It is the rare employee who at some point in his or her career is not accused of some wrongdoing. It may be a subordinate employee who becomes disgruntled with a manager and decides to pick up the phone and make an anonymous allegation to an IG hotline or file an OSC whistleblower complaint. Or it could be an employee who didn’t get a promotion, or got a fully successful rather than a highly successful, or didn’t get a detail or job assignment that they wanted, or did get one that they didn’t want. In each instance the manager could be (and sometimes is) accused of discrimination, retaliation or creating a hostile work environment and is forced to defend his/her actions. FEDS provides you with quality legal counsel to defend employees accused of discrimination, retaliation, or sexual harassment by subordinate employees, under a federal EEO system that allows employees to accuse managers and other employees of discrimination with impunity and without any real proof or justification of wrongdoing.
February 4th, 2010
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Every week FEDagent provides up-to-date news for 1811 Special Agents and other federal employees engaged in federal law enforcement and homeland security. FEDagent is in contact with Capitol Hill, the Administration, and other sources to ensure you have current news from law enforcement and homeland security agencies, as well as, current information about legislative and judicial developments affecting your job and your rights.
This Week in FEDagent® (scroll to articles below if these quick links do not work in your email provider)
- President Proposes 1.4 Percent Pay Raise for Military and Civilian Feds for Fiscal Year 2011
- 9-11 Commission Leaders Say Effectiveness of DNI Depends on President
- CIA Links Stricter Language Requirements with Promotions
- The Takedown - Former New York City Police Department Sergeant Sentenced for Making False Statements to DEA Special Agents
- Movers & Shakers - Attorney General Holder Appoints Three New U.S. Attorneys to Advisory Committee
- Case Law Update - First Circuit Finds Fourth Amendment Violation for Forced Surgery to Retrieve Alleged Cellular Phone from inside Prisoner's Body
News Round Up
President Proposes 1.4 Percent Pay Raise for Military and Civilian Feds for Fiscal Year 2011
On Monday, President Obama unveiled his budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2011, which included a 1.4 percent pay raise for both military members and civilian federal employees. While many federal employee groups and unions applauded the President's proposal for adhering to the principle of "pay parity" between members of the military and civilian federal employees, they expressed muted disappointment about the size of ...
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9-11 Commission Leaders Say Effectiveness of DNI Depends on President
The Chairman and Vice Chairman of the 9-11 Commission told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee last week that strong support from the President is needed to ensure that the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) can force the integration of the intelligence community, as intended by the 2004 legislation. At the second in a series of Committee hearings to examine implementation of the 9-11 ...
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CIA Links Stricter Language Requirements with Promotions
Last Friday, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Leon E. Panetta unveiled a new policy that links tougher language requirements with promotions into the Agency's top ranks - the Senior Intelligence Service. In a note to the CIA workforce, Panetta said, "I expect our SIS officers to lead the way in strengthening this critical expertise." Panetta explained that while many senior Agency officers have tested profi ...
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The Takedown - Former New York City Police Department Sergeant Sentenced for Making False Statements to DEA Special Agents
On Tuesday, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, New York, Roosevelt Green, formerly a Sergeant with the New York City Police Department, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for making false statements to Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agents during a narcotics investigation. The sentence was imposed by United States District Judge Joseph F. Bianco, and announced by Benton J. Campbell, Uni ...
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Movers & Shakers - Attorney General Holder Appoints Three New U.S. Attorneys to Advisory Committee
On Monday, Attorney General Eric Holder announced the appointment of three new U.S. Attorneys to serve on the Attorney General's Advisory Committee (AGAC) - Sanford Coats of the Western District of Oklahoma; Steven M. Dettelbach of the Northern District of Ohio; and Jim Letten of the Eastern District of Louisiana."I welcome the addition of these U.S. Attorneys to the AGAC, which plays a critical role in the departmen ...
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Case Law Update - First Circuit Finds Fourth Amendment Violation for Forced Surgery to Retrieve Alleged Cellular Phone from inside Prisoner's Body
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has held that the forced surgery of an inmate by two correctional officers and the doctor who performed the surgery violated the prisoner's constitutional rights. In this case, correctional officers at a Puerto Rico correctional institution searched the plaintiff/inmate's (Pereira-Castillo) living quarters. During the search, a handheld metal detector gave a positive re ...
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