Justice Department

  • Chairman Edolphus \"Ed\" Towns (D-NY) is requesting detailed information from the Justice Department and DHS after the release of a Justice Department Inspector General report in 2009 that outlined major lapses at the United States National Central Bureau.

    June 08, 2010
  • Agencies recycled more than 51,000 pounds of electronics, purchases more than 58,000 hardware that met the green standards and saved the government more than $11 million.

    June 07, 2010
  • The Justice Department has failed to put together an adequate plan for responding to an attack involving weapons of mass destruction, the inspector general at the agency said Tuesday. Randy Larsen, CEO of the WMD Center, has details.

    June 02, 2010
  • Kshemendra Paul, the new Program Manager for the Information Sharing Environment, must reestablish the role of the organization, experts say. James Carafano of Heritage says Paul must convince and educate the intelligence community about the value of the ISE. Jim Dempsey of the Markle Foundation Task Force says Paul must figure out the ISE\'s relationship with other information sharing organizations in the government.

    June 02, 2010
  • Karin O\'Leary is Director of the Budget at the Justice Department and explains how she stayed positive during the tough times.

    May 28, 2010
  • Kshemendra Paul moves from the OMB chief architect to the Program Manager for the Information Sharing Environment. He will lead the work on information sharing standards, policies and procedures.

    May 28, 2010
  • Karin O\'Leary is one of seven winners of Federal News Radio\'s 2010 Causey Awards. O\'Leary was nominated for putting into place new recruitment processes to improve employee retention.

    May 21, 2010
  • Karin O\'Leary, with the Department of Justice, was nominated for a Causey Award for the new recruitment processes she developed to improve employee retention.

    May 21, 2010
  • Math is hard. That\'s led to problems with stimulus grants from the Justice Department. COPS Director Bernard Melekian explains.

    May 21, 2010
  • Learn why the space agency in particular is helping out.

    May 20, 2010
  • A U.S. counterterrorism source in a position to know says there is a foreign influence nexus to the suspects linked to the Times Square attempted bombing. A Justice Department spokesman said, \"The investigation continues. We are pursuing every lead to determine the identity and motives of the person or persons responsible. Other U.S. Intelligence officials are stressing it is too early to determine what that influence was generated outside of the U.S. or stateside with international connections.

    May 04, 2010
  • The suspect in the Times Square bomb plot has a federal court date in Manhattan today. Authorities stopped Faisal Shahzad late yesterday as he tried to board a plane to Dubai. The charges are not yet public. Attorney General Eric Holder read a statement early today saying the intent of the car bomb was \"to kill Americans.\" AP national security correspondent Sagar Meghani has the latest.

    May 04, 2010
  • Department to lead the roll out of a federated identity management system for all law enforcement agencies. Justice ran a pilot and now plans on expanding the system nationwide by the end of 2010. The goal is to use technology that already exists and focus on standards and policies.

    April 21, 2010
  • WFED\'s Jason Miller reports.

    April 20, 2010