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THE ATTORNEY GENERAL JANET RENO Chief of Staff ANN M. HARKINS Deputy Chief of Staff WIFREDO FERRER Deputy Attorney General ERIC H. HOLDER, JR. Principal Associate Deputy Attorney GARY G. GRINDLER General Associate Deputy Attorneys General JAMES E. CASTELLO, BERNIE J. DELIA, NICHOLAS M. GESS, CRAIG S. ISCOE, BRIAN A. JACKSON, RONALD D. LEE, JOHN T. MORTON, ANTHONY S. MURRY, DEBORAH S. SMOLOVER, BEA WITZLEBEN Director, Executive Office for National RONALD D. LEE, Acting Security Associate Attorney General RAYMOND C. FISHER Deputy Associate Attorneys General KENNETH CHERNOF, IVAN FONG, MARY LOU LEARY, DOUGLAS LETTER, RICKI SEIDMAN Assistant Associate Attorney General ALEXANDRA VERVEER Senior Counsel, Office of Alternative PETER R. STEENLAND, JR. Dispute Resolution Solicitor General SETH P. WAXMAN Inspector General MICHAEL BROMWICH Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal RANDOLPH MOSS, Acting Counsel Assistant Attorney General, Office of DENNIS K. BURKE, Acting Legislative Affairs Assistant Attorney General, Office of Policy ELEANOR D. ACHESON Development Assistant Attorney General for Administration STEPHEN R. COLGATE Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division JOEL I. KLEIN Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division DAVID O. OGDEN, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights BILL LANN LEE, Acting Division Assistant Attorney General, Criminal JAMES K. ROBINSON Division Assistant Attorney General, Environment and LOIS J. SCHIFFER Natural Resources Division Assistant Attorney General, Tax Division LORETTA C. ARGRETT Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice LAURIE ROBINSON Programs Director, Office of Public Affairs MYRON MARLIN Directors, Office of Information and Privacy RICHARD L. HUFF, DANIEL J. METCALFE 267 268 U.S. GOVERNMENT MANUAL

Director, Office of Intergovernmental Affairs (VACANCY) Director, Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys DONNA BUCELLA Director, Bureau of Prisons KATHLEEN M. HAWK SAWYER Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation LOUIS J. FREEH Director, United States Marshals Service EDUARDO GONZALEZ Director, Executive Office for Immigration KEVIN ROONEY Review Director, Executive Office for United States JOSEPH PATCHAN Trustees Director, Community Relations Service ROSE OCHI Director, Community Oriented Policing JOSEPH BRANN Services Administrator, Drug Enforcement DONNIE R. MARSHALL Administration Commissioner, Immigration and DORIS MEISSNER Naturalization Service Chairman, United States Parole Commission MICHAEL J. GAINES Chairman, Foreign Claims Settlement DAVID BRADLEY, Acting Commission Chief, INTERPOL–U.S. National Central JOHN IMHOFF Bureau Counsel, Office of Intelligence Policy and FRANCES FRAGOS TOWNSEND Review Counsel, Office of Professional MARSHALL JARRETT Responsibility Pardon Attorney ROGER C. ADAMS [For the Department of Justice statement of organization, see the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 28, Chapter I, Part 0]

As the largest law firm in the Nation, the Department of Justice serves as counsel for its citizens. It represents them in enforcing the law in the public interest. Through its thousands of lawyers, investigators, and agents, the Department plays the key role in protection against criminals and subversion, in ensuring healthy competition of business in our free enterprise system, in safeguarding the consumer, and in enforcing drug, immigration, and naturalization laws.

The Department of Justice was Community Relations The Service established by act of June 22, 1870 (28 offers assistance to communities in U.S.C. 501, 503, 509 note), with the resolving disputes relating to race, color, Attorney General as its head. The affairs or national origin and facilitates the and activities of the Department of development of viable agreements as Justice are generally directed by the alternatives to coercion, violence, or Attorney General. litigation. It also assists and supports Attorney General The Attorney communities in developing local General represents the United States in mechanisms as proactive measures to legal matters generally and gives advice prevent or reduce racial/ethnic tensions. and opinions to the President and to the For further information, contact any regional office heads of the executive departments of or the Director, Community Relations Service, the Government when so requested. The Department of Justice, Suite 2000, 600 E Street NW., Washington, DC 20530. Phone, 202–305– Attorney General appears in person to 2935. represent the Government before the U.S. Supreme Court in cases of exceptional gravity or importance. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 269 DRUG STATES UNITED PAROLE CENTER PARDON NATIONAL OFFICE OF ATTORNEY COMMISSION INTELLIGENCE OFFICE OF THE OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY OFFICE ADVISORY PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY THE REVIEW REVIEW JUSTICE DIVISION GENERAL OFFICE OF EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR OFFICE FOR POLICY AND IMMIGRATION MANAGEMENT INTELLIGENCE UNITED STATES BUREAU SERVICE DIVISION CENTRAL INTERPOL PRISONS CRIMINAL MARSHALS BUREAU OF BUREAU U.S. NATIONAL U.S. UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS DRUG IZATION SERVICE FEDERAL EXECUTIVE ATTORNEYS BUREAU OF BUREAU OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION AND NATURAL- ENFORCEMENT UNITED STATES INVESTIGATION ADMINISTRATION LEGAL PUBLIC COUNSEL AFFAIRS OFFICE OF OFFICE OF INTER- AFFAIRS OFFICE OF DEPUTY GOVERNMENTAL POLICY AFFAIRS ATTORNEY GENERAL ATTORNEY OFFICE OF OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE ATTORNEY GENERAL ATTORNEY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE DEPARTMENT CIVIL DIVISION DIVISION SERVICE RELATIONS COMMUNITY RESOURCES ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL TAX CIVIL DIVISION RIGHTS DIVISION DIVISION ANTITRUST GENERAL ATTORNEY ASSOCIATE CLAIMS FOREIGN SERVICES OFFICE OF POLICING ORIENTED COMMISSION SETTLEMENT COMMUNITY AND PRIVACY INFORMATION JUSTICE DISPUTE OFFICE OF THE PROGRAMS OFFICE OF TRUSTEES RESOLUTION EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR GENERAL OFFICE OF SOLICITOR UNITED STATES GENERAL SOLICITOR 270 U.S. GOVERNMENT MANUAL

Regional OfficesÐCommunity Relations Service

Address Director Phone/FTS

Atlanta, GA (75 Piedmont Ave. NE., 30303) ...... Ozell Sutton ...... 404±331±6883 Boston, MA (Suite 222, 308 Atlantic Ave., 02201) ...... Martin A. Walsh ...... 617±424±5715 Chicago, IL (55 W. Monroe St., 60603) ...... Jesse Taylor ...... 312±353±4391 Dallas, TX (1420 W. Mockingbird Ln., 75247) ...... Richard Sombrano, Acting ...... 214±655±8175 Denver, CO (1244 Speer Blvd., 80204±3584) ...... Philip Arreda ...... 303±844±2973 Kansas City, MO (323 W. 8th St., 64105) ...... Atkins Warren ...... 816±426±7434 Los Angeles, CA (888 S. Figuera St., 90017) ...... Ron Wakabayashi ...... 213±894±2941 New York, NY (26 Federal Plz., 10278) ...... Moses Jones, Acting ...... 212±264±0700 Philadelphia, PA (2d & Chestnut Sts., 19106) ...... Henry Mitchum, Acting ...... 215±597±2344 Seattle, WA (915 2d Ave., 98101) ...... P. Diane Schneider, Acting ..... 206±220±6700

