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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

Fewer than half of employees at the Federal Bureau of Prisons have accepted the COVID-19 vaccine, even though all of them have been offered it.

Workforce

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

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

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

With the U.S. Capitol building in the background, motorists drive on Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Wednesday, March 25, 2020, in Washington. Officials have urged Washington residents to stay home to contain the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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

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I’ve been thinking about federal prison

The Justice Department’s Bureau of Prisons operates with a complex stew of issues affecting prisoners and guards alike.

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

Agency Oversight

Facing an aging workforce and unanswered questions over the legality of some of its work, Justice Department leaders will have several challenging problems to deal with in the new year.

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

Bureau of Prisons facing challenges with frontline staffing levels

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

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