A day for a linguist in the FBI varies greatly by region, language, and expertise. Agents can engage with documents and audio interpretations, to participating in field work conducting interviews and sharing cultural descriptions.

Federal law enforcement officers and special category employees possess the ability to retire at the age of 50, possibly earlier. When you reach retirement age, what is your next step?

Representatives Derek Kilmer (D-WA) and Tom Cole (R-OK) recently introduced a bipartisan piece of legislation titled the Federal Retirement Fairness Act. This legislation would allow employees enrolled in the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) who initially entered government as temporary workers to make catch-up retirement contributions to cover for the years when they were temps.