Intelligence The Office of Intelligence Government should ask the Supreme Policy and Review advises the Attorney Court to review and what position the General on all matters relating to Government should take in cases before national security; prepares and files all the Court. It also supervises the applications for surveillances and preparation of the Government’s searches under the Foreign Intelligence Supreme Court briefs and other legal Surveillance Act of 1978; and assists documents and the conduct of the oral Government agencies by providing legal arguments in the Court. The Solicitor advice on matters of national security General also decides whether the United law and policy. States should appeal in all cases it loses Legal Counsel The Office of Legal before the lower courts. Counsel provides written opinions and U.S. Attorneys The Executive Office for informal advice in response to requests U.S. Attorneys was created on April 6, from the various agencies of the Government typically dealing with legal 1953, to provide liaison between the issues involving agency disagreements or Department of Justice in Washington, with pending legislation. The Office also DC, and the U.S. attorneys. Its mission is is responsible for providing legal advice to provide general executive assistance to the executive branch on all to the 94 Offices of the U.S. attorneys constitutional questions. All Executive and to coordinate the relationship orders and proclamations proposed to be between the U.S. attorneys and the issued by the President are reviewed by organization components of the the Office of Legal Counsel for form and Department of Justice and other Federal legality. The Office coordinates the work agencies. of the Department with respect to U.S. Trustee Program The Program was treaties, executive agreements, and established by the Bankruptcy Reform international organizations. Act of 1978 (11 U.S.C. 101 et seq.) as a Pardon Attorney The Office of the pilot effort in 10 regions encompassing Pardon Attorney assists the President in 18 Federal judicial districts to promote the exercise of his pardon power under the efficiency and protect the integrity of the Constitution. Generally, all requests the bankruptcy system, and it identifies for pardon or other forms of executive and helps investigate bankruptcy fraud clemency, including commutation of and abuse. The Executive Office for U.S. sentence, are directed to the Pardon Trustees provides day-to-day policy and Attorney for investigation and review. legal direction, coordination, and The Pardon Attorney prepares the control. Department’s recommendation to the President for final disposition of each For further information, contact the Executive application. Office for U.S. Trustees, Department of Justice, Solicitor General The Office of the Suite 700, 901 E Street NW., Washington, DC 20530. Phone, 202–307–1391. Internet, Solicitor General represents the U.S. www.usdoj.gov/ust. Government in cases before the Supreme Court. It decides what cases the DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 271 Divisions Antitrust Division litigation reflects the diversity of Government activities, involving, for The Assistant Attorney General in charge example, the defense of challenges to of the Antitrust Division is responsible Presidential actions; national security for promoting and maintaining issues; benefit programs; energy policies; competitive markets by enforcing the commercial issues such as contract Federal antitrust laws. This involves disputes, banking, insurance, patents, investigating possible antitrust violations, fraud, and debt collection; all manner of conducting grand jury proceedings, accident and liability claims; and preparing and trying antitrust cases, violations of the immigration and prosecuting appeals, and negotiating and consumer protection laws. The Division enforcing final judgments. The Division confronts significant policy issues, which prosecutes serious and willful violations often rise to constitutional dimensions, in of antitrust laws by filing criminal suits defending and enforcing various Federal that can lead to large fines and jail programs and actions. sentences. Where criminal prosecution is The Division litigates cases in the not appropriate, the Division seeks a following areas: court order forbidding future violations —Commercial litigation, litigation of the law and requiring steps by the associated with the Government’s defendant to remedy the anticompetitive diverse financial involvements including effects of past violations. all monetary suits involving contracts, The Division also is responsible for express or implied; actions to foreclose acting as an advocate of competition on Government mortgages and liens; within the Federal Government. This bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings; involves formal appearances in Federal suits against guarantors and sureties; administrative agency proceedings, patent cases and suits arising out of development of legislative initiatives to construction, procurement, service promote deregulation and eliminate contracts, and claims associated with unjustifiable exemptions from the contract terminations; claims involving antitrust laws, participation on executive freight rate disputes arising out of the branch policy task forces, and transportation of Government property; publication of reports on regulated claims for just compensation under the industry performance. The Division fifth amendment; claims for salary or provides formal advice to other agencies retirement by civilian and military on the competitive implications of personnel; and cases assigned by proposed transactions requiring Federal congressional reference or special approval, such as construction of nuclear legislation. powerplants and mergers of financial —Consumer litigation, including civil institutions. It also consults with Federal and criminal litigation and related agencies on a variety of other matters, matters arising under various consumer including the issuance of Federal coal protection and public health statutes. and oil drilling leases and the disposition —Federal programs, including of surplus Government property. constitutional challenges to statutes, suits For further information, contact the FOIA Unit, to overturn Government policies and Antitrust Division, Department of Justice, 325 programs, challenges to the legality of Seventh Street NW., Washington, DC 20530. Government decisions, allegations that Phone, 202–514–2692. the President has violated the Constitution or Federal law, suits to Civil Division enforce regulatory statutes and to The Civil Division represents the United remedy or prevent statutory or regulatory States, its departments and agencies, violations. The areas of litigation Members of Congress, Cabinet officers, include: suits against the heads of and other Federal employees. Its Federal departments and agencies and 272 U.S. GOVERNMENT MANUAL other government officials to enjoin Federal financial assistance by Federal official actions, as well as suits for agencies. judicial review of administrative —Criminal cases involving decisions, orders, and regulations; suits conspiracies to interfere with federally involving national security, including protected rights; deprivation of rights suits to protect sensitive intelligence under color of law; the use of force or sources and materials; suits to prevent threat of force to injure or intimidate interference with Government someone in their enjoyment of specific operations; litigation concerning the rights (such as voting, housing, constitutionality of Federal laws; and employment, education, public facilities, suits raising employment discrimination and accommodations); interference with claims and Government personnel the free exercise of religious beliefs or issues. damage to religious property; the —Immigration litigation, involving holding of a worker in a condition of civil litigation under the Immigration and slavery or involuntary servitude; and Nationality Act and related laws; district interference with persons seeking to court litigation, removal order review obtain or provide reproductive services. proceedings, habeas corpus review and —Disability rights cases, involving general advice, and immigration-related violations of titles I, II, and III of the appellate matters; cases pertaining to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 issuance of visas and passports; and (ADA) and Department of Justice litigation arising under the amnesty and regulations implementing these employer sanctions provisions of provisions. immigration legislation. —Educational opportunities litigation, —Torts, including the broad range of involving violations of title IV of the tort litigation arising from the operation Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal of the Federal Government, aviation Educational Opportunities Act of 1974. disasters, environmental and —Employment litigation, involving occupational disease, and radiation and violations of Federal statutes prohibiting toxic substance exposure. It also handles employment practices that discriminate maritime litigation and suits that seek on the grounds of race, sex, religion, and personal monetary judgements against national origin, as they apply to State individual officers or employees. and local government employers. —Housing and civil enforcement of For further information, contact the Office of the Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, statutes prohibiting discrimination in Department of Justice, Tenth Street and housing on the basis of race, color, Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20530. religion, sex, national origin, disability, Phone, 202–514–3301. and familial status; discrimination in credit transactions; and discrimination in Civil Rights Division places of public accommodations, such The Civil Rights Division, headed by an as hotels, restaurants, and places of Assistant Attorney General, was entertainment. established in 1957 to secure effective —Immigration-related unfair Federal enforcement of civil rights. The employment practices, with the Division is the primary institution within responsibility to investigate and the Federal Government responsible for prosecute charges of national origin and enforcing Federal statutes prohibiting citizenship status discrimination in discrimination on the basis of race, sex, hiring, firing, or recruitment. disability, religion, and national origin. —Special litigation protecting the The Division has responsibilities in the constitutional and statutory rights of following areas: persons confined in certain institutions —Coordination and review of various owned or operated by State or local civil rights statutes that prohibit governments, including facilities for discrimination on the basis of race, individuals with mental and color, national origin, sex, and religion developmental disabilities, nursing in programs and activities that receive homes, prisons, jails, and juvenile DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 273 detention facilities where a pattern or exploitation of minors; obscenity; practice of violations exist. possession, manufacture, and distribution —Voting statutory provisions designed of child pornography; selling, buying, or to safeguard the right to vote of racial transporting women and children to and language minorities, illiterate engage in sexually explicit conduct; and persons, individuals with disabilities, international parental abduction. overseas citizens, persons who change —Computer crime and intellectual their residence shortly before a property, including cyberattacks on Presidential election, and persons 18 to critical information systems, improving 20 years of age. domestic and international infrastructure For further information, contact the Executive to pursue network criminals most Officer, Civil Rights Division, Department of effectively; and initiating and Justice, P.O. Box 65310, Washington, DC 20035– participating in international efforts to 5310. Phone, 202–514–4224. Internet, combat computer crime. www.usdoj.gov/crt. —Enforcement, overseeing the use of the most sophisticated investigative tools Criminal Division at the Department’s disposal; reviewing The Criminal Division develops, all Federal electronic surveillance enforces, and supervises the application requests and requests to apply for court of all Federal criminal laws, except those orders permitting the use of video specifically assigned to other divisions. surveillance; authorizing or denying the In addition to its direct litigation entry of applicants into the Federal responsibilities, the Division formulates Witness Security Program (WSP), and implements criminal enforcement coordinating and administering matters policy and provides advice and relating to all aspects of the WSP among assistance. The Division approves or all program components, and approving monitors sensitive areas of law or denying requests by Federal agencies enforcement such as participation in the to utilize Federal prisoners for Witness Security Program and the use of investigative purposes; and reviewing electronic surveillance; advises the requests for witness immunity, transfer of Attorney General, Congress, the Office prisoners to and from foreign countries of Management and Budget, and the to serve the remainder of their prison White House on matters of criminal law; sentences, attorney and press subpoenas, provides legal advice and assistance to applications for S-visa status, and Federal prosecutors and investigative disclosure of grand jury information. agencies; and provides leadership for —Fraud, including investigations and coordinating international as well as prosecutions of fraud and white-collar Federal, State, and local law crime including business crimes such as enforcement matters. Areas of financial institution fraud, Internet fraud, responsibility include: and insurance industry fraud; multi- —Asset forfeiture and money district schemes that victimize laundering including developing consumers, such as telemarketing scams regulatory and legislative initiatives; and fraudulent bankruptcy mills; and ensuring the uniform application of fraud involving Government programs forfeiture and money laundering statutes; and payments including health care, litigating complex, sensitive, and housing, and Government regulatory multidistrict cases; adjudicating petitions activity in the securities and for remission or mitigation of forfeited commodities markets. assets; and distributing forfeited funds —Internal security including cases and properties to appropriates domestic affecting national security, foreign and foreign law enforcement agencies relations, and the export of military and and community groups within the strategic commodities and technology. United States. —Narcotics and dangerous drugs, —Child exploitation and obscenity, including statutes pertaining to prosecuting violators