tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75648463397715801222024-03-14T14:27:02.247-04:00Notice and CommentA Blog of Members of the Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Section of the American Bar AssociationJonathan Ruschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14119801055711176709noreply@blogger.comBlogger346125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7564846339771580122.post-4921159762952044522015-04-29T09:26:00.000-04:002015-04-29T09:26:30.520-04:00Section Brown Bag: Sex Discrimination at Colleges and Universities<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17161958914055754287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7564846339771580122.post-19776720794282790522015-04-24T16:40:00.000-04:002015-04-24T16:40:33.077-04:00Section Mix and Mingle<img alt="Institute Banner" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEhUBQUT8poZxqIBev4aW85molgIECoZFtwqAM30R68UcP0HJWDnwCag76NXtxd5hAgIfgJp595TtK2QKwfxWL-ZMB91pMrFHEmYsN3PWdlwjZNyCGwZR0BnDWWHV4iRVDOCO3fo6vgFv-shWRVFHJt60EQ0m7BM_7Qn9jBjSaHtARdTQkr03GzxzSQWCyzQSfa_ol0c2AS21Cw0_WGIs8uy0wxyapuiS4kt78XQNfNEVM2bNH7FkzA8CB37LI0vp5NDGOwQeEzbVywb_fo=s0-d-e1-ft" style="min-height: 167px; width: 703px;" /> <br />
<span style="font-size: large;">You are cordially invinted to join the Section for the Spring Member Mix & Mingle Event at the 11th Annual Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice Institute on Thursday, April 30, 2015 from 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 2nd Floor, Room 202AB in the buliding closest to Mt. Vernon Square (on the Yellow/Green Lines at the Mt. Vernon Square/7th Street - Convention Center Station). Appetizers, beer, wine & soft drinks are provided. Attendance is complimentary for Section members. The event will honor the <i>Administrative Law Review</i> for the launch of an interactive discussion series, "ALR ACCORDing to...," which features a filmed interview of an ALR author discussing a current work. Please RSVP to anne.kiefer@americanbar.org if you plan to attend. For more information on the Institute view the online brochure <i><b><a href="http://shop.americanbar.org/PersonifyImages/ProductFiles/187105729/brochure_adlaw_institute_2015.pdf">here</a></b></i>. Hope to see you there! </span><br />
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SSN have two options (both of which currently require hard copies of suppo</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">rting documentary
evidence).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They can fill out Form SS-5
and either mail or hand-deliver it to their local field office or a Social
Security Card Center.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Alternatively, the
applicant can visit a SSA office and ask a representative to file, on his or
her behalf, an application through the electronic Social Security Number
Application Process.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, the
paper-based application process is too time-consuming for the large number of
applications that the SSA receives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As
seen in 2013, millions of applications are filed, and it takes about 14 minutes
to process each one.</span></div>
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with the assistance of recent technological advances, the SSA is developing an
online application for certain eligible individuals, such as adult U.S.
citizens whose records do not need any changes in name, birth date, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Users of the online application would need to
register through the my Social Security portal and possess both a U.S. mailing
address and a valid U.S. state-issued driver's license or U.S. state-issued ID.</span></div>
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SSA says that this new option will allow it “to provide expanded service
options that meet the varied needs of the public in a cost-efficient and
environmentally responsible way.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
online application would streamline the process of obtaining a replacement SSN
for both applicants and the SSA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Applicants would not need to mail the application or visit a SSA office,
and SSA would be able to process applications more quickly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nevertheless, the SSA emphasizes that this
new option will not compromise the security and integrity of the application
process.</span></div>
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from discussing the forthcoming electronic SSN application in its proposed
rule, the SSA also mentions four other changes with respect to applying for a SSN.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First, because of the new online option, the
SSA would like to remove from 20 CFR 422.103 and 422.110 the requirement that
applicants for a replacement SSN card “must file an application at any Social Security
office.”</span></div>
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because the electronic application will not require applicants to complete a
Form SS-5, the SSA plans to delete references to this paper form and, where
necessary, replace them with the term, “prescribed application.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will refer to either a paper-based or
electronic application.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Third, in order
to establish eligibility and identity when someone applies for an original or
replacement SSN card, 20 CFR 422.107 states that he or she must provide
“documentary” evidence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The SSA proposes
to eliminate this identifier so that applicants may submit other types of
evidence.</span></div>
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in 2003, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security replaced the Immigration and
Naturalization Service, which was divided into Customs and Border Protection,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Accordingly, in section
422.107(e)(1), the SSA plans to replace references to “Immigration and
Naturalization Service” with “Department of Homeland Security.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Comments on this proposed rule are due on </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">April 27,
2015.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">nterested
parties are invited to submit comments by any of the following methods:</span></div>
<br />
<ul>
<li><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Submitting
comments electronically on the Federal eRulemaking Portal:
http://www.regulations.gov</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Faxing
comments to (410) 966-2830</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Mail
your comments to the Office of Regulations and Reports Clearance, Social
Security Administration, 3100 West High Rise Building, 6401 Security Boulevard,
Baltimore, Maryland 21235-6401</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></li>
</ul>
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SSA cautions commenters not to include any personal information, such as Social
Security numbers or medical information.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">All comments should include </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Docket No.
