whistleblowers may need to fill that void and may again have to play a sentinel role in reporting, preventing and prosecuting improper conduct in the public and private sector.130 128. See Janie F. Schulman, Nancy Modesitt, Daniel P. Westman, Whistleblowing, supra note 3, at 1-12. 129. Id. 130. Id.