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Operating Policies and Procedures Memorandum No. 87-1: Automation of the Manual Information System on ANSIR
"This Operating Policies and Procedures Memorandum (OPPM) is a revision, for ANSIR cities only, of OPPM No. 86-8, which sets forth the policies and procedures for the Manual Information System (MIS). Effective January 1, 1987, MIS statistics will be reported by your offices through the ANSIR [Automated Nationwide System for Immigration Review] system. All ANSIR cities will discontinue the preparation and submission of MIS forms IJ-1 through IJ-5. To ensure accurate and complete statistical information, the instructions detailed below must be carefully followed."
United States. Department of Justice. Executive Office for Immigration Review
Robie, William R.
1987-01-14
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Kenosha Gang Project: Preliminary Report
"In December 1986, the Task Force on Gangs commissioned the university of Wisconsin, Parkside to conduct a study on the local gang situation. The main focus of the study was to analyze existing data within tha Kenosha Police Department, the Kenosha County Department of Social services, and the Kenosha Unified School District. The research team also interviewed key people in the community and self-identified gang members. The goal of this study was to provide Kenosha with a better understanding of the local street gang situation. The unique aspect of the Kenosha Gang project was the participation of twelve University of Wisconsin, Parkside students who worked on this research project. To be more specific, the students developed the research design, collected the data, analyzed the data, and contributed to the final report. This project was offered as a sociology course during Spring 1987, and continued through the summer. such a project has provided students with an opportunity to gain 'hands on' experience doing sociological research. Moreover, the students were able to provide the community with a much underutilized resource, which has resulted in considerable savings to the city. The objectives of the Kenosha Gang project were: 1. To tabulate and analyze three existing data bases as they relate to gangs. 2. To interview key people in the community who work with local gang members. 3. To interview self-identified gang members in Kenosha. 4. To provide students with an opportunity to do research and to provide hands on experience in the various aspects of sociological research."
United States. Department of Justice; National Institute of Justice (U.S.)
Takata, Susan R.; Baskin, Sheila D.
1987
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Operating Policies and Procedures Memorandum 86-1: Adjustment of Status and Creation of Record of Lawful Permanent Residence, Other INS Forms and Background Investigations
"Adjustment of Status and Creation of Record of Lawful Permanent Residence. It has recently come to my attention that a significant inconsistency exists among Immigration Judges with regard to the role of INS [Immigration and Naturalization Service] Form I-181 (Memorandum of Creation of Record of Lawful Permanent Residence) in our proceedings, and I want to clearly establish our policy on this subject. Effective immediately, when an Immigration Judge grants adjustment of status pursuant to the statute and appropriate regulations, the Judge will issue a legible form order reflecting the decision, which order shall include, and may be limited to, the following language: 'It is hereby ordered that Respondent's/Applicant's application for Adjustment of Status under the Immigration and Nationality Act to that of a Lawful Permanent Resident is granted, and that Respondent/Applicant be issued all appropriate documents necessary to give effect to this Order.' By granting adjustment of status during proceedings, the Immigration Judge has rendered a decision over matters fully within the Judge's jurisdiction. This is not merely a recommendation to INS (as suggested on Form I-181), but an appealable order based on substantive legal authority and the exercise of judicial discretion."
United States. Department of Justice. Executive Office for Immigration Review
Robie, William R.
1986-03-14
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Technology Assessment Program: Hand-Held Aerosol Tear Gas Weapons
"This document, NIJ [National Institute of Justice] Standard-0110.00, Hand-Held Aerosol Tear Gas Weapons, is an equipment standard developed by the Law Enforcement Standards Laboratory of the National Bureau of Standards. It is produced as part of the Technology Assessment Program of the National Institute of Justice. A brief description of the program appears on the inside front cover. This standard is a technical document that specifies performance and other requirements equipment should qeet to satisfy the needs of criminal justice agencies for high quality service. Purchasers can use the test methods described in this standard themselves to determine whether i particular piece of equipment meets the essential requirements, or they may have the tests conducted on their behalf by a qualified testing laboratory. Procurement officials may also refer to this standard in their purchasing documents and require that equipment offered for purchase meet the requirements. Compliance with the requirements of the standard may be attested to by an independent laboratory or guaranteed by the vendor. Because this NIJ standard Is designed as a procurement aid, it is necessarily highly technical. For those who seek general guidance concerning the selection and application of law enforcement equipment, user guides have also been published. The guides explain in nontechnical language how to select equipment capable of the performance required by an agency."