SSA-2014-0042.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17161958914055754287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7564846339771580122.post-76708962114991383562015-03-30T13:30:00.000-04:002015-03-30T13:30:01.573-04:00Meet Renée Landers, Law Professor and Section Vice Chair<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Professor at Suffolk University Law School and Vice Chair for the ABA Section
of Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Below, Prof. Landers shares her diverse
experiences with administrative law and insights for practitioners and students
alike.</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">1.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What led you to a career in law?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How did you become interested in studying and
teaching administrative law?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Except
for three years when my father was stationed in Germany with the U.S. Army, and
my family lived there, I grew up in Springfield, Illinois.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our house was eight blocks from Abraham
Lincoln’s home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a result, Lincoln’s
story and his legal career always held my interest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, as Springfield is the state
capital, the process of lawmaking and politics was an everyday feature of
life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was hooked at an early age.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Law school seemed like a natural ambition for
someone with these interests.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">In
college, I studied government, and then took a position in the State Bookstore
Division of the Office of the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That Division, along with the Rules and
Regulations Division, published and sold copies of Massachusetts regulations
and other publications.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone came
into the Bookstore—plumbers, nurses, electricians, doctors moving into the
state, aestheticians, architects, funeral directors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After the Bookstore, I served as the Chief
Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Commonwealth, then in two
different Deputy Secretary positions—the Public Records Bureau, which
administers the Massachusetts public records law, and the Corporations Bureau,
which manages corporate filings and securities regulation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the material I studied on public
administration in college started to make sense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, after five years in that office, when I
finally went to law school, I wanted to build on what I already had learned
about the administrative process.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Administrative
Law is the perfect field for someone interested in the political process,
government, and law.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">2.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What experiences with administrative or
regulatory law have you had?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">After
law school, I clerked for the then Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme
Judicial Court and the docket certainly included review of administrative agency
decisions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I joined a firm with a
substantial health law practice, which involves a great deal of administrative
law relating to state regulatory issues, as well as matters concerning the
Medicare and Medicaid programs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even as
a summer associate with the firm, I had worked on briefing for an appeal of a
major determination of need matter before a state agency.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Subsequently, I left private practice to
teach at Boston College Law School and taught administrative law, health law,
and constitutional law, which remain in my teaching portfolio today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After teaching at BCLS for a few years, I
worked in the Clinton Administration, first in the Office of Policy Development
in the U.S. Department of Justice, and then as Deputy General Counsel of the
Department of Health and Human Services.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Both positions involved dealing with a wide variety of administrative
law and policy issues.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While at HHS, I
was involved in some early work that led to the development of the HIPAA Health
Information Privacy regulations and that became a major area of focus for
private practitioners and their clients after the rules were promulgated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After leaving the government, I returned to
my former firm, and rejoined the health law practice. </span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As someone who has worked in both the public
and private sectors, do you have any advice for attorneys looking to transition
between the two areas?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is there a
different skill or mindset that attorneys need to bring to or develop for
government work that may not be as crucial in a more traditional litigation
practice and vice versa? </span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">I
have tremendous admiration for career government lawyers who are able to adapt
to changing administrations and shifting priorities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The ability to serve the institutional
interests of the government through changing administrations is a temperamental
attribute that serves the public well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In some ways, this ability to adapt is similar to the skill that the
lawyer in private practice needs to have in understanding the goals and
motivations of different clients.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Working
as a government lawyer offers the potential to work on high-profile issues and
the privilege to have a concern for doing the right thing, not just present facts
or issues in the light most favorable to a client.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The goal of the prosecutor is not to win, but
to seek justice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The goal of other
government lawyers is to try to shape policy and law in a manner faithful to
congressional intent and to the benefit of the public.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Institutional interests and political concerns
do sometimes weigh heavily in the decisionmaking calculus, but the larger
values are always present.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I worked
in the government, I was cognizant that on any given day, there might be an
issue or a direction that I could not support or rationalize, leaving
resignation as the only responsible course of action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Happily,
the occasions giving rise to such tensions are few, but every lawyer has boundaries
he or she will not cross.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In private
practice, lawyers sometimes must navigate situations in which clients act in
ways that make it more difficult for attorneys to represent them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In both government and private practice,
these situations are difficult.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">From
what I have said, it is probably clear that I think that the “client” is a
different concept for the government lawyer than for the lawyer in private
practice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think the concept of
“zealous advocacy” should be interpreted differently for the government lawyer
than for the lawyer in private practice. </span></div>
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am also reminded of process constraints every year when I teach the material on
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ex parte communications</i> and bias and
prejudgment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These materials teach the
public sector lawyer and the lawyer in private practice always to ask the
question about how the person on the other end of the communication may
perceive it before picking up the phone to make a call or meeting with a
decisionmaker.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For law students or new attorneys
considering a career in administrative law, what do you think would be a good
way of familiarizing themselves with the field?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">I
think that this is where I am supposed to say that joining the Section of
Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice is the best way to become immersed
in many of the central issues in the field! The substantive projects and
programs of the Section offer great learning opportunities and the ability to
connect with leading practitioners and academics in the field.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These people can be tremendous resources for
lawyers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On a related point, reading the
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Administrative Law & Regulatory News</i>
is a way to stay current.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Law
students really should take a course in administrative law.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To paraphrase the slogan on the Section’s tee
shirts, every field of law involves administrative law to some extent, so have
the overview is really important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
business sections of the leading national newspapers—and sometimes the front
page—also are excellent sources of information about important state and
federal administrative actions affecting particular industries or sectors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What advice might you give to lawyers or
law students interested in being more involved with the Section?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps you could explain how and why you
became involved with the ABA and this Section.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Tom
Susman, who is now the ABA’s Director of Government Affairs, was a partner in
the law firm with which I practiced and he had been involved in the
Section.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He put my name forward to the
nominating committee for a position on the Council after I left the government
and that was the beginning of my involvement with the Section.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The meetings and programs are really
interesting and thought-provoking, and are useful in teaching administrative
law.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also, I enjoy the people
immensely—they are smart, creative, and welcoming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Section provides <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">colleagues</i> in the field across the political spectrum and across
the various substantive administrative law fields.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Section involvement also offers the
opportunity to have a role in the debate on policy issues in administrative
law.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Section is a well-respected
source for information and commentary on developments in administrative law,
and it is a privilege to be part of the Section’s policy-making process.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Outside of the law, what are your
favorite activities or hobbies?</span></div>
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my son went off to college two years ago, I spent a lot of time driving and
attending sporting and performance events in which he was involved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As he attends college near home, I still
attend a lot of concerts in which he is involved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is fun, not a parental duty!</span></div>
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library advisory committee, an advisory board for a public policy center, and
advisory board for an institute for advanced study, the boards for the Big
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mind and body to a different realm of discipline and, one hopes, beauty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do like going to museums and traveling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Section does provide the chance to travel
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of the events. I have entered almost every year since 2001. I have
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contest the last two years. Also, I bake triple berry pies for the
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) and the
Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) jointly seek <a href="http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=FDA-2014-N-0595-0001">comment</a>
on the substance and structure of their updated advice regarding the safety of
eating fish.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">draft update will
include “both advice and supplemental questions and answers for those who want
to understand the advice in greater detail.”</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In 2004, the FDA and EPA </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">released a document named,
“What You Need to Know About Mercury in Fish and Shellfish,” to assist the
public in reaping the health benefits of eating fish, while reducing mercury
exposure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fish (which includes both fish
and shellfish) contain protein, omega-3 fatty acids, and many micronutrients,
and are low in saturated fat, but they also contain methylmercury, a form of
mercury that can harm the central nervous system and the developing brain of
fetuses.</span></div>
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FDA and EPA now propose to update this 2004 advice in order to align it with
