Department of Justice 2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

DEA is amending its regulations to clarify the registration status of a registrant who voluntarily surrenders a Certificate of Registration. These changes clarify that a voluntary surrender of a registration signed by a registrant using any format has the legal effect of immediately terminating the registrant's registration without any further action by DEA.

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) are hosting two workshops in conjunction with the 118th Annual IACP Conference in Chicago, Ill. The focus of the workshops is the development of NIJ performance standards for Interview Room Recording Systems and License Plate Readers used by law enforcement agencies. Sessions are intended to inform manufacturers, test laboratories, certification bodies and other interested parties of these standards development efforts. Attendees in each workshop will be provided with an overview of the NIJ standards development process, work to date on the effort and a projected timeline for completion. Please access the following webpage to register for the Interview Room Video Systems workshop: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ interviewroomworkshopreg. Please access the following webpage to register for the License Plate Reader workshop: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ALPRworkshop reg.

In this document, the Bureau of Prisons (Bureau) responds to recent litigation surrounding the pre-release community confinement regulation which it published on October 21, 2008 by publishing a proposed rule on this subject.