National Institute of Justice (U.S.); United States. Department of Justice
1985-09
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Operating Policies and Procedures Memorandum No. 84-9: Processing Hearing Transcriptions
"The Executive Office for Immigration Review, at the time of its creation, inherited a serious backlog of Immigration Judge hearings requiring transcription. We have attempted to deal with this problem by entering into contracts with a number of independent vendors for the transcription of hearings. We are presently in the process of finalizing additional multiple contracts for transcription services which hopefully will allow us to deal more effectively with the backlog of cases which need transcribing."
United States. Department of Justice. Executive Office for Immigration Review
1984-10-17
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Operating Policy and Procedure Memorandum No. 84-7: Court Proceedings against EOIR Employees
"Occasionally, a tort action or other court proceeding may be instituted against an EOIR [Executive Office for Immigration Review] employee for employment-related matters. In most circumstances, the Department of Justice represents its employees in this litigation. This office has received monographs from the Department of Justice Civil Division which provide information specifically on defense of tort claims. Copies of these monographs are available upon request. In the event that you or any other employee in your office is sued on any job-related matter, whether in an official or individual capacity, please contact your liaison counsel immediately. Similarly, if EOIR is sued or if the organization or an employee is involved in a suit in any way that is job-related, contact your liaison counsel immediately. Please forward any written material that you may receive regarding a lawsuit to your liaison counsel as soon as possible. In this way, we will be able to quickly ascertain the facts, acquire representation, and assist in the defense of the case."
United States. Department of Justice. Executive Office for Immigration Review
Robie, William R.
1984-08-10
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Guidelines for Legislation Involving Federal Criminal Law Enforcement Activity
"Authority to perform Federal criminal law enforcement functions -- including exercise of traditional police powers -- has been granted by Congress in the past to numerous Federal agencies. it is necessary, from time to time, to consider whether such authority should be extended to additional agencies. There have never existed any general standards for systematically evaluating the assignment of such authority. Since such authority is critical to the preservation of ordered liberty and at the same time involves the most potentially intrusive of all governmental powers, a responsible government should assure that it is granted cautiously, monitored carefully, and exercised responsibly. It is important -- both from the standpoint of safeguarding the individual liberties of innocent citizens and of assuring the most effective operation of the law enforcement function -- that the Administration employ reasonable standards for evaluating future proposals for further statutory grants of Federal criminal law enforcement authority. Such standards, in the form of guidelines contained in an Administration's Policy Statement, are attached. This policy statement was proposed by the Cabinet Council on Legal Policy, and has been approved by the President. It is effective immediately."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of the Attorney General
1984-06-29
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Memorandum: Operating Policy and Procedure 84-2: Cases in Which Respondents/Applicants Fail to Appear for Hearing
"The options discussed throughout this memorandum represent a codification of and slight variances from past practices by Immigration Judges when dealing with the difficult problem of failures to appear. These measures insure that cases proceed through the Immigration Judge system in a consistent, fair and expeditious manner, and that all parties receive adequate opportunity to pursue their claims during these proceedings."
United States. Department of Justice. Executive Office for Immigration Review
Robie, William R.
1984-03-07
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Memorandum: Operating Policies and Procedures 84-1: Case Priorities and Processing
This memorandum discusses the processing of immigration cases including: "Detained Cases"; "Processing of Detained Bond Redetermination Hearings"; "use of Questionnaires and Bond Redetermination Hearings"; and "Exclusion and other Cases".
United States. Department of Justice. Executive Office for Immigration Review
Robie, William R.