the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The FDA drafted its assessment in 2009 and recently modified it after
receiving comments and advice from peer reviewers, the public, and federal
agencies, including the EPA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although
these recommendations are directed toward a target audience of women who are
pregnant, may become pregnant, or are breastfeeding, this information is intended
for the public at large as well.</span></div>
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updated advice from FDA and EPA includes the following four recommendations for
the target audience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First, these women
should consume at least 8 and up to 12 ounces (2 or 3 servings) per week “of a
variety of fish lower in mercury within their calorie needs.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Second, they should avoid tilefish from the
Gulf of Mexico, shark, swordfish, and king mackerel because these four fish
contain the highest mercury concentrations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Third, they should eat no more than 6 ounces of white (albacore) tuna
per week.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Fourth,
as the 2004 FDA guidelines advised, those who eat local fish caught by family
and friends should follow “locally posted fish advisories regarding safe
catch.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although the amount of mercury
in local waters is unknown, the levels tend to be higher in local fish than in
commercially available fish.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the
absence of such advisories, consumers of locally caught fish should eat no more
than 6 ounces per week and refrain from consuming any other fish in the same
week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, given the continued
development of their nervous systems, the FDA and EPA recommend that children
eat less fish than adult women.</span></div>
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the FDA and EPA wish to solicit comments regarding ways to change the </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">substance and structure of their updated advice </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">in order to make
the recommendations “both understandable and influential.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The agencies also invite comment regarding whether
to add orange roughy and marlin to the list of fish that both young children
and the target audience of women who are pregnant, may become pregnant, or are
breastfeeding should avoid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These two
fish contain less mercury than the aforementioned four fish that the target
audience should avoid, but orange roughy and marlin contain more mercury than
“nearly all other commercial fish” and “can be unusually low in omega-3 fatty
acids.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thus, their benefits do not
outweigh the costs.</span></div>
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which to base advice on young children's fish consumption. There have been a
number of studies that have examined the effects of both postnatal exposure to
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17161958914055754287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7564846339771580122.post-66817374065320195602015-03-02T10:52:00.000-05:002015-03-04T09:07:46.893-05:00Supreme Court Teleconference Series: King v. Burwell<a href="http://nationalpsychologist.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ACA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Problems, perceptions likely to dampen ACA enrollment" border="0" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2684" src="http://nationalpsychologist.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ACA.jpg" height="200" width="156" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">The Section's Supreme Court Teleconference Series continues March 5, 2015 from 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. EST with a discussion on <i>King v. Burwell, </i>a challenge to the Administration's policy on the availability of subsidies through the federal health insurance exchange under the Affordable Care Act. On March 4, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments for the case, which has attracted a significant amount of media attention because of its political and health policy implications. The issues before the Justices turn largely on questions of statutory interpretation and agency discretion, perhaps informed by notions of federalism and the separation of powers. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">The Section's teleforum will discuss the Justices' questions, the parties' arguments, and their likely ramifications. Confirmed panelists include Josh Blackman, assistant professor at the South Texas College of Law, and Simon Lazarus, senior counsel at the Constitutional Accountability Center. Adam White of the Manhattan Institute and Boyden Gray & Associates will moderate the discussion. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
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</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt;"><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/sallenlaw"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Shannon Allen</span></a></span></div>
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</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt;"><a href="http://www.uspto.gov/"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">United States Patent and Trademark Office</span></a></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
(“USPTO”) </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt;"><a href="http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=PTO-P-2014-0043-0001"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">seeks input from
the public</span></a></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> to provide guidance regarding <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">enhancing patent quality.</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The USPTO is making efforts to improve <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">patent operations and procedures</i> to
provide the best work products, to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">enhance</i>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">customer experience</i>, and to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">improve existing quality metrics.</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thus, the USPTO is introducing a </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt;"><a href="http://www.uspto.gov/blog/director/entry/uspto_launches_enhanced_patent_quality"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">comprehensive and enhanced quality initiative</span></i></a></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.</span></i><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This initiative starts with an invitation for
public input on USPTO’s proposals and continues with a </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt;"><a href="http://www.uspto.gov/about-us/news-updates/uspto-host-first-ever-summit-patent-quality"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">two-day “Quality Summit</span></i></a></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">” with
the public </span></i><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">to
discuss the proposals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Through this
interactive and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">long-term partnership
with the public, </i>the USPTO strives to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ensure
the issuance of the best quality patents and provide the best customer service
possible.</i></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A
robust patent system cultivates the innovation that drives economic growth and
the creation of employment opportunities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The promotion of that kind of innovation requires that </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">issued
patents fully comply with . . . statutory requirements</span></i><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"> and, . . . that the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">patent examination process advance quickly, transparently, and
accurately.</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">High quality patents </i>promote<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> certainty and clarity of rights,</i> and
that sparks necessary innovation<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">.</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To this end, the USPTO is launching a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">new, wide-ranging initiative</i> to<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> enhance the quality of patents issued. </i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The purpose of the USPTO’s proposals is to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">stimulate the public's thinking on the
larger topic of patent quality,</i> and to focus the discussion at the<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Quality Summit </i>to a<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> limited number of concrete proposals.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">The USPTO begins this <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">enhanced patent quality initiative,</i> by focusing on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">three aspects of patent quality,</i> called
the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“</i></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt;"><a href="http://www.uspto.gov/blog/director/entry/uspto_launches_enhanced_patent_quality"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">patent quality pillars</span></i></a></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">.”</span></i><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
addition, the USPTO has developed </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt;"><a href="http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=PTO-P-2014-0043-0001"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">six proposals</span></a></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"> for enhanced patent quality within these pillars:</span></div>
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<li><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Pillar One</span></b><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">: Excellence in work products, in the form of
issued patents and Office actions. Focuses on the quality of work products
provided at every stage of the patent process, including both quality of issued
patents and quality of all work products during the filing, examination, and
issuance process.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>USPTO Proposals</u>
- 1) Applicant Requests for Prosecution Review of Selected Applications; 2) Automated
Pre-Examination Search; and 3) Clarity of the Record</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"> </span></b></li>
<li><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Pillar Two</span></b><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">: <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Excellence in measuring patent quality,
including appropriate quality metrics</span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>Focuses on measurement of quality
to evaluate work products and customer interactions. <u>USPTO Proposal</u> - Review
of and Improvements to Quality Metrics</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"> </span></b></li>
<li><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Pillar Three</span></b><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">: Excellence in customer service. Focuses on
quality customer experience, including treating customers promptly, fairly, consistently,
and professionally at all stages of the examination process.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>USPTO Proposal</u> – 1) Review of Current
Compact Prosecution Model and the Effect on Quality and 2) In-Person Interview
Capability with All Examiners</span></li>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
USPTO seeks to improve general aspects of quality, to issue higher quality
patents, and invites feedback regarding the following questions.</span></div>
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<li><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Are there aspects of enhanced quality other
than the three “pillars” previously described that should guide the USPTO's
enhanced quality initiative?</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Are there any new or necessary changes to
existing procedures that the USPTO should consider to improve the efficiency
and effectiveness of the examination process?</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">What should be included at the time of
application filing in order to enhance patent quality?</span></li>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">The </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt;"><a href="http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=PTO-P-2014-0043-0001"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">USPTO welcomes additional public input</span></a></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"> that may lead to the issuance of higher
quality patents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
addition to written comments, interested parties are invited to attend the
two-day Quality Summit on March 25 and 26, 2015 in the Madison Building, USPTO
Headquarters, in Alexandria, Virginia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">The following information should be included
with written comments: (1) the name and affiliation of the individual
responding; and (2) an indication of whether comments offered represent views
of the respondent's organization or are the respondent's personal views.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Written comments must be received on or
