Secret Service

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

This Secret Service agent led a nationwide criminal investigation that so far has clawed back more than a billion dollars anyway, awarded to frauds under…

Congress

FILE - Attorney General Merrick Garland, looks at federal prosecutor Kevin Chambers, right, after appointing him to be the Justice Department's chief pandemic fraud prosecutor, during a meeting of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Fraud Enforcement Task Force at the Justice Department, March 10, 2022 in Washington. The U.S. Secret Service recovered $286 million in fraudulently obtained pandemic funds to the Small Business Administration, Friday, Aug. 26. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Secret Service recovers $286M in stolen pandemic loans

Workforce

The American flag flies at half-staff in honor of President George H. W. Bush at Walker's Point, the Bush's summer home, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018, in Kennebunkport, Maine. Bush died at the age of 94 on Friday, about eight months after the death of his wife, Barbara Bush. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

The federal workforce: Two million, or just you?

Federal Report

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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Social Security plans to expand workforce diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility

Federal Newscast

DHS ‘centralizing’ disciplinary processes following 45-day review

Agency Oversight

(AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2020, file photo 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 in Miami. The damned-if-you-pay-damned-if-you-don’t dilemma on ransomware payments has left U.S. officials fumbling about how to respond. While the Biden administration “strongly discourages” paying, it recognizes that failing to pay would be suicidal for some victims. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

DHS privacy chief aims to promote ‘privacy enhancing technologies’

Agency Oversight

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

Workforce

Secret Service agents are getting tapped out by the workload

Federal Newscast

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

Congress

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

Federal Newscast

TSA officers wear protective masks at a security screening area at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Monday, May 18, 2020, in SeaTac, Wash. Airlines say they are stepping up security on flights to Washington before next week’s inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. Delta, United and Alaska airlines said Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021 they will bar passengers flying to Washington from putting guns in checked bags. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Congressman wonders when DHS frontline employees will get vaccinated

In today’s Federal Newscast, House Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member John Katko (R-N.Y.) wants to know what the plan is for vaccinating frontline…

Federal Newscast

A uniformed Secret Service Officer patrols the White House grounds during a lockdown due to an airspace violation, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Secret Service stepping up in fight against cyber-enabled financial crimes

The Secret Service draws on its heritage of stopping currency counterfeiting to investigate cyber enabled financial crimes of all sorts.

Cybersecurity

Lawmakers push to eliminate ‘mandatory’ from payroll tax deferral

Federal Newscast

In today’s Federal Newscast, lawmakers say they’re ready to work with the four major federal payroll providers so they can implement an option.