1984-02-06
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Address by the Honorable Edward H. Levi Attorney General of the United States Before the Association of the Bar of the City of New York
"I would like to speak to you this evening about confidentiality and democratic government. The subject is an important one. It is complicated and has many facets. I do not suggest there are easy answers. I do suggest, however, that public understanding of the issues involved and the relationship among the issues is extremely important. The bar as a profession has an enormous responsibility to help clarify these issues. My belief is that understanding may be increased by putting together certain doctrines and values with which most of us would agree. The relationship among these doctrines and values may have been obscured in the recent past. If hard cases sometimes make bad law, emergency situations also have distorted our perspective. The public good requires that we try to correct that distortion. In recent years, the very concept of confidentiality in government has been increasingly challenged as contrary to our democratic ideals, to the constitutional guarantees of freedom of expression and freedom of the press, and to our structure of government. Any limitation on the disclosure of information about the conduct of government, it is said, constitutes an abridgement of the people's right to know and cannot be justified. Indeed, it is asserted that governmental secrecy serves no purpose other than to shield improper or unlawful action from public scrutiny. This perception of the relationship between confidentiality and government has been shaped in large measure by the Watergate affair. The unfortunate legacy of that affair is a pervasive distrust of public officials and a popular willingness to infer impropriety. Skepticism and distrust have their value; they are not the only values to which our society must respond."
United States. Department of Justice
Levi, Edward H. (Edward Hirsch), 1911-2000
1975-04-28
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Justice Blog [blog]
This blog published by the Department of Justice chronicles legal proceedings, challenges, and law enforcement in the United States.
United States. Department of Justice
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Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA): A Guide on SORNA Implementation in Indian Country
"SORNA refers to the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, which is Title I of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-248). SORNA provides a comprehensive set of minimum standards for sex offender registration and notification in the United States. SORNA aims to close potential gaps and loopholes that existed under prior law and strengthens the nationwide network of sex offender registration and notification programs. Specifically, SORNA: Extends the jurisdictions in which registration is required beyond the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the principal U.S. territories, to also include certain federally recognized Indian tribes; Incorporates a comprehensive group of sex offenders and sex offenses for which registration is required; Requires sex offenders to register and keep their registration current in each jurisdiction in which they reside, work, or go to school; Requires sex offenders to provide more extensive registration information; Establishes a three tier framework for classifying sex offenders; Requires sex offenders to make periodic in-person appearances to verify and update their registration information; Expands the amount of information available to the public regarding registered sex offenders; Changes the required minimum duration of registration for sex offenders; and Creates a new federal offense for failure to register."
United States. Department of Justice; United States. Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART)
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Deadly Calls and Fatal Encounters: Analysis of U.S. Law Enforcement Line of Duty Deaths When Officers Responded to Dispatched Calls for Service and Conducted Enforcement (2010-2014)
"In 2015, the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) entered into a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice COPS office to study officer line-of duty deaths. This report is a five-year study analyzing line-of-duty deaths in which a total of 684 cases were reviewed. Specifically, the analysis focused on cases that involved a dispatched call for service which required a police response and what information was made available to responding officers in the deadliest calls for service. Armed with this information, researchers were then tasked with determining if any commonalities existed that could be utilized as learning tools to prevent future deadly calls or fatal encounters. Some key findings from this report reveal that calls related to domestic disputes and domestic related incidents represented the highest number of fatal types of calls for service and were also the underlying cause of law enforcement fatalities for several other calls for service. In addition, researchers discovered that officers were slain with handguns in 71% of all cases studied and that in 45% of all the cases in which officers were responding to a dispatched call for service that ended in a fatality, the officers had been advised the suspect(s) might be armed, or had made prior threats. Based on the results of the analysis of these fatal incidents, it is clear that agencies must strive to improve the information sharing between dispatchers and all responding officers. Better information regarding the location and its call history, as well as any other details of the call, must be made readily available."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services; National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund
Breul, Nick; Keith, Mike
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Offices of the United States Attorneys: Annual Statistical Reports
"The annual statistical reports for the Offices of the United States Attorneys contains statistical tables displaying both national and district caseload data, covering the many priorities of the United States Attorneys in both criminal prosecution and civil litigation." Reports are available for the 1950s through the present.
