PHOENIX — The U.S. Department of Justice has awarded a total of nearly $5 million to nine Arizona law enforcement agencies to hire additional officers.
The department announced Tuesday that the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services’ hiring program had awarded nearly $400 million in grant funding to just under 600 law enforcement agencies nationwide.
An award of $1.25 million to the Pima County Sheriff's Department to hire 10 officers is the largest made to an Arizona agency, followed by $1 million to the Apache Junction Police Department to hire eight officers and $500,000 to the Coconino County Sheriff's Office to hire four officers.
Other Arizona agencies receiving awards are the towns and cities of Camp Verde, Maricopa, Nogales, Peoria, Sahuarita and Winslow. The awards to those municipalities range from $125,000 to more than $700,000.
States' IT systems have been overwhelmed as a record amount of citizens have filed for unemployment.
A North Dakota construction company favored by President Donald Trump has received the largest contract to date to build a section of his signature wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
It's a significant step as federal agencies look to create vulnerability disclosure programs.
The IRS is anticipating an increase in grant applications.
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland will chair the 2021 Combined Federal Campaign as it marks its 60th anniversary facilitating workplace giving.
The backlog of more than 3,000 cases at the Merit Systems Protection Board could take years to clear, if and when the Senate confirms any members.
U.S. Postal Service employees in a non-career capacity get injured on the job 50 percent more often than permanent employees, a government watchdog found.
The new Office of Personnel Management regulation allows agencies to use military spouse special hiring authorities in a broader range of cases.
All federal employees, regardless of work location, will have to supply evidence of their full vaccination by Nov. 22.
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