of Federal criminal controlled substances; developing and statutes relating to child support; sexual implementing domestic and international 274 U.S. GOVERNMENT MANUAL narcotics law enforcement policies and cases ranging from protection of programs; developing and administering endangered species, to global climate other cooperative drug enforcement change, to cleaning up the Nation’s strategies, initiatives, and projects hazardous waste sites. A key conducted by the law enforcement and responsibility is enforcing civil and intelligence communities. criminal environmental laws in order to —Organized crime and racketeering protect its citizens’ health and efforts against traditional groups and environment. The Division defends emerging groups from Asia and Europe. environmental challenges to Government such as Chinese triads, the Sicilian activities and programs and ensures that mafia, and Russian organized crime. environmental laws are implemented in —Overseas prosecutorial a fair and consistent manner nationwide. development, assistance, and training for It also represents the United States in all prosecutors and judicial personnel in matters concerning the protection, use, other countries to develop and sustain and development of the Nation’s natural democratic criminal justice institutions. resources and public lands, wildlife —Policy and legislation, developing protection, Indian rights and claims, and legislative proposals, legal memoranda, the acquisition of Federal property. To and congressional testimony; preparing carry out this broad mission, the comments on pending legislation Division is responsible for litigation in affecting the Federal criminal justice the following areas: system; and working closely with the —Environmental crimes, prosecuting U.S. Sentencing Commission on a individuals and corporate entities variety of sentencing-related issues. violating laws designed to protect the —Public integrity efforts to combat environment. corruption of elected and appointed —Environmental defense, representing public officials at all levels of the United States in suits challenging the Government. Government’s administration of Federal —Special investigations of individuals environmental laws including claims by who took part in Nazi-sponsored acts of industries that regulations are too strict, persecution abroad before and during claims by environmental groups that World War II and who subsequently Federal standards are too lax, and claims entered or seek to enter the United by States and citizens alleging that States illegally and/or fradulently, and Federal agencies are out of compliance interagency investigation into assets with environmental standards. looted from victims of Nazi persecution. —Environmental enforcement, —Terrorism and violent crime, responsible for most litigation on behalf involving design, implementation, and of EPA; claims for damages to natural support of law enforcement efforts, resources filed on behalf of the legislative initiatives, policies, and Departments of Interior, Commerce, and strategies relating to international and Agriculture; claims for contribution domestic terrorism; immigration against private parties for contamination enforcement efforts relating to alien of public land; and recoupment of terrorists; and prosecution of firearms money spent to clean up certain oil and explosives violations. spills on behalf of the U.S. Coast Guard. For further information, contact the Office of the —Wildlife and marine resources Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, protection legislation focusing on Department of Justice, Tenth Street and smugglers and black-market dealers in Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20530. protected wildlife. Phone, 202–514–2601. —General litigation, primarily involving the use and protection of Environment and Natural Resources federally owned public lands and natural Division resources. The Environment and Natural Resources —Indian resources protection, Division is the Nation’s environmental including establishing water rights, lawyer. It is responsible for litigating establishing and protecting hunting and DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 275 fishing rights, collecting damages for —proceedings involving mandamus, trespass on Indian lands, and injunctions, and other specific writs establishing reservation boundaries and arising in connection with internal rights to land. revenue matters; —Land acquisition for use by the —suits against Internal Revenue Federal Government for purposes Service employees for damages claimed ranging from establishing public parks to because of alleged injuries caused in the creating missile sites. performance of their official duties; For further information, contact the Office of the —suits against the Secretary of the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Treasury, the Commissioner of Internal Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice, Tenth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Revenue, or similar officials to test the Washington, DC 20530. Phone, 202–514–2701. validity of regulations or rulings not in the context of a specific refund action; Tax Division —suits brought by the United States to The primary mission of the Tax Division enjoin the promotion of abusive tax is to enforce the Nation’s tax laws in shelters and to enjoin activities relating Federal and State courts and thereby to aiding and abetting the generate revenue for the Federal understatement of tax liabilities of others; Government. The Division conducts —suits brought by taxpayers for a enforcement activities to deter specific judicial determination of the taxpayers, as well as the taxpaying reasonableness of a jeopardy or public at large, from conduct that termination assessment and the deprives the Federal Government of its appropriateness of the amount; tax-related revenue. It represents the —proceedings brought against the Tax United States and its officers in all civil Division and the Internal Revenue and criminal litigation arising under the Service for disclosure of information internal revenue laws, other than under the Freedom of Information Act; proceedings in the United States Tax and Court. Other areas of civil litigation in —intergovernmental immunity suits in which the Division is involved on behalf which the United States resists attempts of the Federal Government include: to apply a State or local tax to some —suits brought by individuals to activity or property of the United States. foreclose mortgages or to quiet title to The Division also collects judgments property in which the United States is in tax cases. To this end, the Division named as a party defendant because of directs collection efforts and coordinates the existence of a Federal tax lien on the property; with, monitors the efforts of, and —suits brought by the United States to provides assistance to the various United collect unpaid assessments, to foreclose States attorneys’ offices in collecting Federal tax liens or determine the outstanding judgments in tax cases. priority of such liens, to obtain For further information, contact the Office of the judgments against delinquent taxpayers, Assistant Attorney General, Tax Division, to enforce summonses, and to establish Department of Justice, Tenth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20530. tax claims in bankruptcy, receivership, Phone, 