before May 6, 2015 and may be submitted by one of the following methods:</span></div>
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<li><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Electronic mail message
to</span></i><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">: [preferred] <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">WorldClassPatentQuality@uspto.gov.</span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"> </span></i></li>
<li><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Postal mail addressed to</span></i><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">: Mail Stop Comments—Patents, Commissioner for
Patents, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450, marked to the
attention of Michael Cygan, Senior Legal Advisor, Office of Patent Legal
Administration, Office of the Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination
Policy.</span>
</li>
</ul>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17161958914055754287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7564846339771580122.post-50272099005630535372015-02-06T06:00:00.000-05:002015-02-06T06:00:03.241-05:00Despite Flurry of New Rulemakings, DOL Continues Retrospective Review<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt;">On February 3, 2015, the <b><a href="http://www.dol.gov/">U.S. Department of Labor</a></b> (DOL) issued a <b><a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2015/02/03/2015-01916/retrospective-review-and-regulatory-flexibility">Request
for Information</a></b> (RFI) on “how the Department can increase the effectiveness
of its significant regulations while minimizing the burden on regulated
entities.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The RFI is a continuation of the
agency’s efforts to comply with President Obama’s <b><a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/memoranda/2011/m11-10.pdf">Executive
Order 13563</a></b>, which requires agencies to review existing regulations to
determine whether they “may be made more effective or less burdensome.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>DOL published an <b><a href="http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-03-21/pdf/2011-6576.pdf">RFI</a></b> on
March 21, 2011 requesting information to help the agency develop the<b> <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/files/documents/2011-regulatory-action-plans/DepartmentofLaborPreliminaryRegulatoryReformPlan.pdf">Preliminary
Plan for Retrospective Analysis of Existing Rules</a></b> it published on
May 20, 2011.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After gathering additional public
input, the agency published its <b><a href="http://www.dol.gov/regulations/EO13563Plan.pdf">Plan for Retrospective
Analysis of Existing Rules</a></b> in August 2011.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt;">DOL seeks comments
from the regulated community, academia and public on how it can “prepare
workers for better jobs, improve workplace safety and health, promote fair and
high-quality work environments, and secure a wide range of benefits for employees
and those who are seeking work, all in ways that are more effective and least
burdensome.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The agency is specifically
requesting information on the following:</span></div>
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<li><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt;">What regulations should be
considered for review or modification?</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt;">What reporting
requirements and information collections can be streamlined?</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt;">What regulatory reforms
may require short-term cost increases, while providing long term savings?</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt;">How should the Department
capture information about changes in firm and market behavior in response to a
regulation?</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt;">What should the agency
review to determine estimated costs and benefits of existing regulations?</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt;">What information would
help better assess the long-term impact of regulatory reforms on important
protections?</span>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt;">Stakeholders have until
February 25, 2015 to submit comments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt;">The RFI comes at a time
when several programs in DOL have embarked on unprecedented regulatory agendas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The agency’s <b><a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaMain?operation=OPERATION_GET_AGENCY_RULE_LIST&currentPub=true&agencyCode=&showStage=active&agencyCd=1200&Image58.x=58&Image58.y=7">Fall
2014 Regulatory Agenda</a></b> has dozens of rules listed that are in the
proposed or final rule stage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The DOL Office
of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), which enforces equal
employment opportunity requirements for federal contractors, alone has five
rulemakings listed, including a <b><a href="http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-01-30/pdf/2015-01422.pdf">proposal</a></b>
to revise the program’s sex discrimination guidelines that is currently open
for public comment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>OFCCP also recently
finalized three rulemakings, two that drastically changed federal contractor
affirmative action and nondiscrimination requirements for <b><a href="http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/vevraa.htm">veterans</a></b> and <b><a href="http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/section503.htm">individuals with
disabilities</a></b> and another prohibiting discrimination based
on <b><a href="http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/LGBT.html">sexual orientation or gender
identity</a></b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt;">Needless to say, while DOL’s
efforts to conduct a retrospective review of existing rules are admirable,
many stakeholders are still trying to determine the impact of the flood of
new regulations and proposals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At a
minimum, DOL should extend the comment period to allow the public to meaningfully
consider the questions the agency presented and provide adequate feedback.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17161958914055754287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7564846339771580122.post-75397344769239123082015-02-02T06:00:00.000-05:002015-02-02T06:00:09.879-05:00Meet William Haeberle, Section Law Student Division Representative<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where do you attend law school and what
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am a second year student at Case Western Reserve University School of Law in
Cleveland, OH and hold a Master’s in Applied Medical Ethics from Arizona State
University. I became interested in law while researching issues in public
health ethics. While doing this research, I confronted the massive overlay of
laws and regulations that affect public health and discovered I was more
interested in studying the macro aspects of public health regulation than I was
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I have had very little experience with administrative law beyond research in
public health. I am however, currently working with the City of East Cleveland,
through a CWRU course, to develop legislation for the regulation of flavored
non-cigarette tobacco products. Additionally, I am hoping to work with one of
the plethora of public health agencies this summer and gain insight and
experience into the regulatory/policy side of this field.</span></div>
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pursuing my Master’s I learned two major points that led me administrative law.
First, that good philosophy doesn’t necessarily make good policy; and second,
that the law’s impact is very much determined by administrative/regulatory
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believe one of the greatest challenges facing administrative lawyers is a lack
of resources necessary for agencies to take on the panoply of important tasks
they’ve been assigned. While administrative agencies’ responsibilities continue
to grow, their budgets are being cut. This lack of resources is especially
troubling in the health care field, where even delays in services can severely
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law is everywhere’ as a practitioner you can’t avoid it. I personally believe Admin
Law should be a required course. Though, this could be personal zeal speaking.
Interested students should remember that administrative agencies work at every
level of government, from local communities to the national level. Students and
new practitioners should look for these opportunities and also the opportunity
to clerk for administrative law judges. </span></div>
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think the Administrative Law Section does a wonderful job facilitating
dialogue. The Section offers law students free admission into the Section and
free attendance at many Section events. Because of geographical limitations of
holding events, one can’t be everywhere at once, so the ability to communicate
through events is somewhat limited. However, the Section also holds
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Administrative Law Section’s motto is “Admin Law, everyone does it.” I think
the truth of this motto should be the basis for outreach to law students. No
matter what area of law one intends to practice there’s likely an
administrative agency the attorney will have to deal with. I’m hoping to help
put together some sort of programming that is easily accessible to law students
– perhaps a webinar – and that introduces the vast array of administrative
bodies and their effect on the practice of law. I think that such an outreach
program would help increase interest in the field to the many law students who
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</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt;"><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/sallenlaw"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Shannon Allen</span></a></span>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt;"><a href="http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">United States Department of Agriculture</span></a></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">’s
(“USDA’s”) </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt;"><a href="http://www.aphis.usda.gov/wps/portal/aphis/home/"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service</span></a></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
(“APHIS”) issued </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt;"><a href="http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0018-0001"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">proposed changes</span></a></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> to
regulations regarding <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">facilities that
receive livestock moved in interstate commerce.</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This proposed rule includes <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">several amendments to the conditions under
which livestock may move to such facilities without official identification. </i>The
goal is to update rules specifically regulating <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">livestock marketing facilities</i> in order to further aid in ensuring <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">animal disease traceability of livestock </i>transported
in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">interstate commerce to such
facilities.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt;"><a href="http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title09/9tab_02.tpl"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9 CFR</span></a></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
subchapter B focuses on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cooperative
State-Federal programs for the control or eradication of disease of livestock</i>;
subchapter C addresses <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">interstate
movement of livestock to prevent the dissemination of disease of livestock in
the United States</i> (“The Regulations”); and part 71 states that the APHIS
can approve a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">livestock facility</i> to
accept livestock transported interstate and facility approval requires the
execution of an agreement with APHIS.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The APHIS believes the agreement in </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt;"><a href="http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/granule/CFR-1998-title9-vol1/CFR-1998-title9-vol1-sec71-20"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">§ 71.20</span></a></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> is antiquated</span></i><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
because it <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">contains provisions that were
necessary when diseases of livestock were more prevalent in the United States.</i>
Thus, APHIS proposes the following changes to the regulations, including, but
not limited to the following (by topic):</span></div>
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<u><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Approved
Livestock Marketing Facilities</span></u><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> - Replacing all
references to “livestock facilities” with “livestock marketing facilities.” The
the term “</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt;"><a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2015/01/02/2014-30752/livestock-marketing-facilities"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">livestock
marketing facility</span></a></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">” describes different facilities (e.g.
