DOJ adds 311 new Assistant United States Attorneys

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Christopher P. Canova, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, recently announced that the Department of Justice is allocating…

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DOJ has point person for election irregularities

Press Release: Assistant United States Attorney Christopher P. Canova will lead the efforts of the United States Attorney’s Office in connection with the Justice Department’s…

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The ‘Fresh Start’ Offer

The Escambia County Commission will consider an offer this week from Sheriff David Morgan to continue managing the county jail until October 2014. The offer…

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Commission Gets Jail Update

During this morning’s budget workshop, the Escambia County Commission was updated on the operational transfer of the Escambia County Jail. Staff is currently working to…

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Brush Strokes and Non-Starters

It’s unclear what course of action the Escambia County Commission will take in response to the recent U.S. Department of Justice investigation into the operations…

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McNesby overcharged FEMA for Ivan (DHS letter)

While doing research on another project, I came across this April 30, 2009 letter from the regional director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency on…

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ECSO dogs shutdown

WEAR TV 3 reported last night that K-9 unit at the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office has been temporarily shutdown by the Department of Justice. According…

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Former DOJ Civil Rights violated federal law

Earlier this month, the Department of Justice released a report on the hiring practices of the former head of its Civil Rights Division by the…

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Here are two Complaints filed with DOJ

IN has obtained copies of the two complaints filed with the Department of Justice by the ACLU and Movement for Change against the Escambia County…

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Bad hiring at DOJ

Last month I reported on how the Department of Justice under Alberto Gonzalez had used the Internet to reject some of the top law students…

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