United States. Department of Justice
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How to Protect Your Networks from Ransomware
"Ransomware is the fastest growing malware threat, targeting users
of all types-from the home user to the corporate network. On
average, more than 4,000 ransomware attacks have occurred daily
since January 1, 2016. This is a 300-percent increase over the
approximately 1,000 attacks per day seen in 2015. There are very
effective prevention and response actions that can significantly
mitigate the risk posed to your organization.
Ransomware targets home users, businesses, and
government networks and can lead to temporary or
permanent loss of sensitive or proprietary information,
disruption to regular operations, financial losses incurred to
restore systems and files, and potential harm to an
organization's reputation."
United States. Department of Justice
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Assessment of the Collaborative Reform Initiative in the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department: A Catalyst for Change
"The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) at the U.S. Department of Justice launched the Collaborative Reform Initiative for Technical Assistance for Technical Assistance (CRI-TA) in 2012 with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) as the first site. Under CRI-TA, law enforcement agencies facing significant issues that may impact public trust undergo a comprehensive assessment, are provided with recommendations on how to address those issues, and receive technical assistance to implement such recommendations. Over two years have passed since LVMPD's final CRI-TA report was published in May of 2014 and formal oversight was complete. The COPS Office granted the Crime and Justice Institute (CJI) at Community Resources for Justice an award to assess the extent to which the reforms that were borne of CRI-TA have had an impact and have been sustained since the formal partnership ended. This report reflects the findings of a nine-month assessment of LVMPD which examined existing data from LVMPD and collected input from 74 individuals within the Department representing a range of ranks and perspectives. In sum, we found that the CRI-TA has been an important catalyst for meaningful and sustained change at the LVMPD."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Cole, Christine M.; Collins, Megan; Finn, Julie . . .
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Campus Threat Assessment Training: A Multidisciplinary Approach for Institutions of Higher Education - Participant's Manual
"Since the tragic events at Virginia Tech in April 2007 and Northern Illinois University in February 2008 and other recent incidents of campus violence, it is uniformly acknowledged that higher education institutions must develop a behavioral threat assessment capacity. Following the incident at Virginia Tech, more than 20 institutional, state, professional association, and governmental reports have recommended that higher education institutions develop and implement threat assessment and management processes and tools as one way to enhance campus safety and security."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
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Drugs of Abuse, a DEA Resource Guide: 2017 Edition
"Education plays a critical role in preventing substance abuse. Drugs of Abuse, A DEA [Drug Enforcement Administration] Resource Guide, is designed to be a reliable resource on the most commonly abused and misused drugs in the United States. This comprehensive guide provides important information about the harms and consequences of drug use by describing a drug's effects on the body and mind, overdose potential, origin, legal status, and other key facts."
United States. Drug Enforcement Administration; United States. Department of Justice
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Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Collaborative Reform Collaborative Reform
"Collaborative Reform improves trust between police agencies and the communities they serve by providing a means to organizational transformation around specific issues. Collaborative Reform is a long-term, holistic strategy that identifies issues within an agency that may affect public trust. It offers recommendations based on a comprehensive agency assessment for how to resolve those issues and enhance the relationship between the police and the community. Agencies selected to participate must demonstrate a commitment to address the recommendations and undertake significant reform efforts. Collaborative Reform is at work in many police departments around the country. Below you can find more information about the featured police departments, the specific topics under review, and links to available Collaborative Reform reports."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
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Safety and Security for US Students Traveling Abroad
From the Document: "Living and studying in another country will be an enriching and rewarding experience, especially if you are prepared and take certain precautions. This brochure will introduce you to threats you may face and provide tips on avoiding unsafe situations. Following these precautions will reduce your risk of encountering problems."
