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Faulty data hampers DoJ's immigration courts, IG finds
A new report by the Justice Department inspector general says inaccurate data is hampering the ability of immigration courts to resolve cases involving both detained and non-detained aliens in a timely manner.
Tags: Michael Horowitz , immigration , IG , Federal Drive
IGs tell managers, employees to beef up fight against workplace fraud
Agency leaders take steps to show they're serious about employee fraud. Too often, they're relying on the inspector general's office to detect corruption.
Tags: fraud , corruption , Richard Skinner , Michael Horowitz , DHS , whistleblowers , Workforce , Ruben Gomez , Association of Government Accountants
Agencies' Section 508 compliance mixed, survey finds
The survey found lack of resources, awareness and training were the most common challenges in complying with Section 508. Fifteen percent of agency components said they could not identify any challenges to 508 compliance.
Tags: Thomas Perez , Section 508 , disabilities , technology , accessibility , Jolie Lee
FOIA backlog grows even as agencies process more requests
Agencies dedicated more money and personnel to FOIA processing in 2011, but requests grew even faster.
Tags: FOIA , open government , Melanie Pustay , NARA , DHS , DoD , Jared Serbu
Agencies get better at 'whole of government' info sharing
The head of the federal government's information sharing initiative says agencies are doing a better job in a post-9/11 environment. Kshemendra Paul is the program manager for the Information Sharing Environment.
Tags: Kshemendra Paul , ISE , DHS , FBI , information sharing , technology , NIEM , Federal Drive
DoJ IG ombudsman to guarantee whistleblower rights
Long-time federal prosecutor Robert Storch is the first whistleblower ombudsman at the Justice Department. In this newly-created position, Storch is charged with making sure whistleblower complaints coming into the Office of the Inspector General are reviewed in a timely and proper manner.
Tags: Robert Storch , inspector general , ombudsman , oversight , whistleblower , POGO , Federal Drive
FBI turns troubled into triumph with Sentinel system
The long-awaited, problematic case management application met full operational capability in May. Jeff Johnson, the FBI's CTO, said about 30,000 employees have been using Sentinel for about a month. The $451 million program modernizes the FBI's workflow and document management system.
Tags: technology , FBI , Jeff Johnson , Sentinel , Case management system , Agile software development , Lockheed Martin , Jason Miller
DOJ to seek new indictment in Blackwater shooting
The Justice Department plans to bring a new indictment against four Blackwater Worldwide guards involved in a 2007 shooting that killed 17 Iraqis. U.S. District Judge Ricardo Urbina had thrown out the case in 2009, but an appeals court reinstated the charges last year.
Tags: Iraq , Blackwater , Academi , Ricardo Urbina , industry
Office for Immigration Review entering next phase of IT upgrades
The Justice Department's Executive Office of
Immigration Review is implementing phase four of
their E-World initiative to bring e-filing
capabilities to attorneys.
July 12, 2012
Tags: technology , Richard Chandler , immigration , e-filing , data management , Ask the CIO , Jason Miller , Office for Immigration Review , EOIR
DoD leads the way in student loan repayment program
DoD attracts and retains more employees through an increased involvement in the student loan repayment program.
Tags: DoD , State , Management , best practices , hiring , retention , Keith BieryGolick , John Berry , Federal Drive , DoD Report