202–514–2901. Internet, www.usdoj.gov/ or probate proceedings; tax. 276 U.S. GOVERNMENT MANUAL Bureaus Federal Bureau of Investigation The mission of the Bureau of Prisons is to protect society by confining offenders 935 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, in the controlled environments of prisons DC 20535. Phone, 202–324–3000. Internet, and community-based facilities that are www.fbi.gov. safe, humane, and appropriately secure, and which provide work and other self- The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) improvement opportunities to assist is the principal investigative arm of the offenders in becoming law-abiding United States Department of Justice. It is citizens. charged with gathering and reporting The community corrections and facts, locating witnesses, and compiling detention division is responsible for evidence in cases involving Federal program development and contracts jurisdiction. relating to community-based and The Federal Bureau of Investigation detention programs, as well as was established in 1908 by the Attorney privatization and citizen participation. General, who directed that Department The correctional programs division is of Justice investigations be handled by its responsible for managing the own staff. The Bureau is charged with correctional services (security) operations investigating all violations of Federal law in Bureau institutions and case and unit except those that have been assigned by management, as well as religious and legislative enactment or otherwise to psychological services, drug treatment another Federal agency. Its jurisdiction programs, programs for special needs includes a wide range of responsibilities offenders, and inmate systems. in the criminal, civil, and security fields. UNICOR, the Federal Prison Priority has been assigned to the five Industries, provides employment and areas that affect society the most: training opportunities for inmates organized crime/drugs, counterterrorism, confined in Federal correctional white-collar crime, foreign facilities. Inmates manufacture a wide counterintelligence, and violent crime. range of items from executive and systems furniture to electronics, textiles, On January 28, 1982, the Attorney and graphics/signage. Services performed General assigned concurrent jurisdiction by UNICOR’s inmates include data for the enforcement of the Controlled entry, printing, and furniture refinishing. Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801) to the The corporation funds selected Bureau and the Drug Enforcement preindustrial, vocational, and Administration (DEA). The DEA experimental training programs. Administrator reports to the Attorney The National Institute of Corrections General through the FBI Director. provides technical assistance, The Bureau also offers cooperative information services, and training for services such as fingerprint identification, State and local corrections agencies laboratory examination, police training, throughout the country. It also provides and the National Crime Information technical assistance for selected foreign Center to duly authorized law governments. enforcement agencies. For further information, contact the Public For further information, contact the Office of Information Officer, Bureau of Prisons, Department Public and Congressional Affairs, Federal Bureau of of Justice, Washington, DC 20534. Phone, 202– Investigation, J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building, 935 307–3198. Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20535. Phone, 202–324–2727. United States Marshals Service Bureau of Prisons 600 Army Navy Drive, Arlington, VA 22202– 4210. Phone, 202–307–9000 320 First Street NW., Washington, DC 20534. Phone, 888–317–8455. Internet, The United States Marshals Service is the www.bop.gov. Nation’s oldest Federal law enforcement DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 277 agency, having served as a vital link INTERPOL is an association of 178 between the executive and judicial countries dedicated to promoting mutual branches of the Government since 1789. assistance among law enforcement The Marshals Service performs tasks that authorities in the prevention and are essential to the operation of virtually suppression of international crime. With every aspect of the Federal justice no police force of its own, INTERPOL system. The Service is responsible for: has no powers of arrest or search and —providing support and protection for seizure. Instead, INTERPOL serves as a the Federal courts, including security for channel of communication among the 800 judicial facilities and nearly 2,000 police of the member countries, and judges and magistrates, as well as provides a forum for discussions, countless other trial participants such as working group meetings, and symposia jurors and attorneys; to enable police to focus on specific —apprehending the majority of all areas of criminal activity affecting their Federal fugitives; countries. —operating the Federal Witness Under the State and Local Law Security Program, ensuring the safety of Enforcement Program, States establish an endangered government witnesses; office within their own law enforcement —maintaining custody of and community to serve as liaison to transporting thousands of Federal USNCB. International leads developed in prisoners annually; —executing court orders and arrest criminal investigations being conducted warrants; by a State or local police entity can be —managing and selling seized pursued through their liaison office, and property forfeited to the Government by criminal investigative requests from drug traffickers and other criminals, and abroad are funneled through the relevant assisting the Justice Department’s asset State liaison office for action by the forfeiture program; appropriate State or local agency. All 50 —responding to emergency States and the District of Columbia now circumstances, including civil participate in the liaison program, which disturbances, terrorist incidents, and is currently coordinated by a other crisis situations, through its Special representative from the Maryland State Operations Group, and restoring order in Police. riot and mob-violence situations; and USNCB has three sub-bureaus which —operating the U.S. Marshals Service serve to more effectively address the law Training Academy. enforcement needs of U.S. territories. The sub-bureaus are located in Puerto For further information, contact the Office of Public Affairs, U.S. Marshals Service, Department of Rico, American Samoa, and the U.S. Justice, 600 Army Navy Drive, Arlington, VA Virgin Islands. 22202. Phone, 202–307–9065. Internet, www.usdoj.gov/marshals. For further information, contact the U.S. National Central Bureau–INTERPOL, Washington, DC 20530. Phone, 202–616–9000. United States National Central Bureau–International Criminal Immigration and Naturalization Police Organization Service Washington, DC 20530. Phone, 202–616– 425 I Street NW., Washington, DC 20536. 