Bureau of Prisons
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In today's Federal Newscast, some agency leaders are taking a closer look at improving cooperation with unions.
July 13, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, some Republican lawmakers want to press pause on making remote work permanent.
May 20, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the U.S. spy chief seems to think deficiencies in the classification system undermine national security.
February 01, 2022 -
The director of the federal Bureau of Prisons is resigning amid increasing scrutiny over his leadership
January 06, 2022 -
Federal district court denies two initial attempts at blocking federal vaccine mandate for employeesA federal district court declined to block the Biden administration's federal vaccine mandate for employees and contractors in two separate cases earlier this week. Here's a roundup of just some of the active lawsuits from federal employees who are challenging the mandate.
November 11, 2021 -
The largest federal employee union is urging the Biden administration to push back an upcoming deadline for executive branch workers to comply with the federal vaccine mandate to Jan. 4, the same date that contractors received last week.
November 09, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Biden administration wants to hire potentially thousands of new federal employees to overhaul the asylum process for immigrants arriving at the border.
August 20, 2021 -
Prisons and detention facilities, in general, had some of the toughest challenges getting through the pandemic.
July 01, 2021 -
This time last year, local leaders at the American Federation of Government Employees were scrambling to resolve multiple crises. Now, they’re highlighting staffing shortages at multiple agencies.
May 04, 2021 -
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.
March 22, 2021 -
The Bureau of Prisons has one of the federal government's grimmer missions: keeping more than 125,000 convicted offenders safely behind bars. It needs to do a better job of assessing the staffing levels of frontline employees though.
March 10, 2021 -
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 delivery of contraband to prisoners, all from drones.
October 19, 2020 -
Bureau of Prisons and corrections officers don't quite see eye-to-eye.
May 15, 2020 -
Field operations across the country remain on-hold through April 15. Meanwhile, the Census Bureau warned staffing adjustments at call centers may lead to increased wait times.
April 08, 2020 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs flatly disputed claims the American Federation of Government Employees made in an unsafe work complaint to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
April 08, 2020