Tucson Police Chief Chris Magnus, President Biden’s nominee to lead Customs and Border Protection (CBP), stated he would support COVID vaccines and testing for migrants arrested by CBP during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee.

On October 19, 2021, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-MD), chairman of the Senate Appropriations, released proposed legislation for the remaining nine Senate appropriations bills for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022. The bill making appropriations for the Departments related to Commerce, Justice, and Science allocates $632 million for the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) new headquarters (HQ).

In a proposed rule announced on October 19, 2021, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is advising an expansion of employee eligibility for the Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP). The program’s extension would include select temporary and seasonal workers, among others.

Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.) has served surviving family members of officers who died in the duty line since 1984. It was during these four decades of commitment, C.O.P.S. realized another critical group of survivors needed help coping with a line-of-duty death. This often-overlooked survivor group is the fallen's Co-Workers.

Frank Rafaraci, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Multinational Logistics Services (MLS) – a large ship husbanding company – pleaded not guilty to a charge of bribery in federal court on October 18, 2021.

On October 8, 2021, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed that federal employees can be fired for one e-mail, if the e-mail is sufficiently disrespectful. The employee appealed his removal to the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB).

A family that instilled duty. A dream to serve. Special Agent Anna Castillo with the Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) shares her story of being a women in federal law enforcement (WIFLE).

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.

Join the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) for a virtual symposium on preventing and combating identity-based bullying and criminal extremist hate groups. It will also provide resources on how schools, families, law enforcement, and communities can work together to build protective factors in youth.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a policy shift effective immediately on October 12, 2021, halting mass worksite detainment operations – a strategy of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) used to simultaneously arrest large amounts of individuals working in the U.S. without proper documentation.

On October 8, 2021, President Biden signed the Havana Act of 2021 into law. Entitled the Helping American Victims Afflicted by Neurological Attacks (HAVANA), the law provides financial support for federal personnel who have sustained brain injuries from alleged direct energy assaults.

On October 6, 2021, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) inquired with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF) misclassification of nearly 100 administrative positions and subsequent retaliation of the exposing whistleblower.

The Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA) called on lawmakers to take action against Social Security Administration’s (SSA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) in an October 7, 2021 letter, citing an influx of member concerns regarding “mismanagement” at the SSA OIG.

Regarding the “enforcement” of COVID-19 vaccine,. the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) advises agencies begin the disciplinary process as early as November 9, 2021.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) announced on October 13, 2021, that the annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will be 5.9 percent in 2022 – this is the largest increase in benefits payments since 1982 when the COLA was 8.7 percent.

Under a new agreement between the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), full-time and part-time TSA officers (TSOs) are now able to appeal adverse actions to the MSPB.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) have arrested Jonathan and Diana Toebbe for the sale of Restricted Data regarding nuclear-powered warships.

Tune in for an in-depth assessment of the most common myths in security clearance dispute process including marijuana use, mental health treatment, dual citizenship, and the duty to self-report, with Perry Russell-Hunter, Director of Defense Office of Hearing and Appeals (DOHA), and host Chris Keeven.

On September 30, 2021, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas issued a memorandum outlining law enforcement priorities and apprehension guides for removing non-citizens who illegally enter the United States or overstay in the country.

Special Agent Michael Garbo of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) was killed on October 4, 2021, during a routine sweep of an Amtrak train station in Tucson, Arizona. Two other law enforcement officers (LEO) were wounded.