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In today's Federal Newscast, a former officer with the Drug Enforcement Administration admits to taking part in a robbery disguised as a standard search.
Greg Hall, the assistant director and chief information security officer in the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys in the Justice Department, said the office hired Okta to provide a cloud service to federate its identity management capabilities.
Agency leaders are reviewing tens of thousands of comments from their employees and the public on ways to make government more effective and efficient. In speaking with their workforces about their ideas, most leaders say the focus has generally been on how the agency can better deliver the mission and services to the public, not on forthcoming personnel cuts.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) blasted a recent opinion from the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel, which urges executive branches to respond only to inquires from congressional committee chairman. Some Cabinet-level secretaries have said they would not abide by the OLC policy.
In today's Federal Newscast, the Justice Department's Office of Inspector General reports that though the number of allegations is low, DoJ has systemic issues with how it handles sexual harassment and misconduct claims.
In today's Federal Newscast, the Department of Health and Human Services' inspector general explains to Congress how the agency might have been taken for over a billion dollars.
In today's Federal Newscast, in both of the agencies' 2018 budget requests, the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division within the Justice Department said they would like to save money by cutting some positions.
After facing death threats and decades of institutional corruption, Jon Smibert has worked steadily on behalf of the Justice Department to help revise the laws and judicial practices of the former communist Albania. Smibert, a finalist in the 2017 Service to America Medals program in the national security and international affairs category, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to talk about his work.
Robert Mueller, who the Justice Department selected as special counsel for the case of alleged Russian election influence, has found favor with both Republican and Democratic administrations. He's overseen some big prosecutions in his career, ike that of Mafia kingpin John Gotti. Former prosecutor Steve Ryan tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin how this investigation will affect the rest of DoJ and Congress.
Swirling changes in leadership can have tough effects on the rank and file. That's what the FBI is dealing with right now as long-time career agent Andrew McCabe takes over as acting director. David Lewis, professor of political science at Vanderbilt University, shares some of the management and workforce implications on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
A federal employment attorney says it's outrageous the government is treating its federal workforce like this.
The Department of Health and Human Services, and the National Counterterrorism Center are two federal components balancing opportunities and limitations on big data.
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The National FOIA Portal will offer a one-stop-shop for people requesting information from any of the federal agencies, and will also serve as a guide for pointing requesters toward information that is already public — thus eliminating extra work for FOIA offices.