stockyards, auction barns, buying stations, etc.).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Livestock<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>marketing facility” helps differentiate such facilities from other
locations (e.g. slaughtering facilities, quarantine lots, feed lots, dairies,
farms, ranches, etc.).</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="left" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;">
<u><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Proposed
Revisions to Part 71</span></u><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> - Requiring all livestock marketing
facilities,<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> regardless of whether they
have sought APHIS approval</i> to allow APHIS to conduct operations in such
facilities in order to detect, control, and eradicate disease of livestock, and
maintain a record of the receipt, distribution, and application of all official
identification devices and USDA-approved backtags at the facility.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The proposal would also remove the
requirement that an <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">accredited
veterinarian</i> be physically present at all times on sale days because it
causes <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">logistical problems . . . at some
facilities.</i></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="left" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;">
<u><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Proposed
Revisions to Part 86</span></u><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> - Clarifying that the exemption “no more than
one” applies <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">only to cattle and bison</i>,
transported interstate from <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">their farm of
origin to an approved livestock marketing facility.</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also, clarifying that the exemption “directly
to an approved livestock marketing facility” applies only to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">cattle and bison moved interstate from their
farm of origin to an approved livestock marketing facility</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If cattle or bison commingle with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">animals from different premises,</i> there
will be a greater risk of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">disease
introduction</i> and spread of disease of livestock.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<u><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Application
of </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt;"><a href="http://www.aphis.usda.gov/traceability/downloads/ADT_standards.pdf"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">USDA-Approved
Backtags</span></a></span></u><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> - Requesting public comment regarding
specifying a location for backtags.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">APHIS
asserts this proposed rule will not cause any significant economic impact on a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">substantial number of small entities</i>
pursuant to the Regulatory Flexibility Act<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">.
</i>However, without current data required for a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">comprehensive analysis of the effects of this proposed rule on small
entities,</i> APHIS seeks comment on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">potential
effects.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>Specifically, APHIS seeks
input on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">determining the number and kind
of small entities that may incur benefits or costs from the implementation of
this proposed rule.</i></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="left" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Interested
parties are invited to submit comments on or before March 3, 2015, by either of
the following methods:</span></div>
<br />
<ul>
<li><i><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Online</span></i><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">: Federal eRulemaking Portal:</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
Go to </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt;"><a href="http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0018"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0018</span></a></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">; </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">OR</span><i><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By
Mail</span></i><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> (Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery):</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
Send your comment to Docket No. APHIS-2014-0018, Regulatory Analysis and
Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale,
MD 20737-1238.</span>
</li>
</ul>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”) seeks comment
on a <a href="http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=VA-2014-VHA-0024-0001"><span style="color: #2e2468;">proposed rule</span></a> regarding service animals on VA
grounds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At present, VA facility heads
or designees have the discretion to approve or bar the presence of service
animals on VA property.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In contrast,
federal law, specifically the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), more
broadly permits guide dogs and other service animals when they accompany
individuals with disabilities on federal government property.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">As the proposed rule mentions, </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Though the ADA and
the regulations implementing the ADA do not apply to agencies of the executive
branch such as VA, VA is not prevented from adopting standards similar to those
in the ADA when appropriate and applicable.”</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The proposed rule would make VA regulations
more consistent with the applicable federal law and </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">would </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">establish
nationally applicable criteria regarding the presence of service animals on VA
property.”</span></div>
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VA agrees with the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) in limiting the category of
service animals to dogs that “are individually trained to do work and perform
tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pursuant to the ADA, the DOJ has asserted
that only these dogs “should be defined as a ‘service animal’ for consistent
admittance to and presence in a variety of public settings.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The VA excludes dogs in training to do
service work from this category.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Furthermore,
dogs without formal training that provide emotional support or companionship will
not be permitted on VA property because “the mere presence of a dog that is not
trained to perform work or tasks is not required by individuals in the context
of public accommodations.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
service dogs “trained to mitigate the effects of mental health disabilities”
will be permitted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All of these restrictions
regarding the classification of service animals “will provide greater
predictability regarding the presence of animals on VA property and facilities,
and will reduce risks to the health and safety of those on VA property.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Although
service animals will be allowed on VA property, the proposed rule asserts that
they will not be permitted in certain areas and that these restrictions are
consistent with both the ADA and VA limitations on the public.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The VA states that it would limit “the right
of service animal access” in accordance with standards for patient care,
patient safety, and infection control, “just as we restrict the right of
members of the public.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For instance,
with respect to VA property under the control of the Veterans Health
Administration, service animals will not be permitted in areas such as
operating rooms and surgical suites, acute inpatient hospital settings, and
food preparation areas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With regard to
VA property under the control of the National Cemetery Administration, service
animals will not be allowed in open interment areas, construction sites, and
grounds keeping and storage facilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Where the public may not go, service animals may not go.</span></div>
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VA reserves the right to remove any service animal that, based on objective
indications from an individualized assessment, “poses a risk to the health or
safety of people or other service animals.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In keeping with the ADA, if a service animal
were not permitted on VA property, VA “would give the individual with a
disability the opportunity to obtain services without having the service animal
on VA property.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Comments are due on </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">January 20, 2015.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">nterested parties are invited to submit comments by any
