With the public obtaining news and information from a growing array of sources, federal agencies are adjusting their communications strategies to inform and engage the public about agency missions, programs, and the people who carry them out.

To the extent a plaintiff attempts to use a suit to challenge his criminal conviction in the Court of Federal Claims, that court lacks jurisdiction to hear it, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently held.

Read this month's "History's Blotter" article to learn how Truman's attempted assassins were overpowered by White House Police Officers.

In an effort to crackdown on IP theft, counterfeit goods, and online piracy, law enforcement seized more than 37,000 websites.

Where an officer was indisputably engaged in an ongoing criminal investigation when a warrantless search occurred, the community caretaking exception to the Fourth Amendment did not apply, the First Circuit recently held.

The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund has selected Sergeant Jay Cook, of the New York State Police, as the recipient of its Officer of the Month Award for November 2015.

The former chief financial officer, two doctors, and two others have been charged in a series of related cases for their involvement in a long-running health care fraud scheme in Southern California.

Tune in this week for Open Season tips from Walton Francis, insurance expert and author of the Consumers’ CHECKBOOK Guide to Health Plans for Federal Employees.

In 1906, the District of Columbia played host to “Handcuff King,” Harry Houdini. The great magician and his wife were visiting Washington, DC for Houdini’s performances at the Chase Theater when Metropolitan Police Chief Major Richard Sylvester invited the escape artist to test the Metropolitan Police’s metal.

It’s never too early to research and plan your retirement–including the possibility of a need for long term care. This week, we're giving you the insider tips on retiring like a pro, plus why you should consider adding long term care to your benefits package.

A guilty plea got ex-Subway spokesman Jared Fogle 15 years and eight months in federal prison, according to the Associated Press. Fogle’s attorneys argued his sexual addiction was brought on by his famous weight loss.

An anti-subrogation regulation in Kansas preventing insurers from issuing policies containing subrogation clauses came into conflict with the Federal Employees Health Benefit Act (“FEHBA”), but the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that federal common law preempted the Kansas regulation.

Two Israelis and an American have been charged for multiple crimes in a case involving massive network intrusions at U.S. financial institutions, U.S. brokerage firms, major news publications, and other companies.

Although Naval Criminal Investigative Service Special Agents are civilians, they work for the military and further military goals.  Thus, they are prohibited from enforcing purely civilian laws under the Posse Comitatus Act, according to an en banc panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and should not have investigated a civilian for downloading child pornography.

Seat by seat, the rows filled in the Burke Theater of the U.S. Navy Memorial Museum on Wednesday, October 7. Many came from across the East Coast to listen to three officials talk about the investigation and manhunt following one of the most recent terrorist attacks in our nation’s homeland.

Take control of your long term care benefits this Open Season. Learn about their “virtual benefits fair,” why it’s never too early to sign up for long term care, and what packages Long Term Care Partners provides.

This week, a former sergeant with the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department (LASD), who was previously found guilty of federal civil rights offenses, was sentenced to 96 months in federal prison.

A “cadre of armed state and federal agents” and a helicopter “orbiting above” was insufficient to establish involuntary coercion of a defendant’s consent to his home, according to the Fifth Circuit.

Last week, the leader of an international drug trafficking and money laundering ring operating in the Americas, Caribbean, and Europe was sentenced to serve 30 years in prison.

Mr. Amir Meshal a United States citizen and resident of New Jersey, traveled to Mogadishu, Somalia in 2006 to further his study of Islam.  In early 2007, Somalia experienced an outbreak of violence causing many civilians to flee the country for neighboring Kenya.