Bureau of Prisons

US prisons director resigning after crises-filled tenure

The director of the federal Bureau of Prisons is resigning amid increasing scrutiny over his leadership

People

Federal district court denies two initial attempts at blocking federal vaccine mandate for employees

Workforce

FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2021, file photo, a syringe is prepared with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic at the Reading Area Community College in Reading, Pa. Millions of U.S. workers now have a Jan. 4 deadline to get a COVID vaccine. The federal government on Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021 announced new vaccine requirements for workers at companies with more than 100 employees as well as workers at health care facilities that treat Medicare and Medicaid patients.. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

AFGE asks White House to delay federal vaccine mandate deadline for employees

Unions

FILE - In this June 10, 2021 file photo, a pair of migrant families from Brazil pass through a gap in the border wall to reach the United States after crossing from Mexico to Yuma, Ariz., to seek asylum. As the delta variant fuels an increase of COVID-19 cases in the U.S., some of President Joe Biden's critics blame the surge on his border policies, which allow some migrants to enter the country to apply for asylum. (AP Photo/Eugene Garcia, File)

USCIS looking to hire thousands to help speed up asylum process

Federal Newscast

Incarceration in the Age of COVID

Agency Oversight

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Union leaders say staffing shortages are stretching their agencies thin

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FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2020, file photo, the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind. The federal Bureau of Prisons will begin allowing inmates to have visitors again in October, months after visits were suspended at the 122 federal prisons across the U.S. The visitation plan is detailed in an internal memo issued Monday, Aug. 31, and obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

Lawmakers alarmed by high COVID-19 vaccine refusal rate at BOP workforce

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FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2011 file photo, correctional officers keep watch on inmates in the recreation yard at Pelican Bay State Prison near Crescent City, Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown will appeal a judge's ruling that California must consider earlier parole for potentially thousands of sex offenders, such as those convicted of raping an unconscious person. Corrections department spokeswoman Vicky Waters said the administration will fight the order made final Monday, March 5, 2018, by Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Allen Sumner. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Bureau of Prisons facing challenges with frontline staffing levels

Workforce

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

Agency Oversight

Federal prisons and coronavirus: One officer’s view

Federal Report

In this Tuesday, March 24, 2020 photo, forms from the U.S. Census Bureau arrive at a home in Orlando, Fla. The coronavirus has waylaid efforts to get as many people as possible to take part in the census. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

2020 Census count keeps on moving despite pandemic

Federal Newscast

Unions raise coronavirus safety concerns over frontline CBP, VA employees

The Department of Veterans Affairs flatly disputed claims the American Federation of Government Employees made in an unsafe work complaint to the Occupational…

Unions

Lawsuit says federal employees deserve hazard pay during pandemic

Sometimes federal employees are eligible for hazardous duty pay. Now a lawsuit alleges numerous employees didn’t get it.

Workforce

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Wednesday, April 1, 2020, in Washington, as Vice President Mike Pence listens. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Sometimes federal work is downright hazardous

Federal Report

Some exposed employees got the virus in the line of duty. Now they’re suing for extra pay.