Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas directed the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to launch an effort to care for unaccompanied children who are entering the United States from the southern border.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has offered the COVID-19 vaccine to its entire workforce, but just 49 percent have accepted a vaccine as of last week. Meanwhile, other agencies are seeing their employees accept vaccines in larger numbers, causing members of Congress to question the Bureau of Prisons’ vaccine rollout plan. For example, as of last month, 72 percent of the Veterans Health Administration workforce had accepted the vaccine.

According to a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release dated March 22, 2021, Mun Chol Myong, 55, is the first North Korean national to be extradited the United States. Mun was extradited to the United States to face charges of money laundering in order to circumvent U.S. sanctions against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).

Do you know how to protect yourself in case of a chemical attack? Learn some helpful tips from this video about what a chemical attack is and how to prepare and respond.

On March 22, 2021, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral argument in Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid.

Several bills were introduced last week to commemorate Sunshine Week, a national initiative spearheaded by the News Leaders Association to educate the public about the importance of open government.

Before a federal employee can be terminated for unacceptable performance, the employing agency must provide the employee with an opportunity to demonstrate acceptable performance.

On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package that expands benefits for the federal workforce and Americans.

Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and 16 other lawmakers reintroduced the Protect and Serve Act, which would create federal penalties for individuals who target law enforcement officers at the federal, state, and local levels.

The Judicial Conference of the United States—the Judiciary’s policy-making body—recently proposed 79 new judgeships for courts across the country and initiatives to improve both personal security and courtroom security.

According to a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release dated March 17, 2021, a Nevada man, Eric Blair McCartt, 37, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for producing images of child sexual abuse of minors under the age of twelve.

Did you know that before 1970, women were prohibited from being law enforcement officers in the federal government? Executive Order 11478, "Equal employment opportunity in the Federal Government," signed by President Richard Nixon on August 8, 1969, changed that former reality and provided equal opportunity in federal employment for all persons.

Watch as newly confirmed Attorney General Merrick Garland gives his remarks to DOJ employees on his first official day. In his words, “Norms require that like cases be treated alike. That there not be one rule for Democrats and another for Republicans; One rule for friends and another for foes; One rule for the powerful and another for the powerless; One rule for the rich and another for the poor; Or different rules depending upon one's race or ethnicity.”

The White House Leadership Development Program team is excited to invite you to “The Invitation”, a series of 90-minute events that invite feds to think through how they too can be impactful leaders and play a part in good government.

The most recent FEDtalk podcast episode explored the various reasons federal employee professional liability exposures have increased over the last few years. Listen in as Tony Vergnetti, the Founder of FEDS Protection, and Brenda Wilson, the Vice President of Programs, explain how the performance of your duties and the integrity with which you perform those duties may not matter if you happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Secretary of Homeland Security Alexander Mayorkas recently signed an Interim Final Rule (IFR) to help U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) implement provisions from the Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention (STOP) Act.

A recent report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has not been able to come up with outcome-oriented measures to gauge their success when it comes to bringing small businesses into the market of security infrastructure.

Two top Department of Justice (DOJ) nominees, deputy attorney general nominee Lisa Monaco and associate attorney general nominee Vanita Gupta, attended a joint confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on March 9, 2021.

According to a Department of Justice press release dated March 8, 2021, a doctor, a clinic owner, and staff have been charged with falsifying clinical data.

In fiscal year 2020, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) processed over $2.4 trillion in imports and more than 238 million travelers. Learn more about the innovative methods used by CBP- even in the midst of a global pandemic.