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1 Jul 2016, 6:31 am
  The court then began its analysis of Calabrese’s sufficiency of the evidence argument by explaining what the LEIN is and what rules govern access to its contents:The criminal justice information policy council . . . was charged with creating rules and policies governing information in the criminal justice information systems, including the LEIN system. [read post]
25 Oct 2016, 11:52 am by Carolyn E. Wright
Prior to joining the Copyright Office, Temple Claggett served as Senior Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General of the United States, where she assisted with the formulation of Department of Justice policy on legal issues and helped manage the Department of Justice’s Task Force on Intellectual Property. [read post]
16 May 2012, 5:01 pm by Kim Zetter
The right to record police officers in the public discharge of their duties was essential to help “engender public confidence in our police departments, promote public access to information necessary to hold our governmental officers accountable, and ensure public and officer safety,” wrote Jonathan Smith, head of the Justice Department’s Special Litigation Section. [read post]
17 Dec 2021, 4:09 am by Troy Rosasco
While those public safety officers are often eligible for compensation through the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (VCF), there also are benefits available to those officers and their families through the Department of Justice’s Public Safety Officers’ Benefits (PSOB) program. [read post]
28 Apr 2008, 8:31 pm
"The grants are administered by the Justice Department's Office of Justice Programs' (OJP) Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART). [read post]
29 May 2019, 9:01 pm by Samuel Estreicher
There used to be a time when federal courts were very reluctant to invalidate federal legislation as unconstitutional, and the Department of Justice’s Office of the Solicitor General shared that reluctance by defending the constitutionality of federal laws where reasonably possible even when those laws had fallen out of the favor with the new administration. [read post]
24 Jul 2022, 10:30 am by Allan Blutstein
News Network, July 22, 2022The federal Freedom of Information Act request backlog continued to rise in fiscal 2021, but FOIA offices were able to make a dent in the backlog of administrative appeals last year.The Justice Department’s Office of Information Policy (OIP) runs down the numbers in its analysis of agency chief FOIA officer fiscal 2021 reports.Agencies received 838,164 FOIA requests in fiscal 2021, a 6% increase… [read post]
12 Feb 2020, 4:55 pm by Allan Blutstein
Policy, FOIA Post, Feb. 12, 2020The Department of Justice, Office of Information Policy (OIP) is pleased to announce that nominations are open for the 2020 Sunshine Week FOIA Awards, recognizing the contributions of FOIA professionals from around the government. [read post]
26 Mar 2012, 12:00 pm by bteam
For more information about conference and the list of speakers, visit About the author: Melinda Downing joined Department of Energy’s Washington, DC headquarters office in 1978 and currently oversees the Department’s Environmental Justice Program. [read post]
18 Apr 2016, 1:00 pm
After about five months of waiting, the Oregon Department of Justice last week released its internal human resources investigation conducted by the special assistant attorney general looking into the surveillance of people on Twitter using #BlackLivesMatter. [read post]
The US Department of Justice is also currently investigating the law enforcement response to the shooting, focusing on police response time. [read post]
3 Jul 2011, 8:58 am by Jeff Gamso
This case implicates United States foreign-policy interests of the highest order.Generally, when someone from the Department of Justice says that sort of thing it's while prattling on about how national security requires that some innocent victim of extraordinary rendition be denied the opportunity to sue the government for kidnapping and torture. [read post]
4 Aug 2016, 6:01 am by Kit Case
  Please refer questions and comments about the draft plan to King County’s Office of Equity and Social Justice by August 10. [read post]
25 Apr 2012, 7:18 am by Kate Fort
The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), Office of Justice Programs, within the U.S. [read post]
1 May 2024, 6:00 am by Evangelina Cantu
Initial Case Screening As a starting point, the policy requires that EPA enforcement staff meet regularly (i.e., the policy hints at monthly) and identify which cases it will handle administratively within the agency, whether some enforcement matters will be referred to the Department of Justice for civil enforcement, or if matters will be investigated criminally. [read post]
14 Jun 2013, 5:19 am by Benjamin Wittes
The suit also reveals that the Department of Justice opened, and eventually closed, a criminal investigation into alleged war crimes carried out by CIA personnel. [read post]
2 Dec 2018, 4:54 pm by Kevin LaCroix
Department of Justice’s approach following the change of Presidential Administration two years ago was whether DOJ would continue  emphasizing its policy of individual accountability in the agency’s 2015 statement known as the Yates Memo. [read post]
10 Nov 2020, 7:12 am by Allan Blutstein
News Network, Nov. 10, 2020Agency Freedom of Information Act professionals, like much of the federal workforce, have spent much of this year rethinking the way they do their jobs under mandatory telework.The Justice Department’s Office of Information Policy, back in May, encouraged agency FOIA offices to seek out IT workarounds to keep running, “even at a diminished pace,” during the pandemic.Six months after… [read post]
1 Jun 2010, 11:03 am by Administrator
I want to advise Senator Donohoe that the Office for Internet Safety, OIS, is an executive office within the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, which the Senator has acknowledged, and has responsibility for promoting Internet safety, with a particular focus on combating child abuse imagery, more commonly known as child pornography. [read post]
22 Jul 2009, 3:38 am
Let me refer readers to a new blog called "CourTex" authored by Carl Reynolds, head of the Texas state Office of Court Administration, a former Department of Criminal Justice General Counsel, and a truly knowledgeable insider on the politics and policy of the subjects he works on. [read post]