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Workforce

DOJ employees call for governmentwide plan addressing sexual misconduct

The White House tasked agencies with updating their sexual misconduct response policies in 2021. But DOJ GEN says the steps to get there are unclear.

Hiring/Retention

Blunt truth: No ‘significant changes’ for federal employees if Biden administration reclassifies marijuana

Federal Newscast

Justice Department issues data challenge to help address nation’s drug crisis

Agency Oversight

A staff shortage doesn't mean you can hire just anyone

Federal Newscast

Inspector General detects big polygraph failure at DEA

Agency Oversight

GOP senator demands DEA boss explain no-bid contracts, hires

People

Organized crime today is not your father's godfather

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Cloud Computing

Cloud Exchange 2022: DEA’s Nick Ward on driving mission technology modernization

James J. Peters Bronx Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Veterans Affairs

Veterans Affairs is looking at treating some mental health problems with psychedelics

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Workforce Rights/Governance

Female DEA agents will receive a settlement, three decades after filing a sex discrimination case

FILE - A young man stands in front of a shelve with hard liquor at a beverage market in Gelsenkirchen, western Germany, June 15, 2007. The German government's drugs czar has proposed raising the age when people can buy beer and win from 16 to 18, and cracking down on alcohol and tobacco advertising. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

Federal Newscast

Vets suing Army for not recognizing substance abuse disorders in discharges

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Administrator Uttam Dhillon announced the launch of Operation Crystal Shield at a news conference in Atlanta on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Federal authorities say they are targeting methamphetamine "transportation hubs" around the country in an effort to block the distribution of the highly addictive drug. (AP Photo/Angie Wang)

Innovation in Government

The DEA reopens its museum after a two year renovation

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Federal Report

A cautionary tale from DEA’s plan to return to the office

FILE - This Aug. 29, 2018, file photo shows an arrangement of prescription oxycodone pills in New York. U.S. health officials Tuesday, April 9. 2019, warned doctors not to abruptly stop prescribing opioid painkillers to patients who are taking them for chronic pain ailments, such as backaches. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Workforce

The DEA keeps an eye on a problem that predated the pandemic, and will be here long after

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Federal Report

Does federal customer experience extend to prisoners?

DEA Education Foundation Youth Dance Program

Workforce

DEA has a foundation, and it's been up to some star-studded work

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Federal Newscast

White House announces nominations for leadership roles at DEA, Army, and others

paid family leave, talent pipeline

IT Modernization

COVID-19 pandemic ‘knocked down’ stigma of telework, but will it last?

The American flag flies outside of the Justice Department building, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Workforce

DOJ investigators have mixed reviews of agency's COVID-19 response, IG says

Gary Cantrell

Workforce

Sammies finalist helped multi-agency investigation to tackle opioids in Appalachia

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Workforce

DEA doesn't miss a step in its transition to a secure remote workforce

Uttam Dhillon, acting DEA administrator

Agency Oversight

DEA looks to support coronavirus response efforts

Triana McNeil, GAO, Government Accountability Office

Big Data

How DEA can get more out of its data