Justice Department
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Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) wrote a letter to the Justice Department pushing for action on this latest scandal at the Veterans Affairs Department.
October 06, 2015 -
Joe Klimavicz is the Justice Department’s CIO. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose about the agency’s IT strategy for fiscal years 2015 through 2018.
September 25, 2015 -
The perps, if found guilty, should face the consequences. But should innocent employees, investors and customers also have to pay?
September 23, 2015 The Department of Justice alleged Sandia used federal funds to lobby Congress for non-competitive extensions to its Management and Operating contract won in 1993.
August 26, 2015-
Rick Holgate, the chief information officer for the Justice Department’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, announced he’s moving to the private sector.
August 24, 2015 -
Altegrity, USIS’s parent company, agreed to forgo at least $30 million in fees the government owed it in return for not being held liable for alleged violations of the “dumping” or “flushing” security clearances over a 18-year period.
August 20, 2015 -
There is a little more clarity about the mystery of Barry West, the seemingly now-former chief information officer at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. West’s LinkedIn page says he left the FDIC in this month and also started at the Mason Harriman Group this month.
August 17, 2015 -
Karl Mathias, the Marshals Service’s chief information officer, said his priorities include mobility, moving to the cloud and figuring out how best to address infrastructure support and maintenance needs.
August 14, 2015 -
Michael Horowitz, inspector general at the Justice Department, says a recent decision by his agency's Office of Legal Counsel threatens the independent oversight of all IGs.
August 12, 2015 -
A recent decision from the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel says inspectors general must get permission from their agencies before gaining access to certain documents like grand jury, wiretap and credit information. The inspector general community says it's another attack against the independent oversight at the center of their responsibilities. The Senate Judiciary Committee largely agrees. Michael Horowitz is the inspector general at the Justice Department and director of the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency. He's leading the charge against the OLC's latest decision and tells In Depth with Francis Rose why it would make his job more difficult.
August 11, 2015 The Justice Department's Office of Information Policy is spearheading a proactive disclosure effort to measure the cost and effectiveness of making information from Freedom of Information Act requests available as soon as possible.
August 07, 2015-
Seven agencies are trying out a new approach to making documents available under the Freedom of Information Act. The Justice Department's Office of Information Policy is spearheading a proactive disclosure effort to measure the cost and effectiveness of making information available as soon as it's requested. Melanie Pustay is the director of the Office of Information Policy at the Justice Department. She joined Jason Miller on the Federal Drive to explain more about the pilot and how it could change federal FOIA processes.
August 07, 2015 -
Kshemendra Paul, the program manager of the Information Sharing Environment, said a recently completed effort lets federal, state and local public safety entities search multiple records to ensure they aren’t stepping on somebody’s toes. The concept of event deconfliction across previously disparate databases became a reality because of trust in the ISE-sponsored frameworks.
August 07, 2015 -
The Senate Judiciary Committee mediates a crisis caused by a Justice Department legal opinion that says inspectors general should not automatically get access to all records they need for their investigations.
August 05, 2015 -
The federal human resources community is losing a key member. Jeri Buchholz, the NASA chief human capital officer and assistant administrator for human capital management, is retiring on July 31. She is moving to industry…
July 27, 2015