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The Office of Legal Policy (OLP) is
responsible for developing and implementing the Department’s
significant policy initiatives. OLP often handles special
projects that implicate the interests of multiple Department components. In
this role, OLP coordinates with all other interested Department
components and with other Executive Branch agencies. The
Assistant Attorney General for Legal Policy oversees OLP and serves
as the primary policy advisor to the Attorney General and the
Deputy Attorney General.
OLP also works closely with the Office of Legislative Affairs
to promote the Department’s policies in Congress and reviews
all regulations promulgated by the Department.
Finally, OLP works with the Attorney General in advising the
President on nominations for Article III judgeships. After
the President has submitted a nomination to the Senate, OLP works
with the White House and the Senate Judiciary Committee in securing
the nominee’s confirmation.
Elisebeth Collins Cook is the Assistant Attorney General for Legal Policy.
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
FBI Records Management Division National Name Check Program Section User Fees: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (September 26, 2008)
National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS): Proposed Rule (September 22, 2008)
Department of Justice and Department of Commerce Views Letter on S. 3325 - Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights Act (September 23, 2008)
Joint Statement of Elisebeth Collins Cook, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Policy, and Valerie Caproni, General Counsel, Federal Bureau of Investigation, before the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Concerning the New Attorney General Guidelines for Domestic Intelligence Collection (September 23, 2008)
Attorney General’s Annual Report to Congress and Assessment of the U.S. Government Activities to Combat Trafficking in Persons Fiscal Year 2007
Materials on the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act
IN THE NEWS
Attorney General Consolidated Guidelines (October 3, 2008)
Attorney General Memorandum to Department Components on Guidelines for Domestic FBI Operations (October 3, 2008)
Criminal Intelligence Systems Operating Policies: Proposed Rule (July 31, 2008)
The Attorney General’s Report on Criminal
History Background Checks
Notice and Public Comments on the
Attorney General’s Report on Criminal History and Background Checks
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