 But first, the IRS is paying out more money in whistleblower awards these days, but to fewer tipsters. The agency, in its annual recap of whistleblower programs, says whistleblowers have helped the IRS recover billions in unpaid taxes. Officials expect to recover billions more once they sort through a backlog of more than 30,000 whistleblower cases. For more on the whistleblower program, Federal News Network's Jory Heckman spoke with whistleblower attorney Stephen Cohn.