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The FBI arrested a CIA contractor on October 23, 2026, on a charge that he passed classified national defense information to a journalist he was dating. The Justice Department named him as Ian A. Brinksman, 42, of Washington, DC, and charged him by criminal …
Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network said on October 19, 2026, that it had found about $270 million in suspicious financial …
GAO found that the Department of Housing and Urban Development cut its workforce by about 29 percent between December 2024 and December …
The General Services Administration and the Small Business Administration are auditing the federal contracts of 689 firms suspended from the …
The Justice Department said on October 26 that it has charged 48 noncitizens with election-related crimes in California, Pennsylvania, …
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission finalized a rule on October 22, 2026, that lets companies applying for a commercial reactor license rely …
The National Security Agency, CISA and NIST published 10 practices on October 20, 2026, for handling what they call “SI control incidents”: …
OMB and OPM have formally withdrawn the 2025 guidance that let federal agencies start layoffs during a government shutdown. Memo M-27-01, …
The Office of Personnel Management has written a ban on paid administrative leave for federal employees who serve as poll workers or poll …
The Social Security Administration said on October 20 that it has added 17 million missing death dates to its Social Security number records …
