Justice Department

Judges wooden gavel resting on a law book in a courtroom conceptual of judgements, crime, punishment, and justice

False Claims Act allegations leave two contractors with millions of dollars in fines

Guidehouse paid $7.6 million and Nan McKay & Associates paid $3.7 million to resovled claims that they violated the False Claims Act.

Federal Newscast

Garland slams attacks on DoJ: ‘I will not be intimidated’

Agency Oversight

DoJ launches new effort to keep guns from dangerous hands

Management

biometric security, Pandemic, fraud, PRAC

Justice Department expands its procurement fraud strike force

Contracts/Awards

Biden’s executive order to protect Americans’ personal data: A step in the right direction, but other factors must still be addressed

Commentary

USPS loses out on millions of dollars from one postage counterfeiter

Federal Newscast

Amelia Brust/Federal News Network

Return-to-office review: The latest from Congress, agency leaders and employees

Workforce

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

Hiring/Retention

Whistleblower law book and gavel in a court.

Jumping on the whistleblower bandwagon: DOJ announces departmentwide pilot program to incentivize individual reporting

Commentary

After a return-to-office, DOJ employee groups call for more flexibility

Workforce

IG backs legislation to keep important oversight tool alive

Management

During Sunshine Week, GAO finds agencies need better plans to address surging FOIA backlogs

FOIA backlogs have been on the rise across government for the past decade, but many agencies lack detailed goals and milestones to reduce the backlogs.

Agency Oversight

With FOIA backlogs on the rise, do agencies need direct-hire authority?

A draft report being finalized by the FOIA Advisory Committee finds that many agencies are struggling to hire and retain FOIA professionals.

Hiring/Retention

6-bill minibus rewards some agencies, while slashing budgets for others

Budget

Months of tense negotiations and four continuing resolutions later, a new appropriations minibus puts several agencies at or below fiscal 2023 spending levels.