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10/27/09 Justice Department Honors Utah Citizens at National AMBER Alert Symposium
Mary Lou Leary, the Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs (OJP) and National AMBER Alert Coordinator, honored Kerry Hammond and Dale Zabriskie during the National AMBER Alert Symposium in Tampa, FL on Tuesday.

10/27/09 Justice Department Honors AMBER Alert Coordinator of the Year, Mark Hill
Mary Lou Leary, the Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs (OJP) and National AMBER Alert Coordinator, presented Mark Hill with the AMBER Alert Coordinator of the Year Award during the National AMBER Alert Symposium in Tampa, FL on Tuesday.

10/27/09 Justice Department Honors AMBER Alert Coordinator of the Year, Margie Quin
Mary Lou Leary, the Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs (OJP) and National AMBER Alert Coordinator, presented Margie Quin with the AMBER Alert Coordinator of the Year Award during the National AMBER Alert Symposium in Tampa, FL.

10/27/09 Justice Department Honors Colorado Police Officer with AMBER Alert Law Enforcement Leadership Award
Mary Lou Leary, the Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs (OJP) and National AMBER Alert Coordinator, presented Sgt. Joe Young with the AMBER Alert Law Enforcement Leadership Award during the National AMBER Alert Symposium in Tampa, FL.

10/27/09 AMBER Alert Symposium Focuses on Families of Abducted Children and Program Developments
The sixth annual AMBER Alert Symposium, sponsored by the Justice Department, Office of Justice Programs (OJP) opened today in Tampa, FL.

10/23/09 Department of Justice to Hold National Amber Alert Symposium in Tampa, FL
The Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP) is sponsoring the 2009 National AMBER Alert Symposium, October 27 - 29, in Tampa, FL.

10/21/09 Nearly One in Four Intimate Partner Violence Cases Involved a Child Witness
A child witnessed violence in 22 percent of intimate partner violence cases filed in state courts, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) in the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, announced today.

2009  |  2008  |  2007  |  2006
UPDATES

November 2009 BJA and CSG Launch New Web Site to Assist Prisoner Reentry Field

November 2009 BJS will launch a new website in November 2009

February 2009 Reinvesting in Public Safety

January 2009 Remembering Amber

Volume 3, Issue 2, 2009 Justice Resource Update

SPEECHES

10/04/2009 Remarks of Mary Lou Leary, Acting Assistant Attorney General at the International Association of Chiefs of Police Indian Country Law Enforcement Section Annual Meeting

10/04/2009 Remarks of Mary Lou Leary, Acting Assistant Attorney General at the International Association of Chiefs of Police Juvenile Justice Committee Annual Meeting

10/04/2009 Remarks of Mary Lou Leary, Acting Assistant Attorney General at the Meeting of the International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training

10/03/2009 Remarks of Mary Lou Leary, Acting Assistant Attorney General at the Major Cities Chiefs Association 2009 Fall Meeting

09/30/2009 Remarks of Mary Lou Leary, Acting Assistant Attorney General at the 2009 Victims of Crime Act National Training Conference

09/09/2009 Remarks of Laurie Robinson, Acting Assistant Attorney General at the Department of Justice Convening of Philanthropic Funders

08/25/2009 Remarks of Laurie Robinson, Acting Assistant Attorney General at the Legitimacy and Community Cooperation with Law Enforcement Seminar

08/24/2009 Remarks of Laurie Robinson, Acting Assistant Attorney General at the White House Conference: Gang Violence Prevention and Crime Control – Learning from Successful Partnerships Around the Country

07/16/2009 Acting Assistant Attorney General Robinson Remarks at the Bureau of Justice Assistance National Technical Assisstance and Training Event

2009  |  2008  |  2007  |  2006
TESTIMONY

03/05/2009 Bureau of Justice Assistance Acting Director Burch Before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection

EVENTS

November 2009

  • Financial Management Training Seminar, Dallas, TX, November 4 - 5, 2009
  • Multi-Jurisdictional Training Conference, Green Bay, WI, November 4 - 6, 2009 [Tribal and Non-Tribal agencies are encouraged to attend]
  • American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 4 - 7, 2009
  • Youth Courts U.S.A.: Celebrating Achievements - Envisioning the Future, Lake Buena Vista, FL, November 8 - 11, 2009
  • Can You Predict Lethal Intimate Partner Violence? November 12 at 3:00 p.m. [free on-line webinar, registration required]
  • Performance Measurement Tool (PMT) Training, November 9 (Alexandria, VA) and November 17, 2009 (St. Louis, MO) [free, one-day, in-person training sessions]
  • 6th Annual Conference of the International Bullying Prevention Association, Pittsburgh, PA, November 17 - 18, 2009

    • Spring and Fall 2009 OVC's Training Schedule for Victim Service Providers (Spring and Fall thru November 19, 2009)

    REPORTS & PUBLICATIONS

    2009 Office of Justice Programs Financial Guide

    Fact Sheet: Office of Justice Programs Fiscal Year 2009 Omnibus Appropriations

    Office of Justice Programs Resource Guide FY 2008

    Annual Report to Congress FY 2008

    Annual Report to Congress FY 2007

    Annual Report to Congress FY 2006

    Strategic Plan