Department of Justice

Justice Department issues data challenge to help address nation’s drug crisis

DoJ wants participants to combine DEA data with other public health and safety data to drive insights that could save lives in the drug crisis.

Federal Newscast

Contractors feel the pinch of false claims act cases

Contracting

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What to do about those ever-rising FOIA request backlogs

Agency Oversight

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Contractor lawyer’s take on that cybersecurity rule

Technology

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Justice Department’s new whistleblower program

Management

Justice Department prepares for public-safety grants

Workforce

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Little-known law needs Justice Department attention

Agency Oversight

Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira pleads guilty under a deal that calls for at least 11 years in prison

Defense

Biden EO aims to safeguard sensitive data on fed employees, facilities

Cybersecurity

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey, right, and Mayor Michael Nutter, left, listen to Department of Justice’s Ronald Davis, director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) speak during a news conference Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015, in Philadelphia. Justice Department officials are praising the Philadelphia Police Department for its progress in implementing reforms after a federal probe on deadly force. The report issued in May found the department's use of deadly force was motivated by fear and affected mostly black citizens. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Going in-depth with one of the nation’s premier federal law enforcement agencies

Workforce

Government sometimes looks like a backlog backwater

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Former acting IG gets 18-month prison term in software theft

In today’s Federal Newscast: The Navy no longer requires a high school diploma to enlist. A long-time federal technology executive is retiring. And a former…

Federal Newscast

This law enforcement sting operation netted a thousand arrests

Imagine an operation in which 10,000 law enforcement people worldwide arrested a thousand violent organized criminals. That is what happened in 2021, in…

Workforce

Justice Department false-claims cases continue at a brisk pace

Workforce

The government’s pursuit of false-claims cases never takes a break. So far this year, recoveries have totaled just under $500 million and they appear to be on pace for a full-year-yield of around $2 billion.