Last week, FEDS had the honor of attending the Federal Law Enforcement Officers’ Association (FLEOA) 2015 biennial conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where new Executive Board Members were elected, and Immediate Past President, Jon Adler, was thanked and honored for his great leadership, dedication and professionalism in representing, protecting and advocating on behalf of more than 25,000 federal law enforcement officers and their families.

Who better to provide insight into big issues facing the workforce other than those covering it? Tune in this week to FEDtalk for a roundtable discussion with reporters covering the federal beat.

Last week Malaysian authorities detained Ardit Ferizi, a citizen of Kosovo, on a provisional arrest warrant alleging he provided material support to the Islamic State and was involved in the hacking and release of personally identifiable information (PII) of U.S. service members and federal employees.

Suppression of evidence in a state court does not, by itself, raise a factual issue about whether law enforcement officers violated the defendant’s clearly established rights, the Fifth Circuit recently held.

At precisely 12:01 p.m., a huge explosion rocked the New York Financial District. It shattered windows for blocks around, throwing shards of glass in all directions along with heavy lead slugs believed to have been used as shrapnel in the bomb. The blast killed 38 people and injured hundreds more.

In its ninth year, Operation Cross Country, the nationwide law enforcement operation in which the FBI, federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) team up to recover sexually exploited children and go after pimps and other individuals.

The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund has selected Officer Jessica Hawkins of the Greenville (SC) Police Department as the recipient of its Officer of the Month Award for September 2015.

Twin brothers from Springfield, VA were sentenced Friday for multiple offenses, including conspiracy to  commit wire fraud, conspiracy to access a protected computer, and conspiracy to access a government computer without authorization.

The United States Government investigated Mr. David Levy for his role in a stock manipulation scheme.  Mr. Levy was aware that he faced potential criminal charges; his wife had been indicted in a related matter nearly a year earlier, and his attorney held a telephone conversation with federal prosecutors to discuss potential charges against Mr. Levy.

Tune in this week to learn how the performance appraisal process is used to evaluate individual job performance connected to overall agency performance, and if it's actually working.

One of the world’s largest fertilizer manufacturers, Mosaic Fertilizer LLC, has reached a settlement with the Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ensure the proper treatment, storage, and disposal of an estimated 60 billion pounds hazardous materials at six Mosaic facilities in Florida and two in Louisiana.

The government may retain computer evidence obtained outside the scope of an original, probable-cause search warrant and prosecute people for crimes based on that evidence, the Justice Department argued this week before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, sitting en banc.

We are on the eve of Open Season for all federal employees, so it’s also time to explore supplemental insurance benefit options for Federal Employees.

On September 4, 2005, following Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans police officers were dispatched to the Danziger Bridge.  In the chaotic atmosphere, two unarmed men were shot and killed.

For a long time, if you entered any police or sheriff’s department in the country, you would be greeted at the front desk by a sergeant presiding over a large bound book. Everyone who came into the station, every call patrolmen answered—it was all documented in that book, called a blotter.

A U.S. Marshal-led operation in Arizona yielded 72 felony arrests last week. Named “Operation Southern Star,” the fugitive sweep spanned five days, and involved local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies, including U.S. Border Patrol, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Arizona Department of Corrections–all led by the Marshals Service.

This week, Vladimir Drinkman, a Russian national who was extradited to the U.S. earlier this year, admitted his role in a worldwide hacking and data breach conspiracy that targeted major corporate networks.

The government may not conduct the equivalent of a Terry stop inside a person’s home without exigent circumstances, the Eleventh Circuit held this week.

For many in federal law enforcement, the pressures and intensity of the day-to-day job keep officers focused on the immediate future.

Tune in this week to hear from the national president of Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA), as well as an update about the annual Ride and Run to Remember from the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF).