Justice Department

Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, testifies before the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, July 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)

DOJ finds VA employees can’t be sued by states for providing agency-approved abortions

The Justice Department is telling the Department of Veterans Affairs that state government officials cannot pursue criminal or civil charges against its…

Veterans Affairs

So is the vaccine mandate for federal contractors on or off?

Contracting

FILE - Attorney General Merrick Garland, looks at federal prosecutor Kevin Chambers, right, after appointing him to be the Justice Department's chief pandemic fraud prosecutor, during a meeting of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Fraud Enforcement Task Force at the Justice Department, March 10, 2022 in Washington. The U.S. Secret Service recovered $286 million in fraudulently obtained pandemic funds to the Small Business Administration, Friday, Aug. 26. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Secret Service recovers $286M in stolen pandemic loans

Workforce

Feds suspect espionage by former Coast Guardsman, spouse who lived under stolen identities

Defense

The suspension, debarment process could be improved, but not by DoJ taking the lead

Reporter's Notebook

File - Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing, May 10, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The U.S. will close the last avenue for Russia to pay back its billions in debt to international investors on Wednesday, making a Russian default on its debts for the first time since the Bolshevik Revolution all but inevitable. The Treasury Department said in a notification Tuesday that it does not plan to renew the license to allow Russia to keep paying its debtholders through American banks. (Tom Williams/Pool via AP, File)

Yellen memo calls for IRS modernization to help ID tax evasion schemes perpetrated by top earners

Federal Newscast

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Close up of female hands counting US dollar banknotes at the table in front a laptop computer. Woman accountant with money and notebook.

Breaking down a few key recommendations from the Federal Salary Council

Pay

IG says ‘inconsistent’ Pentagon policy on active shooters could make things worse

Federal Newscast

DEIA working group aims for more ‘comprehensive’ IG research

Agency Oversight

Senate committee calls on VA, DOJ to improve accessibility to federal technology

Veterans Affairs

Justice Department appeals a case that found Air Force culpable in Texas church mass shooting

Air Force

Former Trump aide in trouble for not turning over government emails on private account

Also in today’s Federal Newscast, the Biden Administration Office of Personnel Management gets its first second-in-command. And the Navy has a new top…

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this May 14, 2013, photo, the Department of Justice headquarters building in Washington is photographed early in the morning. Twelve people, including three U.S. Army soldiers, are accused in a large-scale gun trafficking ring that prosecutors allege supplied nearly 100 guns to gang members in Chicago. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the indictment on April 1, 2022. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

DOJ indicts 3 for impersonating federal employees in $7.5M phone scam

In today’s Federal Newscast: More than 50 victims handed over millions of dollars to scammers posing as feds. A new bill would try to make it easier to…

Federal Newscast

How procurement looks from the point of view of the CEO of a major contractor

Acquisition

The government market is recession proof. But that doesn’t mean contractors don’t fight tooth-and-nail for federal business. Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke about that with the leader at one of the major contractors: CEO of Peraton, Stu Shea.