Department of Justice

July 2009 - Brig. Gen. Scott Bethel receives his first star.

Retired brigadier general sentenced to 12-month prison term

In today’s Federal Newscast: Wire fraud and filing a false tax return land a former Brigadier General in prison for a year. Two soldiers win a prize for…

Federal Newscast

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, holds a copy of the Constitution of the United States as he questions Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Senator urges Justice Dept to aggressively address epidemic of robberies against postal workers

Federal Newscast

Rae Oliver Davis, inspector general at the Department of Housing and Urban Development

HUD’s inspector general takes on two of the worst public housing problems

Reorganization

Justice is urged to tighten up its program to keep former convicts from returning to prison

Workforce

Lots of new developments on the whistleblower front

U.S. News

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Washington D.C.’s commercial real estate industry is also wondering whether feds will return to work

Workforce

Maryland lawmakers make one final pitch to build new FBI headquarters in their state

Facilities/Construction

Air National Guard, Air Force, National Guard, guardsmen

Guard members and reservists are losing out on a key benefit each year

Defense

Organized crime today is not your father’s godfather

People

Congress expands oversight for privatized military housing

Defense

How to find data on millions and millions of pandemic federal funding awards

Agency Oversight

Amelia Brust/Federal News Network Head shot of Larry Allen

Will agencies get a 2023 budget in December? Don’t hold your breath

Two weeks into the continuing resolution agencies hoping to start new initiatives are now looking towards December 16. That’s when Congress promised to…

Contracting

FILE - An exterior sign is photographed outside the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice building in Washington on May 4, 2021. President Joe Biden is nominating six lawyers to run U.S. attorney’s offices across the country, a diverse group of candidates in the latest picks for the top law enforcement positions. The nominees, being announced by the White House on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022, would run the federal prosecutors’ offices in Connecticut, Utah, Montana, Alaska, New Mexico and New Hampshire. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

A conversation with Catherine Emerson, the Justice Department’s deputy assistant attorney general and chief human capital officer

A human resources officer at the Justice Department explained some of the current federal HR challenges, including ensuring employees have the technology…

Hiring/Retention

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