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation; United States. Department of Justice
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Building Trust Between the Police and the Citizens They Serve: An Internal Affairs Promising Practices Guide for Local Law Enforcement
"Building and maintaining community trust is the cornerstone of successful policing and law enforcement. The building and maintenance of trust takes a great deal of continuous effort. Unfortunately, the ethical work of thousands of local law enforcement officers is easily undone by the actions of one unethical officer. Often, the indictment of one seems like an indictment of all. Once misconduct occurs, the Internal Affairs function of the law enforcement agency becomes the primary method of reassuring the community that the police can and will aggressively address and resolve unethical behavior. In short, the integrity of the police will always dictate the level of community trust. […]This guide attempts to place Internal Affairs in its proper context--not as a stand-alone activity, but as one component of a systemic, agency-wide, professional standards effort. After discussion of some of the other components necessary in the community trust continuum-hiring, training, rewarding excellent performance--the guide focuses on building an effective Internal Affairs approach for any size or type of agency. The guidelines for the Internal Affairs function address every aspect, from complaint processing to decision-making, discipline, notification, and community transparency."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
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Project Safe Neighborhoods [website]
This is the official website of the United States Department of Justice's 'Project Safe Neighborhoods'. "Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) is a nationwide commitment to reduce gun and gang crime in America by networking existing local programs that target gun and gun crime and providing these programs with additional tools necessary to be successful. Since its inception in 2001, approximately $2 billion has been committed to this initiative. This funding is being used to hire new federal and state prosecutors, support investigators, provide training, distribute gun lock safety kits, deter juvenile gun crime, and develop and promote community outreach efforts as well as to support other gun and gang violence reduction strategies. The Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative was launched in 2001, and built upon the foundations of previously-existing gun crime reduction efforts such as the Clinton-era Strategic Approaches to Community Safety Initiative (SACSI), Richmond's Project Exile, and the Boston Ceasefire program. By studying these and other efforts, the Department determined that successful gun crime reduction initiatives had three common elements: they were comprehensive, coordinated and community-based."
United States. Department of Justice
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Privacy and Civil Liberties Policy Development Guide and Implementation Templates
"This Privacy and Civil Liberties Policy Development Guide and Implementation Templates was developed through a collaborative effort of the Global Privacy and Information Quality Working Group (GPIQWG) of the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative (Global). Global serves as a Federal Advisory Committee (FAC) and advises the U.S. Attorney General on justice information sharing and integration initiatives. Global supports the initiatives of DOJ and aids Global member organizations and the people they serve through a series of important collaborative efforts. These include the facilitation of Global working groups. GPIQWG is one of four various Global working groups covering critical topics such as intelligence, privacy, and standards. GPIQWG assists government agencies, institutions, and other justice entities in ensuring that personally identifiable information is appropriately collected, used, and disseminated within integrated justice information systems. GPIQWG addresses accuracy and reliability issues involved in updating criminal history records with subsequent events (e.g., prosecution, adjudication) when those events cannot be linked to an arrest notation previously entered into the criminal history repository. This work includes exploring biometrics technologies and addressing the privacy, civil liberties, and information quality issues these technologies present. In order to formulate a unified and comprehensive approach to privacy, civil liberties, and information quality issues, GPIQWG actively coordinates with the other Global working groups."
United States. Department of Justice. Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative
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Misuse and Abuse of 911
This guide addresses the problem of misuse and abuse of 911. It begins by describing the problem and its scope. It then identifies a series of questions to help you analyze your local problem, and discusses potential responses to it. There is little evaluative research on 911 misuse and abuse. The responses suggested are based on sound problem-oriented policing principles, but as new phone technology poses additional challenges, some responses have yet to be tested. Thus, this guide is mainly intended to describe an urgent problem and encourage police agencies to analyze and address it.
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Sampson, Rana
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Ransomware: What it is and What to Do About it
From the Document: "This document is a U.S. government interagency technical guidance document aimed to inform Chief Information Officers and Chief Information Security Officers at critical infrastructure entities, including small, medium and large sized organizations. This document provides an aggregate of already existing Federal government and private industry best practices and mitigation strategies focused on the prevention and response to ransomware incidents."
