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September 13, 2008
The Department of Justice is harmonizing several sets of Attorney General guidelines to produce a consolidated set of guidelines governing domestic FBI operations that is transparent and as consistent as possible between criminal and national security investigations and foreign intelligence collection. The new consolidated guidelines will, in short, integrate more completely and harmonize the standards that apply to the FBI’s activities. These proposed changes reflect precisely what we asked of the FBI after September 11, 2001. The terrorists who attacked us on that day did so from within the United States; and it is for that reason that the clear-eyed and bipartisan 9/11 Commission, the Silberman-Robb Commission, and the Joint Congressional Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities each concluded that the FBI had to become more nimble and effective at collecting and analyzing intelligence.
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| September 15, 2008 |
Justice Department to Monitor Primary Election in Massachusetts The Justice Department today announced that it will monitor the primary election in Boston on Sept. 16, 2008, to ensure compliance with federal voting rights statutes, particularly the minority language provisions of the Voting Rights Act. (Read More) | Two Arizona Men Convicted in Elaborate Securities & Tax Fraud Scheme Involving Publicly Traded Company Ira W. Gentry Jr. and Randy W. Jenkins were convicted of securities and tax fraud relative to an elaborate scheme to defraud UniDyn Corporation’s investors. (Read More) | Staten Island University Hospital to Pay the U.S. $74 Million to Settle Claims of Defrauding Federal Health Care Programs Staten Island University Hospital agreed to pay the United States $74,032,565 to settle claims that the hospital defrauded Medicare, Medicaid and the military’s health insurance program, TRICARE. (Read More) |
| September 12, 2008 |
Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission Issue Joint Statement on Certificate-of-Need Laws in Illinois In a joint statement to the Illinois Task Force on Health Planning Reform, the Department and the Federal Trade Commission stated the agencies’ position regarding certificate-of-need laws, saying that the laws undercut consumer choice, stifle innovation and weaken markets’ ability to contain health care costs. This statement reiterates the agencies’ ongoing efforts to promote competition in health care. (Read More) |
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As part of Project Safe Childhood, the U.S. Department of Justice together
with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC) and
the Ad Council have partnered to produce the following Public Service
Announcements (PSA’s) in an ongoing initiative to protect America’s
youth. Further, the Project Safe Childhood Web site provides information
to our federal, state, and local community partners that will help protect
our children from online exploitation and abuse.
Links to the PSA’s and Project Safe Childhood Web site are below:
Watch PSC Videos: Campaign
Introduction Everyone
Knows Your Name Bulletin
Board
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