In 2007, New Haven, CT became the first city in the United States to approve a municipal ID card for undocumented residents. Officials at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) were aware of the proposed program and sent internal emails expressing concerns over the plan.

The Department of Energy Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a report detailing the department’s improvements and opportunity areas for FY2019.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General (IG) has issued a report analyzing how Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and the Secret Service have dealt with opioid use in the midst of a national opioid epidemic. The report issued in November assesses how the components have addressed both legal and illegal opioid use.

Addressing criminal conduct, challenging obstacles to lasting reform, and healing the resulting harm to individuals and communities are concerns in every society.

Huey and Maya visit the Ocean State and find that Rhode Island has an unexpected density of federal sites. They learn about NOAA grants, wildlife refuges, and a historic Coast Guard lighthouse.

For Civilian Federal Employees, the end of the calendar year marks a possibility for changes to General Schedule (GS) Pay Scales. Understanding how the system works can help you make better financial decisions for you and your family. This knowledge also allows you to make an informed career decision when comparing positions or considering a transfer. To help you make sense of it all, WAEPA has compiled a guide to GS Pay Scales.

Every Open Season brings new opportunities for the millions of dedicated men and women who work for our country to take stock of their health and well-being. Our role at the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Federal Employee Program (FEP®) is to help all of our current and future members make informed decisions about their healthcare needs.

Tune in to FEDtalk this week for a discussion on improving public service- from the institutional level to the individual level. Guests from across the federal community will discuss how they work together to build a better public service system.

A former law enforcement officer from the Westminster Police Department (WPD) has pled guilty to sexually assaulting a woman while on duty. Curtis Arganbright pled guilty in federal court in Denver, Colorado to one count of violating the civil rights of a female in his care whom he sexually assaulted.

Democratic Senators wrote the Director of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) with concerns regarding the agency’s funding levels for two information-sharing groups.

Lawmakers in the House of Representatives and the Senate passed a temporary funding measure, or continuing resolution (CR), to fund the government until December 20. House members voted Tuesday and the Senate voted Thursday. The president signed the legislation into law on Thursday evening, averting the shutdown that would have begun at midnight.

For National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, this video highlights how the USDA uses nutritional assistance programs following natural disasters to ensure victims have access to food resources.

Two Massachusetts men have been arrested and charged in a nationwide scheme to take over victims’ social media accounts and steal their cryptocurrency information. The individuals charged used a technique called “SIM swapping” to hack into the accounts and steal the information.

For federal agents, ignorance is expensive.  Know your exposures and the protections available to you.

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to decide Hernandez v. Mesa for a second time.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has requested a 30-day extension for agency and public comments on the effectiveness of the vulnerability assessment program run by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). The extension and message to agencies comes after DHS received no initial comments in the first 60-day period after the request was submitted.

Hundreds of runners lined up on F Street NW in Washington, DC, on October 12 as part of the annual Run for the Badge 5K to benefit the National Law Enforcement Memorial and Museum. 

The National Park Service is a staple agency for many Americans. The History Channel dives into the NPS’ roots.

Host Tony Vergnetti will sit down with Joan Melanson from Long Term Care Partners and Kathleen Proctor, David Yoder, and William Breskin from Blue Cross Blue Shield Association to discuss what this Open Season has to offer.

The Senate Budget Committee advanced legislation last week to reform the congressional budget process, the first bipartisan budget reform bill to pass the Committee since 1990.