United States. Department of Homeland Security; North Carolina. Department of Health and Human Services; United States. Department of Justice
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U.S. Department of Justice: Documents and Resources from the January 20, 2011 'La Cosa Nostra' Press Conference
"The documents contained on this page are copies of indictments made against members of the La Cosa Nostra crime enterprise by the United States of America. 'La Cosa Nostra was an organized criminal group that operated in the Eastern District of New York and elsewhere. La Cosa Nostra operated through organized crime families… The principle purpose of La Cosa Nostra and each of its crime families was to generate money for its members and associates. This purpose was implemented by members and associates of the crime families through various criminal activities, including drug trafficking, robbery, extortion, illegal gambling and loansharking, as well as threatening economic injury and physical violence, including murder.' The documents listed on this page are records of the individual court cases made against the La Cosa Nostra members, and include; U.S. v. Alesi et al, U.S. v. Balzano and Collina, U.S. v. Caramanica et al, U.S. v. Caramanica Detention Memo, U.S. v. Cicalese et al, U.S. v. Colandra, U.S. v. Depiro et al, U.S. v. Depiro Detention Memo, U.S. v. Dragonetti et al, U.S. v. Dragonetti Detention Memo, U.S. v. Gallo, U.S. v. Gioia and Larosa, U.S. v. Messina et al, U.S. v. Russo et al, U.S. v. Russo Detention Memo, U.S. v. Samperi,U.S. v. Vernace,U.S. v. Vernace Detention Memo, U.S. v. Manocchio and Iafrate, U.S. v. Corozzo et al,U.S. v. Cipolla et al."
United States. Department of Justice
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Immigration Court Practice Manual
"In 2006, the Attorney General instructed the Director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review, in consultation with the Immigration Judges, to issue a practice manual for the parties who appear before the Immigration Courts. This directive arose out of the public's desire for greater uniformity in Immigration Court procedures and a call for the Immigration Courts to implement their 'best practices' nationwide. Accordingly, the Office of the Chief Immigration Judge published the Immigration Court Practice Manual in February 2008. The Practice Manual is a comprehensive guide that sets forth uniform procedures, recommendations, and requirements for practice before the Immigration Courts. The requirements set forth in this manual are binding on the parties who appear before the Immigration Courts, unless the Immigration Judge directs otherwise in a particular case. The Practice Manual does not limit the discretion of Immigration Judges to act in accordance with law and regulation. The Practice Manual is intended to be a 'living document,' and the Office of the Chief Immigration Judge updates it in response to changes in law and policy, as well as in response to comments by the parties using it."
United States. Department of Justice. Executive Office for Immigration Review
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Board of Immigration Appeals: Practice Manual
"This manual describes procedures, requirements, and recommendations for practice before the Board of Immigration Appeals. This manual is provided for the information and convenience of the general public and for parties that appear before the Board."
United States. Department of Justice. Executive Office for Immigration Review
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Executive Office for Immigration Review [website]
"The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) was created on January 9, 1983, through an internal Department of Justice (DOJ) reorganization which combined the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA or Board) with the Immigration Judge function previously performed by the former Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) (now part of the Department of Homeland Security). Besides establishing EOIR as a separate agency within DOJ, this reorganization made the Immigration Courts independent of INS, the agency charged with enforcement of Federal immigration laws. The Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer (OCAHO) was added in 1987. EOIR is also separate from the Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices in the DOJ Civil Rights Division and the Office of Immigration Litigation in the DOJ Civil Division. As an office within the Department of Justice, EOIR is headed by a Director who reports directly to the Deputy Attorney General. Its headquarters are located in Falls Church, Virginia, about 10 miles from downtown Washington, DC."
United States. Department of Justice. Executive Office for Immigration Review
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Office of Tribal Justice [website]
"The Office of Tribal Justice is the primary point of contact for the Department of Justice with federally recognized Native American tribes, and advises the Department on legal and policy matters pertaining to Native Americans. The Office of Tribal Justice provides a single point of contact within the Department for meeting the broad and complex federal responsibilities owed to federally recognized Indian tribes. OTJ also promotes internal uniformity of Department policies and litigating positions relating to Indian country, advises Department components litigating, protecting or otherwise addressing Native American rights and/or related issues, ensures that the Department clearly communicates policies and positions to tribal leaders, maintains liaison with federally recognized tribes, and work with the appropriate federal, state, and local officials, professional associations, and public interest groups, and coordinates, together with the Office of Legislative Affairs, the Department's legislative efforts relating to Indian country."
United States. Department of Justice
