The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is celebrating two 50th anniversaries this year – the opening of the FBI Training Academy at Quantico, and the first women special agents who passed the Academy. Since opening 50 years ago, 54,000 law enforcement officials have received training from the FBI’s National Academy.

A coalition of nearly 50 organizations urged Congress to pass the Preventing a Patronage System Act in the FY 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) last week. This week, two lawmakers echoed that call in an op-ed published in GovExec.

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Understand the practical application of the Federal Circut's decision in Santos v. NASA for agencies and federal managers — a Shaw Bransford & Roth attorney will explain the holding in this live webinar.

Join host Jason Briefel and a panel of guests from BGRS – a global relocation company and mobility thought leader in comparing the U.S. government, Canadian government, and around the world approaches to talent management, talent competition, employee experience, and shifts in work habits amidst the global COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing ‘Great Resignation.’

The exhibit recognizes the 72 officers killed on September 11, as well as 236 officers who died of illnesses contracted while working in the hazardous conditions at the World Trade Center.

A coalition of associations representing government managers wrote a letter to the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force expressing concern over a lack of proper guidance and clear-cut lines of communication for implementing COVID-19 testing and vaccination requirements.

According to a 2020 LIMRA study, 41 million Americans without life insurance admit that they need it. This is largely due to a misconception about costs, as half of the study’s respondents estimated that life insurance was three times more expensive than it is. Educating yourself on life insurance, coverage options, and pricing is necessary to make an informed decision. What are the basic questions about life insurance? What works best for you?

Agencies are to allow employees up to 4 hours of administrative leave to get a COVID-19 vaccination, and up to 2 days of administrative leave following a dose resulting in an adverse reaction, according to the latest guidance from the White House Safer Federal Workforce Task Force released on August 25.

Saginaw, a city in Michigan, chalked car tires to enforce parking regulations. Recently, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit considered whether suspicionless tire chalking is a valid administrative search.

Meet the crew of NASA’s Pegasus barge and learn how they transported the core stage for NASA’s Space Launch System rocket in April. Pegasus ferried the 212-foot-tall rocket stage on a 900-mile journey.

President Joe Biden submitted an alternative pay plan to congressional leaders on August 27 authorizing a 2.7 percent pay raise for most general schedule civilian employees. The raise is effective January 1, 2022.

According to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) data, instances of hate crime in the United States have risen to the highest number in 12 years. A portion of this increase is due to attacks against Black and Asian Americans. The 2020 data was submitted to the FBI by more than 15,000 law enforcement agencies across the country. The data identified 7,759 hate-crimes in 2020.

According to a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release dated August 18, 2021, Hunter VanPelt, aka Ellen Corkrum, 49, pleaded guilty to perpetrating a scheme to fraudulently obtain more than $7.9 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

To establish the “ultimate discovery” exception to the exclusionary rule, the government must prove the exception by a “preponderance of the evidence,” the Eleventh Circuit recently held in an en banc decision. The full-court decision reversed forty-one years of Circuit precedent.

This year, the Women in Federal Law Enforcement (WIFLE) 21st Annual Leadership Training took place in Tampa, FL from August 16-19th. The theme was Real Talk: How to Address Law Enforcement Challenges Through Collective Strength. Over 200 women attended the training.

One training session that took place at the Women in Federal Law Enforcement (WIFLE) 21st Annual Leadership Training was called “Blue Suicide Survivors” led by Shelley Jones, Executive Director of the Survivors of Blue Suicide Foundation (SBS).

At the 21st Annual WIFLE Leadership Training, Deputy U.S. Marshal Lisa Alvarez was recognized for her superior work and fast decision-making by receiving the Julie Y. Cross Award.

Each year, the WIFLE Leadership Training brings together women from across federal law enforcement for informative sessions, recruitment initiatives, and an awe-inspiring awards ceremony. This year, FEDtalk recorded live from the event in Tampa, Florida to give listeners an inside look at the event themes, presenters and sessions, guest speakers, and award winners.

What’s happening at FEEA is what’s happening to feds, both in- and outside of work. While our emergency assistance, disaster relief, and scholarship programs address specific needs feds may have, our #FedLifeHacks program – launched two years ago – tackles the everyday issues feds and their families face.