9000 Phone, 202–514–4316, 4330, or 4354 The U.S. National Central Bureau (USNCB) represents the United States in [For the Immigration and Naturalization Service INTERPOL, the International Criminal statement of organization, see the Code of Federal Police Organization. Also known as Regulations, Title 8, Aliens and Nationality] INTERPOL—Washington, USNCB The Immigration and Naturalization provides an essential communications Service (INS) was created by act of link between the U.S. police community March 3, 1891 (8 U.S.C. 1551 note). and their counterparts in the foreign The Service carries out its mission member countries. through operational programs in 278 U.S. GOVERNMENT MANUAL adjudications and nationality, and civil justice systems of the United inspections, investigations, and detention States—or any other competent and deportation, as well as the U.S. jurisdiction—on those significant Border Patrol. These programs are organizations and their members divided into the following mission involved in cultivation, production, responsibilities: smuggling, distribution, or diversion of —facilitating entry of those legally controlled substances appearing in or admissible as visitors or immigrants to destined for illegal traffic in the United the United States; States. DEA immobilizes these —granting benefits under the organizations by arresting their members, Immigration and Nationality Act, as confiscating their drugs, and seizing their amended, including providing assistance assets; and creates, manages, and to those seeking asylum, temporary or supports enforcement-related programs— permanent resident status, or domestically and internationally—aimed naturalization; at reducing the availability of and —preventing improper entry and the demand for controlled substances. granting of benefits to those not legally The Administration’s responsibilities entitled to them; include: —apprehending and removing those —investigation of major narcotic aliens who enter or remain illegally in violators who operate at interstate and the United States and/or whose stay is international levels; not in the public interest; and —seizure and forfeiture of assets —enforcing sanctions against those derived from, traceable to, or intended who act or conspire to subvert the to be used for illicit drug trafficking; requirements for selective and controlled —enforcement of regulations entry, including sanctions against governing the legal manufacture, employers who knowingly hire aliens distribution, and dispensing of controlled not authorized to work in the United substances; States. —management of a national narcotics The Service also has a firm intelligence system; commitment to strengthen criminal —coordination with Federal, State, investigations and seek the most effective and local law enforcement authorities deterrents to illegal immigration. and cooperation with counterpart agencies abroad; and For further information, contact the Office of Information, Immigration and Naturalization —training, scientific research, and Service, Department of Justice, 425 I Street NW., information exchange in support of drug Washington, DC 20536. Phone, 202–514–4316, traffic prevention and control. 4330, or 4354. The Administration maintains liaison with the United Nations, INTERPOL, and Drug Enforcement Administration other organizations on matters relating to 600–700 Army Navy Drive, Arlington, VA international narcotics control programs. 22202. Phone, 202–307–1000. FTS, 367– It has offices throughout the United 1000 States and in 56 foreign countries. The Drug Enforcement Administration For further information, contact the Public Affairs Section, Drug Enforcement Administration, (DEA) is the lead Federal agency in Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20537. enforcing narcotics and controlled Phone, 202–307–7977. substances laws and regulations. It was created in July 1973, by Reorganization Office of Justice Programs Plan No. 2 of 1973 (5 U.S.C. app.). 810 Seventh Street NW., Washington, DC The Administration enforces the 20531. Phone, 202–307–0703 provisions of the controlled substances and chemical diversion and trafficking The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) was laws and regulations of the United established by the Justice Assistance Act States, and operates on a worldwide of 1984 and reauthorized in 1994 to basis. It presents cases to the criminal provide Federal leadership, coordination, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 279 and assistance needed to make the The Violence Against Women Office Nation’s justice system more efficient coordinates legislative and other and effective in preventing and initiatives relating to violence against controlling crime. OJP is responsible for women and administers grant programs collecting statistical data and conducting to help prevent, detect, and stop analyses; identifying emerging criminal violence against women, including justice issues; developing and testing domestic violence, sexual assult, and promising approaches to address these stalking. issues; evaluating program results, and The Drug Court Program Office disseminating these findings and other supports the development, information to State and local implementation, and improvement of governments. The Office is comprised of drug courts through technical assistance the following bureaus and offices: and training and grants to State, local, or The Bureau of Justice Assistance tribal governments and courts. provides funding, training, and technical The Corrections Program Office assistance to State and local provides financial and technical governments to combat violent and assistance to State and local drug-related crime and help improve the governments to implement corrections- criminal justice system. related programs including correctional The Bureau of Justice Statistics is facility construction and corrections- responsible for collecting and analyzing based drug treatment programs. data on crime, criminal offenders, crime The Executive Office for Weed and victims, and the operations of justice Seed helps communities build stronger, systems at all levels of government. safer neighborhoods by implementing The National Institute of Justice the weed and seed strategy, a sponsors research and development community-based, multidisciplinary programs, conducts demonstrations of approach to combating crime. innovative approaches to improve The Office for State and Local criminal justice, and develops new Domestic Preparedness Support is criminal justice technologies. responsible for enhancing the capacity of The Office of Juvenile Justice and State and local jurisdictions to prepare Delinquency Prevention provides grants for and respond to incidents of domestic and contracts to States to help them terrorism involving chemical and improve their juvenile justice systems biological agents, rediological and and sponsors innovative research, explosive devices, and other weapons of demonstration, evaluation, statistics, mass destruction. replication, technical assistance, and The Office of the Police Corps and training programs to help improve the Law Enforcement Education provides Nation’s understanding of and response college educational assistance to to juvenile violence and delinquency. students who commit to public service The Office for Victims of Crime in law enforcement and scholarships administers victim compensation and with no service commitment to assistance grant programs and provides dependents of law enforcement officers funding, training, and technical who died in the line of duty. assistance to victim service organizations, criminal justice agencies, For further information, contact the Department of Justice Response Center. Phone, 800–421–6770. and other professionals to improve the Internet, www.ojp.usdoj.gov. E-mail, Nation’s response to crime victims. [email protected]. 