Department of Justice 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Department of Justice is finalizing without change the interim final rule with request for comments published at 68 FR 66534, on November 26, 2003. The interim final rule implemented changes to the government-wide nonprocurement debarment and suspension common rule (NCR) and the associated rule on drug-free workplace requirements. The NCR sets forth the common policies and procedures that Federal Executive branch agencies must use in taking suspension or debarment actions. It also establishes procedures for participants and Federal agencies in entering covered transactions.

This document contains corrections to the interim rule published Monday, January 31, 2005, at 70 FR 4763, relating to DNA sample collection from federal offenders under the Justice for All Act of 2004. These corrections conform the references in the preamble to the actual paragraph designations in Sec. 28.2(b)(3) and also correct a typographical error.

On January 31, 2005, the Attorney General issued a memorandum to the Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; the Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration; the Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation; the Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons; the Inspector General; and the Director, United States Marshals Service providing guidance on the application of the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004, Pub. L. No. 108-277, to current and retired Department of Justice law enforcement officers. This notice contains the guidance issued by the Attorney General.