Read the post U.S. Immigration Courts See a Significant and Growing Backlog October 19, 2023 More than 2 million cases are pending in U.S. immigration courts. This backlog has more than tripled ...
Read the post More Fraud Has Been Found in Federal COVID Funding—How Much Was Lost Under Unemployment Insurance Programs September 13, 2023 Criminal charges against individuals in alleged COVID-19 funding fraud are growing. Last month, the ...
Read the post The U.S. Is Less Prepared to Fight Cybercrime Than It Could Be August 29, 2023 Cybercrimes in the United States have resulted in hundreds of billions of dollars in losses, and ...
Read the post Venezuela’s Political Unrest Has Made Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering, and Other Crimes Easier July 20, 2023 Political unrest, financial collapse, and corruption in Venezuela have created an environment that ...
Read the post Reducing Deaths Caused by Impaired Driving in the U.S. June 13, 2023 More than 10,000 Americans are killed each year in crashes caused by drivers under the influence of ...
Read the post Efforts to Protect and Repatriate Native American Cultural Items and Human Remains November 01, 2022 Native American cultural items—including pottery, weapons, and sacred objects—have long been the ...
Read the post Back to School for K-12 students: Issues Ahead August 30, 2022 As students and teachers head back to the classroom this fall, they are likely to face a number of ...
Read the post For Disability Pride Month—We Highlight Our Work on Access Issues July 21, 2022 July is Disability Pride Month—a month commemorating the 1990 passage of the Americans with ...
Read the post As Virtual Currency Use in Human and Drug Trafficking Increases, So Do the Challenges for Federal Law Enforcement February 24, 2022 Federal data indicate that virtual currencies—for example cryptocurrencies—are increasingly being ...
Read the post Ransomware—Holding IT Systems and Data Hostage June 30, 2021 How much would a government entity or business pay to restart its operations after an attack on its ...
Read the post Swift, Sustained Action Needed to Improve Federal Response to COVID-19 March 31, 2021 The nation is now in its second year of the coronavirus pandemic and still faces a number of ...
Read the post Pregnant Women in Federal Custody—A Uniquely Vulnerable Population February 25, 2021 Pregnant women in custody are a vulnerable group with specialized health care needs. Yet, there are ...