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Federal prisons are facing threats from drones dropping contraband, surveilling facilities

Just when you think things can’t get worse, consider that the Bureau of Prisons is facing. A growing threat of surveillance of its facilities, and the…

Agency Oversight

Federal prisons and coronavirus: One officer’s view

Federal Report

2020 Census count keeps on moving despite pandemic

Federal Newscast

Unions raise coronavirus safety concerns over frontline CBP, VA employees

Unions

Lawsuit says federal employees deserve hazard pay during pandemic

Workforce

Sometimes federal work is downright hazardous

Federal Report

AFGE sues for hazard pay for federal employees working through coronavirus pandemic

Unions

Space Force has officially started posting job openings

Federal Newscast

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows a blacklegged tick, also known as a deer tick, a carrier of Lyme disease. Preliminary indicators show Lyme disease abating during the summer of 2018 in New England, and public health authorities said they are finding fewer ticks in the environment. (CDC via AP, File)

NDAA amendment aims to find out if DoD experimented with weaponized bugs

Federal Newscast

DOJ IG highlights data, staffing issues at BOP, departmentwide

no term

I’ve been thinking about federal prison

Tom Temin Commentary

Michael Horowitz, the Justice Department's inspector general, testifies at a House hearing in 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Insider threats, homegrown terrorists and prison overpopulation top list of Justice Department challenges

Facing an aging workforce and unanswered questions over the legality of some of its work, Justice Department leaders will have several challenging problems…

Agency Oversight

Veterans make up growing share of federal workforce so why is their morale faltering?

Nearly three in every 10 new employees hired by the federal government have worked for Uncle Sam before — in uniform. But even as the federal government…

Defense

Agencies suffering reductions in services even before furloughs occur

Budget

Employees at TSA, CBP and Bureau of Prisons will no longer be able to work overtime. SSA offers its employees a new round of early retirements to deal with budget shortfalls. AFGE continues to press Congress, White House to stop sequestration.

Federal prisons are facing threats from drones dropping contraband, surveilling facilities

Federal prisons and coronavirus: One officer’s view

2020 Census count keeps on moving despite pandemic

Unions raise coronavirus safety concerns over frontline CBP, VA employees

Lawsuit says federal employees deserve hazard pay during pandemic

Sometimes federal work is downright hazardous

AFGE sues for hazard pay for federal employees working through coronavirus pandemic

Space Force has officially started posting job openings

NDAA amendment aims to find out if DoD experimented with weaponized bugs

DOJ IG highlights data, staffing issues at BOP, departmentwide

I’ve been thinking about federal prison

Insider threats, homegrown terrorists and prison overpopulation top list of Justice Department challenges

Veterans make up growing share of federal workforce so why is their morale faltering?

Agencies suffering reductions in services even before furloughs occur

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