Secret Service

Secret Service beginning prep to welcome soccer fans from all over the world

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Secret Service is warming up plans for one of the biggest sporting events in the world.

Federal Newscast

(Graphic courtesy U.S. Army)

Tools and training: How Secret Service’s SOC answers its data challenges

Cybersecurity

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

Agency Oversight

An accomplished federal CFO has a forum to share lessons learned

Management

The State Department seeks fresh talent for its diplomatic security operation

Hiring/Retention

Joshua Roberts

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

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

Congress

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

Federal Newscast

DHS ‘centralizing’ disciplinary processes following 45-day review

Agency Oversight

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’

DHS’s privacy chief wants to make privacy less of an afterthought by designing systems with technologies to protect the confidentiality and integrity of…

Agency Oversight

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

Dismal engagement scores in the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey prompted Secret Service leadership to engage the National Academy of Public Administration….

Workforce

Secret Service agents are getting tapped out by the workload

Federal Newscast

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.