Department of Justice

FILE - The U.S. Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

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

Current policy lets feds use sick leave to travel for medical care, but some employer groups want the White House to go further.

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Merrick Garland

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

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Adam HannaAdam 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

Federal trial attorneys want a bit more telework flexibility

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Joshua Roberts

This highly specialized Justice Department manager helps 9/11 victims get what they were promised

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(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)FILE - In this Monday, March 9, 2009  file photo, The Harry S. Truman Building, headquarters for the State Department, is seen in Washington. The State Department has ordered non-essential diplomats at the U.S. Embassy in Chad to leave the African nation due to potential insurgent attacks on the capital, Saturday, April 17, 2021. The department said in a travel alert issued Saturday that it had taken the step because armed groups from the northern part of the country have moved south and appear headed toward the city.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Two agencies team up to get more women in counterterrorism efforts around the world

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Getty Images/Michael Rowley

What good is all of the criminal justice data put out by the Justice Department if no one uses it?

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Amelia Brust/Federal News Network

OPM hopes to make it easier for women to join Senior Executive Service

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Adam HannaAdam 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

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

The Justice Department has laid out its plans to have employees return to their offices. It stresses maximum telework. But one group says actual telework…

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Getty Images/iStockphoto/TraitovCybersecurity and secure nerwork concept. Data protection, gdrp. Glowing futuristic backround with lock on digital integrated circuit.

A look inside the TSA’s new cybersecurity regime for pipelines and railroads

Operators of pipelines, freight railroads and passenger transit systems face a parade of cybersecurity deadlines this year.

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Getty Images/iStockphoto/TraitovCybersecurity and secure nerwork concept. Data protection, gdrp. Glowing futuristic backround with lock on digital integrated circuit.

Pentagon warns lawmakers to make sure they raise debt ceiling

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Justice Department is bringing the power of the False Claims Act to the growing challenge of cybersecurity.

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