Don't Tape the Feds

Breathe easy, California federal employees. People who call your agency can't secretly tape their phone conversations with you, even if they want to share such a tape with your supervisor because they think you're being rude and not doing your job. Or so says Ron Sokol, who writes the "Ask the Lawyer" column for DailyBreeze.com in Los Angeles. "I do not find support for the proposition that it is legal to tape a conversation with a federal employee without his or her permission," Sokol says.