DOJ GEN’s president spoke to Politico about DOJ employees’ job fears and threats to the survival of an experienced, apolitical civil service.

After Politico broke the story of DOJ GEN’s request to Department leadership to scale up and centralize its response to doxing and other online threats against career employees, the Washington Post wrote about it, and later covered it again. Other outlets added coverage, including Federal News Network, GovExec, and Global Investigations Review.

Bloomberg News broke the story of DOJ GEN’s request to the White House and OPM to issue an executive order or regulation directing agencies to evaluate their sexual misconduct response systems and overhaul them if necessary. We provided a detailed blueprint for how the Administration can do this.

In an article titled “The Biden administration says it supports IVF. So why is the procedure not covered for all federal workers?,” The Boston Globe reported on three dozen powerful testimonials that DOJ GEN collected from our members about the hardships they experienced without adequate insurance coverage of IVF. Federal News Network and GovExec also covered this story.

Federal News Network, Federal Times, and Federal Drive covered our advocacy for mandatory coverage of IVF treatments in Federal Employes Health Benefits plans in plan year 2025.

Federal News Network covered DOJ GEN’s request for various actions related to DOJ’s return-to-work policy, including that the Department track recruitment and retention data by demographics to assess the effects that DOJ’s return-to-work policy is having on the representation of historically marginalized groups. DOJABA, DOJ AHEAD, and DOJ Muslim Americans in Public Service joined the letter, which also asks that DOJ encourage components to offer employees a range of flexible work options.

The Federal Times and Bloomberg Law covered DOJ GEN’s July 2023 letter to Departmental leadership, which expressed concern that the Department’s apparent haste and lack of comprehensive study, including constructive employee feedback, in the development of a policy that would increase in-person work requirements will have a negative impact on the Department’s ability to retain and recruit a productive, diverse, and talented workforce.

In June 2023, the Federal Times and Government Executive covered DOJ GEN’s letter to the Administration reiterating our detailed roadmap for how the Administration can protect federal employees’ access to abortion care and expressing our frustration that more has not been done for federal civilian employees.

In May 2023, the Federal Times, Government Executive, and Federal News Network covered DOJ GEN’s letter to members of Congress urging them to oppose the ban on comprehensive abortion coverage in the FY 2024 budget.

The Federal News Network’s coverage of OPM’s May 2023 proposed rule that would in many cases ban agencies’ use of salary history during the hiring process included perspective on the proposal from DOJ GEN.

In January 2023, Federal Times covered DOJ GEN’s multi-tiered efforts to end the abortion restriction on federal employee healthcare plans, which imposes significant out-of-pocket costs on federal employees and widens the gap between the public and private sectors.

DOJ GEN wrote an op-ed! On November 5, 2022, The Hill published our piece explaining why Congress should eliminate from next year’s budget the ban on abortion coverage in federal employees’ health insurance plans.

In November 2022, three separate news outlets—Federal Times, Government Executive, and Federal News Network—covered DOJ GEN’s letter to OPM asking that its anticipated regulation addressing the use of salary history during the hiring process ban both agencies’ solicitation and consideration of it, regardless of how the information is obtained.

CNN was the first to report on our August 2022 letter urging Administration officials to (1) provide feds with administrative leave to travel for abortions; (2) pay for that travel; (3) allow feds to opt out of travel to states wtih bans; (4) not consider abortion-related conduct during background checks; (5) actively oppose the Hyde Amendment; and (6) involve federal employees in their efforts.

In August 2022, the Federal News Network covered DOJ GEN’s ongoing efforts to convince OPM and DOJ to prohibit the solicitation and use of salary history during the hiring process.

In addition to The New York Times, our request for administrative leave to cover travel for feds who need to cross state lines for reproductive health care was covered by CBS, Axios, HuffPost, The Hill, Government Executive, and FedSmith, among other media outlets.

In May 2022, the New York Times covered DOJ GEN’s bold request for administrative leave when feds must cross state lines to obtain reproductive health care due to restrictive state laws.

In May 2022, DOJ GEN leaders discussed our years-long push for generous flexible work options for employees in all Department components on Federal News Network’s FEDtalk.

In April 2022, Bloomberg Law reported on the stark inconsistencies reveled by DOJ GEN’s survey of return-to-office policies across DOJ components, including a comment by DOJ GEN President Stacey Young.

In March 2022, Government Executive and Federal News Network covered President Biden’s executive order calling on OPM to issue rules on using salary hwistory in hiring, including DOJ GEN’s push to remove the voluntary disclosure exception.

In February 2022, Government Executive covered DOJ’s job ad for a Chief Diversity Officer and DOJ GEN’s appeal to remove the salary history requirement. GovExec Daily also dedicated most of a podcast episode to the issue.

In October 2021, the Federal Bar Association ran an article featuring the work of the National Association of Immigration Judges and DOJ GEN in increasing gender equity and equality in the legal profession.

In August 2021, DOJ GEN sent a letter to OPM Director recommending ways that OPM can move the federal government closer to pay equity. The letter was covered by The National Law Journal and Government Executive.

In July 2021, DOJ’s new sexual harassment steering committee and DOJ GEN’s role in its creation was covered by Buzzfeed and the San Francisco Chronicle.

In June 2021, DOJ GEN sent the Justice Management Division a letter asking it to impose strong guidelines for DOJ components as they devise post-reentry personnel policies. The letter was covered by Federal News Network.

In February 2021, DOJ GEN sent a letter to Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco as part of our ongoing push for the Justice Department to strengthen its policies around preventing sexual harassment and tracking and responding to complaints. The letter and Monaco’s response were covered by Buzzfeed.

In October 2020, DOJ GEN was scheduled to host a discussion with former U.S. Attorney Jessie Liu and Acting ATF Director Regina Lombardo on gender diversity at DOJ. The Justice Department forced DOJ GEN to cancel the event due to President Trump’s executive order censoring “divisive” diversity & inclusion trainings. The executive order and our response were covered by The National Law Journal here, here, and here, and by NPR.

In August 2020, DOJ GEN and five other affinity groups sent letters to every DOJ component head seeking action on pay inequity at the Justice Department. Our advocacy was covered by Federal News Network.

In April 2020, DOJ GEN wrote to Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen about DOJ’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, urging the Justice Department to allow caretakers to benefit from maxiflex schedules, temporary part-time status, and at least 20 hours of excused absence every pay period. BuzzFeed covered our advocacy efforts.

DOJ GEN submitted comments to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights regarding sexual harassment in the federal government, and DOJ GEN’s president testified at the Commission’s hearing on the topic. DOJ GEN’s submission was covered by Buzzfeed and the Commission referenced our comments and testimony in its April 2020 report Federal #MeToo: Examining Sexual Harassment in Government Workplaces.

In March 2020, DOJ GEN sent a letter to Attorney General Barr and OPM Director Cabaniss asking DOJ and OPM to take immediate action to protect federal workers from COVID-19. The letter was covered by CNN.

In February 2019, DOJ GEN set a letter to the heads of DOJ’s litigating components calling out the lack of gender diversity in top leadership positions. The letter was covered by CNN, the Washington Post, and Buzzfeed.

On April 3, 2018, DOJ GEN hosted a moderated event with DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz about his finding of systemic sexual misconduct at DOJ, and hundreds of employees packed the Great Hall. The New York Times was there and covered it, along with our pressure on Administration leaders to reform policies.

In August 2017, DOJ GEN sent a letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein reporting instances of sexual harassment experienced or witnessed by our members and urging a response. The letter was covered by The Washington Post and CNN.