Justice Department
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In today's Top Federal headlines, a new bill gives agencies more options to hire new talent, and another major IT contract is stalled by protests.
July 14, 2016 -
The White House also released new initiatives to improve agency response to records requests, including tasking the new Chief FOIA Officers Council to identify and address the biggest difficulties in complying with the law and OMB will issue new openness and transparency guidance.
June 30, 2016 -
Medicare payment rates are supposed to set the medical payment rates for all federal agencies. They do, with one notable exception, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a part of the Justice Department. The Justice Inspector General found that the bureau actually pays a premium to its outside medical providers. Justice IG Michael Horowitz tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin how that can be fixed
June 29, 2016 -
The Supreme Court granted the Justice Department a writ of certiorari, meaning DoJ can argue its case on presidential appointments next year.
June 28, 2016 -
In today's Federal Headlines, thousands of Justice Department workers will undergo training over the next few weeks to address implicit bias, and Veterans Affairs fails to meet call response time goals for the Veterans Crisis Line.
June 28, 2016 -
One of government's leading officials on the Freedom of Information Act says agencies need more open channels of communication with members of public seeking government records.
June 07, 2016 -
The Justice Department says a specific provision in the Veterans Choice Act, which ultimately renders that the disciplinary decision from administration MSPB judge is final for certain senior executives, violates a clause in the Constitution. U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch says Justice will continue to uphold vast majority of the Choice Act.
June 03, 2016 -
The 2016 Management of Change conference sponsored by ACT-IAC provided several memorable, newsworthy moments this year.
May 31, 2016 -
Judge Andrew Hanen of Texas recently accused federal prosecutors of outright lying in a case challenging President Barack Obama's executive order on immigration. The judge ordered ethics training for the lawyers and told the attorney general to develop a plan for preventing unethical behavior. Attorney Steve Ryan, a partner at the law firm McDermott, Will and Emery, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to offer his analysis.
May 25, 2016 -
TSA Administrator Peter Neffenger yanked Kelly Hoggan from the job as assistant administrator for the Office of Security Operations. But Neffenger says he wants to use Hoggan's talents somewhere else in the agency.
May 25, 2016 -
The department's Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN) now has the ability to give access to users based on their job functions and attributes, not merely the person's name or employee number. Donna Roy, executive director of the Information Sharing Environment Office at DHS, said that capability is helping the department build trusted identity exchanges.
May 10, 2016 -
A rule proposed by the Office of Personnel Management on April 29 would delay criminal history checks until after federal employers have already issued a conditional offer of employment to an applicant.
May 02, 2016 -
The DATA Act will make it easier for the federal government to prepare for the future and help citizens, but before it can do that, agencies need help in meeting the May 2017 implementation deadline.
April 26, 2016 -
The Department of Justice has petitioned the Supreme Court to hear a case that could impact presidential appointments and thousands of federal employees.
April 18, 2016 -
Director James Comey announced to staff that Gordon Bitko has been chosen to be the new CIO.
April 14, 2016