280 U.S. GOVERNMENT MANUAL Boards Executive Office for Immigration and each judge has jurisdiction to Review consider various forms of relief available Falls Church, VA 22041. Phone, 703–305– under the law, including applications for 0289. Internet, www.usdoj.gov/eoir. asylum. The Office of the Chief Administrative The Executive Office for Immigration Review is charged with the Hearing Officer is responsible for the administration and interpretation of general supervision of administrative law various immigration statutes. judges in the performance of their duties. The Board of Immigration Appeals has Administrative law judge proceedings nationwide jurisdiction to hear appeals are mandated by the Immigration and of decisions made by immigration judges Nationality Act and concern allegations and by district and center directors of of unlawful employment of aliens, unfair the Immigration and Naturalization immigration-related employment Service. In addition, the Board is practices, and immigration document responsible for hearing appeals involving fraud. disciplinary actions against attorneys and representatives before the Service and For further information, contact the Office of the Board. Public Affairs, Executive Office for Immigration Decisions of the Board are binding on Review, Department of Justice, Falls Church, VA 22041. Phone, 703–305–0289. Internet, all Service officers and immigration www.usdoj.gov/eoir. judges unless modified or overruled by judicial review in the Federal courts. The United States Parole Commission majority of appeals reaching the Board involve orders of removal and 5550 Friendship Boulevard, Chevy Chase, application for relief from removal. MD 20815. Phone, 301–492–5990 Other cases before the Board include the removal of aliens applying for admission The Parole Commission has sole to the United States, petitions to classify authority to grant, modify, or revoke the status of alien relatives for the paroles of eligible U.S. prisoners serving issuance of preference immigrant visas, sentences of more than one year, fines imposed upon carriers for the including military prisoners and D.C. violation of the immigration laws, and Code prisoners housed in Federal motions for reopening and institutions. It is responsible for the reconsideration of decisions previously supervision of parolees and prisoners rendered. released upon the expiration of their The Office of the Chief Immigration Judge provides overall direction for the sentences with allowances for statutory 209 immigration judges located in good time, and the determination of approximately 52 immigration courts supervisory conditions and terms. throughout the Nation. Immigration Probation officers supervise parolees and judges are responsible for conducting mandatory releases under the direction formal administrative proceedings and of the Commission. act independently in their The Commission determines whether decisionmaking capacity. Their decisions or not persons convicted of certain are administratively final, unless crimes may serve as officials in the field appealed or certified to the Board. In removal proceedings, an of organized labor or in labor-oriented immigration judge determines whether management positions; determines an individual from a foreign country whether or not such persons may should be admitted or allowed to stay in provide services to or be employed by the United States or be removed. Judges employment benefit plans; and sets are located throughout the United States, release dates for U.S. citizens who are DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 281 returned to the United States to serve community policing in the thousands of foreign criminal sentences. communities served by the COPS Office. For further information, contact the Office of the For further information, contact the Office of Chairman, United States Parole Commission, Community Oriented Policing Services, Department Department of Justice, 5550 Friendship Boulevard, of Justice, 1100 Vermont Avenue NW., Chevy Chase, MD 20815. Phone, 301–492–5990. Washington, DC 20530. Phone, 202–514–2058. Internet, www.usdoj.gov/uspc/parole.htm. Internet, www.usdoj.gov/cops.

Office of Community Oriented Foreign Claims Settlement Policing Services Commission of the United States The Office of Community Oriented The Foreign Claims Settlement Policing Services (COPS) was created to Commission of the United States is a advance the philosophy of community quasi-judicial, independent agency policing as a national law enforcement within the Department of Justice which strategy; to fund 100,000 new police adjudicates claims of U.S. nationals officers in community policing roles; to against foreign governments, either reinforce partnerships that will sustain under specific jurisdiction conferred by community policing; and to evaluate and Congress or pursuant to international demonstrate the effectiveness of claims settlement agreements. The community policing to improve the decisions of the Commission are final quality of life by reducing the levels of disorder, violence, and crime in our and are not reviewable under any communities. standard by any court or other authority. The primary activity of the COPS Funds for payment of the Commission’s Office is awarding competitive awards are derived from congressional discretionary grants directly to law appropriations, international claims enforcement agencies across the United settlements, or the liquidation of foreign States and its territories. The COPS assets in the United States by the Office includes the following program Departments of Justice and the Treasury. divisions: The Commission also has authority to The grants administration division, receive, determine the validity and responsible for developing and designing amount, and provide for the payment of new programs to provide resources for claims by members of the U.S. armed the hiring of new officers and to further services and civilians held as prisoners the adoption and implementation of of war or interned by a hostile force in community policing, reviewing grant Southeast Asia during the Vietnam applications, and assisting grantees in conflict, or by the survivors of such the implementation of their grants. service members and civilians. The grants monitoring division, The Commission is also responsible responsible for tracking grantees’ for maintaining records and responding compliance with the conditions of their to inquiries related to the various claims grants. The Division conducts site visits programs it has conducted against the and reviews grantee files to ensure that Governments of Albania, Bulgaria, COPS funds are properly used to hire China, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, officers and implement community Ethiopia, the German Democratic policing. The Division also provides Republic, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Panama, onsite technical assistance to grantees Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union, and collects and disseminates examples Vietnam, and Yugoslavia, as well as of successful community policing those authorized under the War Claims strategies. Act of 1948 and other statutes. The training and technical assistance division is responsible for coordinating For further information, contact the Office of the Chair, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the the provision of training and technical United States, Department of Justice, Suite 6002, assistance to advance the adoption, 600 E Street NW., Washington, DC 20579. Phone, implementation and sustaining of 202–616–6975. Fax, 202–616–6993. 282 U.S. GOVERNMENT MANUAL

