The six years prior to the formal beginning of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) saw many variations of the agency. Office of Coordinator of Information (COI) Established on July 11, 1941, the COI lasted 337 days. At the beginning of World War II, the State...
Below are some of the most recent headlines out of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Plans to Move FBI Headquarters Halted The General Service Administration, along with the FBI, have decided to scrap plans to build a new FBI headquarters because of funding gaps....
Below are a few stories from the Office of Personnel Management that have recently been in the news. OPM Reduces Retirement Claims Backlog in April OPM reduced its retirement claims backlog by almost 8 percent last month which is huge news. They received 6,581 new...
Policy and Oversight The Office of Personnel Management is responsible for all policies and oversight in the federal government. They oversee all policies created to support federal human resource departments, from classification and qualifications systems to hiring...
Across the southwest border, the number of immigrants caught crossing into the United States illegally has dropped dramatically. March saw less than 12,200 people caught. That's a 64 percent decrease from last year, and the lowest monthly number in 17 years. Decrease...
President Trump wants to hire 5,000 more Border Patrol agents and 10,000 more Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents, but federal law enforcement officer representatives told lawmakers that their organizations have too many managers and not enough staff-level...
A few senators have introduced the Boots on the Border Act to help with the hiring process at Customs and Border Protection. The current process could take years to fill the 5,000 positions President Trump has called for. If passed, this bill would allow for a more...
As an exception to the hiring freeze, the Department of Homeland Security customs and border protection is hiring 15,000 new employees to help secure America’s borders. Some 5,000 of these will be Border Patrol Agents for the CBP. Border Patrol Agents College students...
Recent memos have charged the Department of Homeland Security with hiring 15,000 Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. The plan is to hire 5,000 additional Border Patrol agents and 500 Air and Marine agents. Homeland Security...
It’s easy to understand how a Federal Air Marshal or a federal worker at the Department of Justice can get injured while on the job, but an IRS worker? Can they really get injured or become ill on the job? The answer is simple: yes! While they may not be out of the...
Any federal employee can get hurt or develop an illness while working. This is no exception for workers at VA hospitals and clinics. This post will look at some of the most common injuries or illnesses that affect VA workers; slips and falls, torn muscles,...
This two-part blog post will look at some of the issues that have plagued the Department of Veterans Affairs, and continue to do so. This post will focus on the troubled history of the VA. Scandal and controversy have plagued the Veterans Administration since its...
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