Recently, the Ninth Circuit held that Network Investigative Technique (“NIT”) warrants relied on to authorize a search beyond the jurisdiction of the issuing magistrate judge is void under the Fourth Amendment. Still, the court of appeals found that the good faith exception applied to admit the evidence obtained as a result of the unconstitutional search.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has had a major and disturbing breakthrough on a series of crimes dating back nearly 50 years, thanks to its Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP). This week, the agency announced that it had successfully connected 34 murders to Samuel Little, a 78-year-old man currently imprisoned in Texas.

Tune in to the next episode of FEDtalk on Friday, November 30th, 2018, to hear the latest from Shane Canfield, CEO of WAEPA, who will be discussing the company’s new offerings, and what federal employees should be thinking about, with Open Season in full swing. Also on the program will be Senior Executives Association President Bill Valdez discussing the upcoming 2018 Presidential Rank Awards Leadership Summit, to be held on December 13, 2018.

After serving in the position for a mere nine months, John “Jay” Gibson has announced that he will step aside as the Department of Defense’s chief management officer, the third-highest ranking official within the Pentagon, according to Federal News Network’s Jared Serbu.

With Thanksgiving now behind us, the U.S. Forest Service is turning its attention to Christmas, which is less than a month away, launching a new “Open Forest” website aimed at making it easier for Americans to obtain a permit to cut down Christmas trees “in some national forests, following certain rules and regulations.”

We get at least one call a week from a federal agent who needs legal advice or representation but doesn’t have FEDS Protection in place.

In a consolidated multidistrict class action against the Office of Personnel Management following a severe data breach of OPM’s cybersecurity that affected millions of federal employees and former federal employees, federal employees and the union alleged gross negligence and a violation of constitutional rights to informational privacy. The United States District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed the case on September 19, 2017. On October 12, 2017, the employees appealed the dismissal to the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C Circuit.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has unveiled a new website corresponding to the agency’s release of a new dataset breaking down hate crimes in the United States in 2017.

In the midst of open season, tune in to FEDtalk this Friday, November 16th, at 11 AM EST to hear about some of your options as a federal employee when making benefits decisions and planning for your future, including some exciting new changes to this year’s offerings.

Not only will your group save money on their National Law Enforcement Museum admission, but our Group Tours team can create a visit tailored especially to the needs and interests of your group.

Former U.S. Congressman Stephen E. Stockman, who was a two-term Republican member of the House of Representatives representing Texas’ 9th Congressional district from 1995 to 1997 and Texas’ 36th congressional district from 2013 to 2015, was sentenced this week to serve 120 months in prison for “orchestrating a four-year scheme to defraud charitable donors of hundreds of thousands of dollars and secretly to funnel the proceeds to pay for personal expenses and to illegally finance his campaigns for public office.”

A collaboration of federal and local law enforcement agencies identified and apprehended Cesar Altieri Sayoc Jr., 56, suspected of mailing at least 15 improvised explosive devices across the country to political opponents of President Donald Trump, the New York Times reports.

With open season just around the corner, tune in to FEDtalk this Friday to hear about some of your options as a federal employee when making benefits decisions and planning for your future.

The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund has named Patrolmen Cory Glasscock and Matt Suddeth, of the Oneonta (AL) Police Department, as the recipients of its Officer of the Month Award for September 2018.

When purchasing life insurance, it's important to understand the financial needs of your beneficiaries before you choose a policy. Many individuals tend to think backwards when it comes to life insurance.

Shooting dogs during a lawful search constituted an unconstitutional seizure, the Sixth Circuit recently held, allowing a plaintiff’s §1983 claim against officers to proceed.

A former FBI agent, Terry James Albury, 39, has been sentenced to four years in prison, after pleading “guilty in April to one count each of unauthorized disclosure of national defense information and unauthorized retention of national defense information,” after stealing “more than 70 documents, including 50 that were classified,” according to the Associated Press.

FEDS Protection provides coverage in three areas – administrative, civil and criminal.

Late last week, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), a District Court in Tennessee “unsealed a 32-count indictment charging four individuals and seven companies in a $1 billion health care fraud scheme.”

Recently, the Fifth Circuit held that IP information from an internet provider connected to cell phone use falls within the third-party doctrine post-Carpenter, and that a search warrant of the residence connected with the IP information was supported by probable cause.