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Victim-Centered, Trauma-Informed Practices
This report highlights how police departments and community stakeholders are working to build trust through collaborative strategies and local engagement. It explores programs that rely on dialogue, shared responsibility, and…
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Pay Freeze for Certain Senior Political Officials...
As Congress considers next steps on appropriations, agencies are being directed to maintain frozen pay rates for certain senior political officials. OPM advises that the previously established freeze should remain…
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Reinforcing Regulatory Frameworks through...
Regulations don’t work in isolation—they rely on a backbone of standards, measurements, accreditation, and market oversight to make rules enforceable, trusted, and practical. This report explains how “quality infrastructure” (QI)…
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Executive Order 14350: Further Extending the...
The President has issued an executive order extending the enforcement pause of the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act as it applies to TikTok and similar platforms. Until…
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U.S. Arms Transfer
The GAO reviewed how the State Department handles potential violations of U.S. arms transfer agreements by foreign partners. It found that State largely depends on the Department of Defense to…
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Upholding Constitutional Rights And Parental...
The Attorney General issued a directive emphasizing the Department of Justice’s duty to protect parents’ constitutional rights in education. The memo highlights concerns that some state and local authorities have…
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Multi-Factor Authentication for Criminal Justice...
NIST IR 8523 offers practical guidance to help law-enforcement and justice agencies secure Criminal Justice Information (CJI) with multi-factor authentication (MFA). It explains why moving beyond passwords is critical, then…
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Legal Resource Guide to the Federal Bureau of...
The 2025 Legal Resource Guide offers a comprehensive look at how the Federal Bureau of Prisons manages people in custody, from pretrial detention through release. It explains the Bureau’s mission,…
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Criminal Victimization in the 22 Largest U.S....
The Bureau of Justice Statistics’ new report shows violent crime rates fell nationwide and in several large states between 2017–19 and 2020–22. Property crime also declined in most areas, though…
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Executive Order 14348: Strengthening Efforts To...
Executive Order 14348 reinforces U.S. efforts to shield citizens from wrongful detention overseas. It empowers the Secretary of State to designate foreign governments as “State Sponsors of Wrongful Detention” and…
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Capital Punishment: 2023
The latest data shows that the U.S. continues its decades-long decline in the number of people under sentence of death. At yearend 2023, 2,192 prisoners were on death row, a…
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Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 2021
In 2021, more than 22.4 million applications for firearm transfers and permits were processed under the Brady Act, marking a 10% decrease from the surge in 2020. Of these, about…
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Expired and Expiring Authorizations of...
The Congressional Budget Office’s 2025 Final Report highlights the scale of federal programs operating under expired or soon-to-expire authorizations. CBO identified 1,326 authorizations that expired before FY2025, with $500 billion…
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Executive Order 14343: Further Exclusions From the...
Executive Order (14343) expands exclusions from the Federal Labor-Management Relations Program to strengthen U.S. national security. It designates specific agencies and subdivisions—including NASA, the U.S. Agency for Global Media, and…
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Medical Abortion: Action Needed to Ensure...
This GAO report examines how Medicaid programs across the U.S. handle coverage for mifepristone and Mifeprex, drugs approved for medical abortion. Despite federal requirements, the review found that some state…
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