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Controlled Substances Act Registration Bureau of Prisons: Central Office, 320 Information about registration under the First Street NW., Washington, DC 20534 Controlled Substances Act may be (phone, 202–307–3082); or any regional obtained from the Registration Section of or field office. the Drug Enforcement Administration, Office of Justice Programs: 633 P.O. Box 28083, Central Station, Indiana Avenue NW., Washington, DC Washington, DC 20038. Phone, 202– 20531. Phone, 202–307–0730. 307–7255. United States Trustee Program, Room Disability-Related Matters Contact the 770, 901 E Street NW., Washington, DC Civil Rights Division’s ADA Hotline. 20530. Phone, 202–616–1000. Phone, 800–514–0301. TDD, 800–514– Foreign Claims Settlement 0383. Internet, www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/ Commission: Attorneys: Office of the adahom1.htm. Chief Counsel, Suite 6002, 600 E Street Drugs and Crime Clearinghouse NW., Washington, DC 20579 (phone, Phone, 800–666–3332 (toll-free). 202–616–6975); Other: Administrative Electronic Access Information Officer, same address and phone. concerning Department of Justice Housing Discrimination Matters programs and activities is available Contact the Civil Rights Division’s electronically through the Internet, at Housing and Civil Enforcement Section. www.usdoj.gov. Phone, 800–896–7743. The NCJRS Electronic Bulletin Board Immigration-Related Employment may be accessed by calling 301–738– Matters The Civil Rights Division 8895 (modem). maintains a Worker Hotline. Phone, Employment The Department maintains 800–255–7688. TDD, 800–237–2515. It an agencywide job line. Phone, 202– also offers information for employers. 514–3397. Phone, 800–255–8155. TDD, 800–362– Attorneys’ applications: Director, 2735. Office of Attorney Personnel Publications and Films The FBI Law Management, Department of Justice, Enforcement Bulletin and Uniform Crime Room 6150, Tenth Street and Reports—Crime in the United States are Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, available from the Superintendent of DC 20530. Phone, 202–514–1432. Documents, Government Printing Office, Assistant U.S. attorney applicants should Washington, DC 20402. apply to individual U.S. attorneys. United States Marshals Service: Field The Annual Report of the Attorney Staffing Branch, United States Marshals General of the United States is published Service, Department of Justice, 600 each year by the Department of Justice, Army Navy Drive, Arlington, VA 22202– Washington, DC 20530. 4210. Textbooks on citizenship consisting of Federal Bureau of Investigation: teachers manuals and student textbooks Director, Washington, DC 20535, or any at various reading levels are distributed of the field offices or resident agencies free to public schools for applicants for whose addresses are listed in the front of citizenship and are on sale to all others most local telephone directories. from the Superintendent of Documents, Immigration and Naturalization Government Printing Office, Service: Central Office, 425 I Street Washington, DC 20402. Public schools NW., Washington, DC 20536 (phone, or organizations under the supervision of 202–514–2530); or any regional or public schools which are entitled to free district office. textbooks should make their requests to Drug Enforcement Administration: the appropriate Immigration and regional offices, laboratories, or Naturalization Service Regional Office. Washington Headquarters Office of For general information, call 202–514– Personnel. 3946. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 283

The Freedom of Information Act Guide (from January 1967) reports to the and Privacy Act Overview and the Congress concerning its activities are Freedom of Information Case List, both available at the Commission in limited published annually, are available from quantities. the Superintendent of Documents, Copies of the Program Plan and other Government Printing Office, Office of Justice Programs publications Washington, DC 20530. FOIA Update (Stock No. 727–002– and documents are available by calling 00000–6), published quarterly, is the National Criminal Justice Reference available free of charge to FOIA offices Service (phone, 303–251–5500 or 800– and other interested offices 851–3420 (toll free); Internet, Governmentwide. This publication is www.ncjrs.org). Some documents are also available from the Superintendent of also available from the Office’s website, Documents, Government Printing Office, (Internet, www.ojp.usdoj.gov). Washington, DC 20402. Reading Rooms Located in Guidelines for Effective Human Washington, DC, at the following Relations Commissions, Annual Report locations: of the Community Relations Service, Department of Justice, Room 6505, Tenth Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC Community Relations Service Brochure, 20530. Phone, 202–514–3775. CRS Hotline Brochure, Police Use of Bureau of Prisons, 320 First Street NW., 20534. Deadly Force: A Conciliation Handbook Phone, 202–307–3029. for Citizens and Police, Principles of Immigration and Naturalization Service, 425 I Good Policing: Avoiding Violence Street NW., 20536. Phone, 202–514–2837. Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, 600 E Between Police and Citizens, Resolving Street NW., 20579. Phone, 202–616–6975. Racial Conflict: A Guide for U.S. Parole Commission, 5550 Friendship Municipalities, and Viewpoints and Boulevard, Chevy Chase, MD 20815. Phone, 301– Guidelines on Court-Appointed Citizens 492–5959. Board of Immigration Appeals, Suite 2400, 5107 Monitoring Commissions in School Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041. Phone, Desegregation are available upon 703–305–0168. request from the Public Information National Institute of Justice, 9th Floor, 633 Indiana Office, Community Relations Service, Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20531 (phone, Department of Justice, Washington, DC 202–307–5883). 20530. Redress for Wartime Relocation/ A limited number of drug educational Internment Contact the Civil Rights films are available, free of charge, to Division’s Office of Redress civic, educational, private, and religious Administration. Helpline phone, 202– groups. 219–6900. TDD, 202–219–4710. A limited selection of pamphlets and Internet, www.usdoj.gov. brochures is available. The most widely Small Business Activities Contract requested publication is Drugs of Abuse, information for small businesses can be an identification manual intended for obtained from the Office of Small and professional use. Single copies are free. Disadvantaged Business Utilization, Copies of the Foreign Claims Department of Justice, Tenth Street and Settlement Commission’s semiannual Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, (through December 1966) and annual DC 20530. Phone, 202–616–0521.

For further information concerning the Department of Justice, contact the Office of Public Affairs, Department of Justice, Tenth Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20530. Phone, 202– 514–2007. TDD, 202–786–5731. Internet, www.usdoj.gov.