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Tom Temin Commentary

Just how corrupt is the government, anyway?

The government is big, and not every employee is a model citizen. So corruption sometimes occurs. Fundamentally, though, the government remains honest.

Agency Oversight

Garland slams attacks on DoJ: 'I will not be intimidated'

Management

Agencies need to do more to break down language barriers, DOJ says

Veterans Affairs

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

Agency Oversight

The FOIA backlog continued to grow last year

Workforce

Federal groups, unions back paid leave for feds seeking abortion services

Federal Newscast

DOJ preparing guidance for agencies who provide reproductive care after Dobbs v. Jackson decision

Members of the Maine National Guard arrive for orientation an empty wing at Central Maine Medical Center, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, in Lewiston, Maine. The Guard will work as nursing assistants, helping to open a swing bed unit of the hospital that has been closed due to a nursing shortage. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Federal Newscast

National Guard members can unionize if and when they're called up by governors

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Federal Newscast

Two agencies are teaming up in the name of environmental justice

FILE - Attorney General Merrick Garland listens during a meeting of the COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force at the Justice Department, March 10, 2022 in Washington. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Garland on Wednesday, March 16, for the first time convened a multilateral task force known as REPO, short for Russian Elites, Proxies and Oligarchs, one of several new efforts dedicated to enforcing sanctions against Russian oligarchs over the war in Ukraine. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool via AP, File)

Agency Oversight

Garland issues new FOIA guidance as lawmakers seek GAO study of agency challenges

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Federal Newscast

Members of Congress press AG Garland to get agencies to comply with FOIA laws

Adam Hanna, assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of Illinois, and co-chair of the compensation committee of the National Association of Assistant U.S. Attorneys

Workforce

One crucial group at the Justice Department isn't happy with the return-to-the-office plan

FILE - Michael Carvajal, director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing examining issues facing prisons and jails during the coronavirus pandemic on Capitol Hill in Washington, on June 2, 2020. Carvajal is resigning amid increasing scrutiny over his leadership in the wake of Associated Press reporting that uncovered widespread problems at the agency, including a recent story detailing serious misconduct involving correctional officers. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Pool via AP, File)

People

US prisons director resigning after crises-filled tenure

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Pay

ATF under congressional fire for misclassifying jobs, improperly paying out law enforcement benefits

Tom Temin Commentary

How two employees can call a whole agency into question

Committee chairwoman Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-New York, speaks during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on "Legislative Proposals to Put the Postal Service on Sustainable Financial Footing" on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, in Washington. United States Postal Service Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is left. (Jim Watson/Pool via AP)

Open Data/Transparency

New House bill attempts to make presidential records more easily searchable

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People

Senate confirms Merrick Garland to be US attorney general

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Congress

Congress is delving deep into some nitty-gritty governmental issues

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People

Biden to name Judge Merrick Garland as attorney general