Secret Service

FILE - A U.S. Department of Homeland Security plaque is displayed a podium as international passengers arrive at Miami international Airport where they are screened by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Nov. 20, 2020, in Miami. Employees accused of misconduct at the Department of Homeland Security could face more stringent penalties under an overhaul announced Thursday that follows complaints about the handling of internal discipline in the third largest U.S. government agency. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

DHS inspector general’s lawsuit takes aim at oversight of the IGs

DHS IG Joseph Cuffari’s lawsuit takes issue with probes launched by the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency into his conduct.

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Joshua Roberts

Meet the guy who oversaw the recovery of more than a billion dollars of stolen pandemic relief

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Chris Stirewalt, former Fox News political editor, bottom right, speaks as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol meets to reveal its findings of a year-long investigation, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, June 13, 2022. House investigators are trying to make a methodical case that President Donald Trump’s lies about the 2020 election led directly to the insurrection by his supporters at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

A look into the ramifications of those lost Secret Service messages

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Secret Service needs more employees, stronger retention practices, NAPA panel finds

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Ben Jealous, Melvin Wilson

Secret Service agents are getting tapped out by the workload

In today’s Federal Newscast, a review by the National Academy of Public Administration says Secret Service employees are doing more than ever with less.

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(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)A concrete pump frames the Capitol Dome during renovations and repairs to Lower Senate Park on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 18, 2021. President Joe Biden hopes to pass a massive national infrastructure plan by this summer but Democrats and Republicans in Congress appear divided over his proposal for $2.3 trillion in spending to upgrade the nation's crumbling infrastructure. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

What Congress is considering for your agency in the week ahead

Nothing has quite jelled enough to be headed to the president’s desk for signing, but many bills concerning federal agencies and their operations are simmering…

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U.S. Secret Service police officers stand guard on the roof in front of the the American flag as it files at half-staff above the White House in Washington, Friday, April 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Secret Service lending a hand in nabbing COVID relief fraudsters

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Secret Service is wielding its investigative powers to take on COVID related financial fraud.

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