of the following methods:</span></div>
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<ul>
<li><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Federal
eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov;</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Mail or Hand Delivery: Director, Regulation Policy and
Management (02REG), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Ave. NW., Room
1068, Washington, DC 20420</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">; or</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Fax: <a href="tel:(202)%20273-9026" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="2">(202) 273-9026</a>.</span></li>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">All comments should indicate that they are submitted in
response to “RIN 2900-AO39-Animals on VA Property.”</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17161958914055754287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7564846339771580122.post-28941245596882088422015-01-05T09:30:00.000-05:002015-01-07T11:53:02.736-05:00Profile on William Jay: Rising Star in Appellate Advocacy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size: 13pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><i><a href="http://www.goodwinprocter.com/People/J/Jay-William.aspx">William Jay</a></i></b></span></span></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">, a partner at <b><i><a href="http://www.goodwinprocter.com/">Goodwin Procter LLP</a></i></b>, </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">was recently a featured
speaker in the Section’s Supreme Court Series Teleconference entitled <i>Perez v. Mortgage Bankers Association: The
Supreme Court Considers the Limits on Notice-and-Comment Rulemaking
Requirements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notice and Comment</i> had the opportunity to
sit down with the </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size: 13pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><i><a href="http://www.law360.com/articles/528211/rising-star-goodwin-procter-s-william-jay">Law360 2014 Rising Star</a></i></b></span></span></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> and hear about his
diverse career and advice for aspiring administrative lawyers<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">.</i><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Growing up on a horse and
cattle farm, Jay did not always plan to pursue a legal career.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He became interested in the law while
attending Harvard College, where he had the opportunity to intern for a local
member of Congress and the Chief Counsel of the Senate Republican Policy
Committee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His experience working for
the committee ultimately led him to apply to Harvard Law School.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jay began his legal
career as a law clerk for Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain of the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was an
invaluable experience in light of the variety of cases that clerks can work on,
ranging from criminal matters to contract interpretation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“I would recommend clerking to anyone who is
interested in litigation because it gives you a perspective on how judges think
and review legal issues,” he noted. Jay also had the opportunity to serve as a
law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, an experience he described
as unlike any other job a young lawyer can have.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although the Justices do a lot of their own
work, it was an amazing opportunity just to be a “fly on the wall,” and an experience
that would greatly inform his appellate litigation practice.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">After clerking for
Justice Scalia, Jay returned to the law firm of </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size: 13pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><i><a href="http://www.gibsondunn.com/default.aspx">Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP</a></i></b></span></span></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> where he worked for a total of four years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While at Gibson Dunn, he was a litigation
associate with the firm’s Appellate and Constitutional Law practice group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also worked on administrative law matters,
ranging from an APA challenge to a Transportation Department rulemaking to advising
clients on compliance with campaign finance regulations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The firm is known for its high profile
appellate practice, but Jay was drawn to the opportunity to work with great
people and mentors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Even though he was very
happy at Gibson Dunn, Jay’s career took another interesting turn when the </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size: 13pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><i><a href="http://www.justice.gov/osg">Office of the Solicitor General</a></i></b></span></span></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> at the </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><b><i><a href="http://www.justice.gov/">U.S. Department of Justice</a></i></b></span></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> posted several vacancies
in 2007.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Solicitor General’s office
represents federal agencies before the Supreme Court and also supervises the
government’s appellate litigation and defense of federal statutes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was only the second time in the previous
three years the office was hiring, so Jay felt he would regret not pursuing
such a rare opportunity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To his surprise
he was hired to serve as an Assistant to the Solicitor General. In his nearly
five years in the Solicitor General’s office, he argued 11 Supreme Court cases,
wrote 20 Supreme Court merits briefs, worked on approximately 150 briefs in
opposition to certiorari, argued cases in Courts of Appeals, and participated
in other aspects of litigation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jay’s variety of
experience greatly informs his current role as Co-Chair of Goodwin Procter’s
Appellate Litigation group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He represents
clients in Supreme Court cases like <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Perez
v. Mortgage Bankers Association </i>(in which he co-authored a <b><i><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCQQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.americanbar.org%2Fcontent%2Fdam%2Faba%2Fpublications%2Fsupreme_court_preview%2FBriefsV4%2F13-1041-13-1052_resp_amcu_nma.pdf&ei=i5uqVNeqAYKbgwSzgoSgBw&usg=AFQjCNFOPihZG7b5FapP9PQesGvtyjc3aQ&sig2=805-EW0TKHBq9HNP4xpTmg">brief</a></i></b> </span></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">for the National Mining
Association); briefs and argues cases in appellate courts around the country; <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and handles a number of trial court matters,
including administrative law cases for both plaintiffs and
defendant-intervenors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jay noted that he
enjoys working on a mix of appellate and trial-court cases, and that it is
important to understand how trial courts operate when handling appellate
matters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gaining that understanding is difficult
to do if you haven’t experienced motion practice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jay recommended aspiring
administrative lawyers consider diversifying their careers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the rulemaking context, he said, “whether
you are writing rules for an agency or comments for a client, it’s important to
fully understand the opposing side’s perspective.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In order for an attorney to draft useful
comments on an agency proposal, he stated, it helps to experience what it’s
like for agency staff to read comments and write rules.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also noted that it helps to know how
businesses think if you are drafting regulations for an agency.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He offered a word of caution, however, noting
that even recognized experts in a field cannot anticipate every possible
scenario during a rulemaking, so even seemingly clear rules will end up needing
interpretation as they are applied to unanticipated facts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What clients need most in that situation is
not just experts in the subject matter, but counsel with good judgment.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<a href="http://web.law.umich.edu/LawPhotos/Unrestricted/image_facbio.ashx?PhotoID=nmendel" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Professor" border="0" height="133" src="http://web.law.umich.edu/LawPhotos/Unrestricted/image_facbio.ashx?PhotoID=nmendel" width="100" /></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">by Nina Hart</span></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Meet Nina
Mendelson, the Joseph L. Sax Collegiate Professor of Law at the University of
</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Michigan Law School.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Below, Prof.
Mendelson discusses her diverse experiences with administrative law, and shares
her thoughts about challenges facing both attorneys and agencies.</span></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">1. What led you to a
career in law?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How did you become
interested in studying and teaching administrative law?</span></b></div>
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high school, I had thought about law.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
was impressed by civil rights lawyers and, closer to home, a grandfather who
was known for criminal defense work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
was drawn to the idea of seeking, with integrity, justice and fair treatment
for individuals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, in college, where
I studied political science, history, and economics, I became intrigued by
another side of the law.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is in the
design and application of legal rules that we realize our ideas of how a good
society should function.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That sealed
it; I was headed to law school.</span></div>
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law is another story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At Yale Law School,
I was very lucky to have the opportunity to study administrative law with
Professor Jerry Mashaw, a true giant of the field.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I did not fully appreciate the field’s
importance until I spent a few years in government, at the Department of
Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division, prior to entering
teaching.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I worked on a variety of
environmental issues in a small policy and special litigation section.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There I was privileged both to work with many
talented individuals and to get an inside view of agency function and the
dynamics among executive branch agencies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I continue to emphasize to my students just how much of modern
governance takes place in agencies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is
accordingly critical to understand the processes by which the administrative
state creates law and policy and the legal framework that constrains it.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">2. What experiences
with administrative or regulatory law have you had?</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Besides my past environmental
law practice, both at Justice and at a large private firm, as well as occasional
pro bono work here in Michigan, I have been fortunate to serve on the Section’s
Council and to serve as a public member of the Administrative Conference of the
United States.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also serve as a
research fellow for a think tank, the Center for Progressive Reform.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Spending time in all these institutions has
given me wonderful opportunities to learn from others and to consider what is
working and what might be reformed in the administrative state.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Finally, in my over 15 years of teaching
administrative law here at Michigan, I have enjoyed discussing administrative
law issues with my students, and I always appreciate hearing their fresh
perspectives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">3. As someone who has
written extensively about the federal agencies, what do you think is the greatest
challenge facing agencies and advocates involved in assessing or creating
regulations?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are there any “best
practices” that attorneys involved in the process should follow?</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">It’s hard to pick
one single “greatest challenge,” but there are two issues involving the general
public and regulation that I think deserve more sustained attention.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One is what to do with the thousands and
thousands of rulemaking comments that ordinary citizens are filing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is happening more frequently because
e-rulemaking makes comments easier to file.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Moreover, this Administration has taken a strong stance in favor of
transparency and public engagement, beyond simply voting in elections.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Comments numbered in the millions for the
FCC’s net neutrality rulemaking this past summer, and they often are in the
hundreds of thousands for important rules from EPA and other agencies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As others have pointed out, these comments
often amount to an expression of preference, rather than directly engaging the
regulatory issues in detail, and they surely range in quality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But agencies’ failure even to acknowledge
them may increase already significant levels of public cynicism about ordinary
citizens’ role in government.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The other issue
concerns public access to agency rules.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Federal agencies have elected to use thousands of privately written
standards in lieu of drafting their own rules on issues ranging from oil
pipeline operation and product safety to occupational safety.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These rules cannot be readily accessed in
either the Federal Register or the Code of Federal Regulations, as with the
rest of agency rules.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are often
referred to as “incorporated by reference” or “IBR” rules, a reference to
agency practice in referencing the rules as binding in the CFR without
including their text.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They’re reliably
publicly available only by physically visiting the Office of the Federal
Register.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Otherwise, individuals must
obtain the rule from the private drafting organization, often for quite a
significant fee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Meanwhile, pipeline
neighbors, consumers, and employees are typically less able to afford these
standards than many companies who must comply with them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Section has taken a position on this
issue that Jamie Conrad, Professor Peter Strauss, and I helped draft.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The United States has a long tradition of
high levels of public access to the law’s text, and the discussion over public
access to IBR rules has yet to properly engage the public’s interest in being
able to read them.</span></div>
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worked in both the public and private sectors, do you have any advice for
attorneys looking to transition between the two areas?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is there a different skill or mindset that
attorneys need to bring to or develop for government work that may not be as
crucial in a more traditional litigation practice and vice versa? </span></b></div>
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don’t think the skill set required is any different.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whether an attorney is working in government
or in the private sector, he or she must be prepared to employ meticulous
research and analysis and innovative thinking, along with integrity in the use
of sources and the representation of clients.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Of course, a client’s concerns and needs may be different in the two
settings, but in both cases, attorneys should be prepared to do their work to
the highest standards.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Attorneys must
also be able to consider legal issues both at the narrowest level of what the
law, today, requires, and at the broader level of how the law functions and the
policies it serves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">5. For law students or
new attorneys considering a career in administrative law, what do you think
would be a good way of familiarizing themselves with the field?</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Of
course, students should take Administrative Law!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Beyond that, students and new lawyers might
explore the issues of the field in the context of a specific area of interest,
whether it is immigration, environmental law, benefits programs, or consumer
safety.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The importance of administrative
law principles can be easier to appreciate by seeing how they impact people and
institutions in a particular substantive area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A federal agency internship also would provide an excellent chance to
explore administrative law issues.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All
this would give someone a great start.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
would also particularly recommend that new lawyers and students attend the
Section’s fall and spring administrative law conferences.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are a great way to learn about
cutting-edge administrative law issues.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Finally, I would say that even for those of us who have long been in the
field, new issues are constantly arising, so we are never done becoming
“familiar” with administrative law.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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so there’s usually a lacrosse game, cross country meet, or band concert to
enjoy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When possible, I also like to be
in the beautiful outdoors hiking or canoeing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt;"><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/sallenlaw"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Shannon Allen</span></a></span>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt;"><a href="http://www.nsf.gov/"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The National
Science Foundation</span></a></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> (“NSF”) seeks input on the </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt;"><a href="http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=NSF_FRDOC_0001-1412"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">proposed
collection of information</span></a></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> for a “</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt;"><a href="http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf13038"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Large Facilities
Manual</span></a></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
NSF intends to administer this information collection for a period of three
years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The NSF’s mission and purpose is </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">“To
promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity,
and welfare; to secure the national defense. . . .” </span></i><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">(</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt;"><a href="https://www.nsf.gov/about/history/legislation.pdf"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">The National Science Foundation Act of 1950</span></a></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"> (Pub. L. 81-507) (“The Act”)).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Act directs and permits the NSF to start
and maintain: basic scientific research and research fundamental to the
engineering process; programs to strengthen scientific and engineering research
potential; science and engineering education programs at all levels and in all
the various fields of science and engineering; programs that provide a source
of information for policy formulation; and other activities to promote these
ends.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
NSF provides the academic community with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“</i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">advanced
instrumentation needed to conduct state-of-the-art research and to educate the
next generation of scientists, engineers and technical workers.”</span></i><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
NSF ensures that these communities have <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“access
to these resources, and to provide the support needed to utilize them
optimally, and implement timely upgrades.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></i></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">One of NSF’s major responsibilities is to support facilities
which are an essential part of the science and engineering enterprise. Facilities
are </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">defined as shared-use infrastructure, instrumentation and
equipment that are accessible to a broad community of researchers and/or
educators. </span></i><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The NSF awards <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“</i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">universities,
consortia of universities or non-profit organizations”</span></i><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"> to construct, manage, and operate facilities
and NSF oversees this development management and performance.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">The Large Facilities Manual is intended to: provide
step-by-step guidance for NSF staff and awardees to carry out effective project
planning, management and oversight of large facilities while considering the
varying requirements of a diverse portfolio; clearly state the policies,
processes and procedures pertinent at each stage of a facility's life cycle
from development through construction, operations, and termination; and document
and disseminate “best practices” identified over time so that NSF and awardees
can carry out their responsibilities more effectively.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
proposed collection of information will include the </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">submission of proposals
and subsequent project documentation . . . related to the development,
construction and operations of Large Facilities.</span></i><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
NSF will balance its <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">oversight on
facilities development and construction</i> against <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">monitoring its information collection</i> in order to address <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">reporting burdens.</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The NSF invites the public to specifically
comment on:</span></div>
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<li><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">whether the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency,
including whether the information shall have practical utility;</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of information;</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information on respondents, including through the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ways to minimize the burden of the collection
of information on respondents, including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.</span>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Interested parties should submit written
comments by January 6, 2015, addressed to: </span></div>
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<li><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Suzanne Plimpton, Reports Clearance Officer, National
Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Rm. 1265, Arlington, VA 22230, OR</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">by email to: <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">splimpto@nsf.gov.</span></span>
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</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt;"><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/sallenlaw"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Shannon Allen</span></a></span>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt;"><a href="http://www.doleta.gov/"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Employment and
Training Administration</span></a></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> (“ETA”) of the </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt;"><a href="http://www.dol.gov/"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">U.S. Department of
Labor</span></a></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> (“Department”), </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt;"><a href="http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=ETA-2014-0004-0003"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">proposed a controversial
new rule</span></a></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> for the </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt;"><a href="http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/unemployment-insurance/"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Program</span></a></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The purpose
of the propo</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">sed regulation (§ 620.1) is to implement section 303(l)(A)(ii), </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt;"><a href="http://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/ssact/ssact-toc.htm"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Social Security Act</span></a></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
(“SSA”), <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">permitting the drug testing of
Unemployment Compensation</i> (“UC”) <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">applicants
for the use of controlled substances where suitable work</i> (as defined under
the State's UC law) <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">is only available in
an occupation for which drug testing is regularly conducted</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">These
proposed rules would implement the </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt;"><a href="http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-112publ96/pdf/PLAW-112publ96.pdf"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Middle Class Tax
Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012</span></a></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> (“the Act”)
amendments to the SSA and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">allow States to
enact legislation</i> that would permit State Unemployment Insurance (“UI”)
agencies to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">conduct drug testing on UC
applicants</i> for whom suitable work is <i>only</i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> available in an occupation that regularly conducts drug testing</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Under these situations, States <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">may deny UC to an applicant who tests
positive for drug use.</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These two explicit
situations are:</span></div>
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<li><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Where
the applicant was terminated from employment with the applicant's most recent
employer because of the unlawful use of a controlled substance. (Section
303(l)(1)(A)(i), SSA.); or</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Where
the only available suitable work for an individual is in an occupation that
regularly conducts drug testing. </span>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For
State UI program purposes, the Department’s Notice of proposed rulemaking
(“NPRM”) seeks to define and regulate occupations that <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">regularly conduct drug testing</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
Department asserts that the proposed regulations: will impact a very limited
number of applicants for unemployment compensation benefits; do not have a
substantial direct effect on the States or the relationship between the
National Government and the States because drug testing authorized by the
regulation is voluntary on the part of the State, not required; and do not
adversely impact family well-being as discussed under section 654 of the </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt;"><a href="http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GPO-CDOC-105sdoc37/pdf/GPO-CDOC-105sdoc37-1-7-23.pdf"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Treasury and
General Government Appropriations Act of 1999</span></a></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
Department seeks comment on the proposed regulations and specifically
encourages comments on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">methods to refresh
the list of occupations that regularly drug test</i>. </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Comments must be submitted in writing on or
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parties may submit comments, identified by Regulatory Information Number (RIN)
1205-AB63, by only one of the following methods:</span></div>
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comments, disk, and CD-ROM submissions may be mailed to Adele Gagliardi,
Administrator, Office of Policy Development and Research, U.S. Department of
Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Room N-5641, Washington, DC 20210.</span>
</li>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) seeks <i><b><a href="http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOJ-CRT-2014-0004-0001"><span style="color: #2e2468;">comment</span></a></b></i> on a notice of proposed rulemaking
(NPRM) to amend T</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">itle III of the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA”) with respect to </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">the
exhibition of </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">movies with closed captioning
and audio description.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First, this
regulation would explicitly </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">require </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">theaters to exhibit such movies “at all times and
for all showings” whenever a version with these features has been
produced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Second, the regulation would
require theaters to “have a certain number of individual closed captioning and
audio description devices” available for people with hearing or vision
limitations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The DOJ is considering a
six-month compliance date for digital movie screens and a four-year compliance
date for analog (film) movie screens.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Title III of the ADA guarantees
effective communication for persons with disabilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Covered entities, such as movie theaters, must
take “such steps as may be necessary to ensure that no individual with a
disability is excluded, denied services, segregated or otherwise treated
differently…because of the absence of auxiliary aids and services,” unless
these entities demonstrate a fundamental alteration or undue burden. 42 U.S.C.
12182(b)(2)(A)(iii).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Under the ADA, this
obligation should be met across the United States, but although a large number
of motion pictures from the major domestic movie studios include closed
captioning and audio description, in some jurisdictions these versions are not
made available.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The DOJ has observed that
people who are deaf or hard of hearing or blind or have low vision accordingly
“still cannot fully take part in movie-going outings with family or friends”
and are deprived “of the opportunity to meaningfully participate in an
important aspect of American culture.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Moreover,
Americans with limited hearing or vision “represent an ever-increasing
proportion of the population.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Given the
current shift from analog to digital cinema systems, showing movies with closed
captioning and audio description is also now both easier and less
expensive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For all of these reasons, the
DOJ believes that its proposed amendments are “necessary in order to achieve
the goals and promise of the ADA.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Under the proposed regulation, if
a movie has been produced and distributed with closed captioning and audio
description, theaters must procure and show this version.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Theaters will not be obligated to create
their own captioning or audio descriptions and thus may show movies that have
not been produced with these features.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
proposed regulation also would require theaters to have a certain number of
individual captioning devices and audio description devices available upon request.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This number will be ”based upon the number of
seats in the movie theater itself and can be shared among the screens in the
theater,” and theater staff must be capable of operating these devices and
instructing patrons on their use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Finally, theaters should provide notice as to which movies are available
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
DOJ particularly seeks comment on the following two options regarding </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">analog movie screens. Option 1 would be to </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">adopt a </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">four-year compliance date, which would allow
theaters with analog screens “to obtain the necessary resources to purchase the
equipment to provide closed captioning and audio description.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Alternatively, under Option 2, the DOJ would
postpone applying the requirements of its proposed regulation to theaters with
analog screens because the nature of analogs is fluctuating with the shift from
analog to digital cinema systems.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">All comments are due on </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">December 1, 2014.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">nterested parties are
invited to submit comments by any of the following methods:</span></div>
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<li><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Online
Filing: http://www.regulations.gov (Regulations.gov Docket ID: DOJ-CRT-126)</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Mail:
Disability Rights Section, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice,
P.O. Box 2885, Fairfax, VA 22031-0885</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></li>
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courier, or hand delivery: Disability Rights Section, Civil Rights Division,
U.S. Department of Justice, 1425 New York Avenue NW., Suite 4039, Washington,
DC 20005</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17161958914055754287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7564846339771580122.post-54776356252080955592014-10-31T16:00:00.000-04:002014-10-31T16:00:37.117-04:00Spotlight on ABA Academy’s Cybersecurity Core Curriculum<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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year marks the inaugural season of the ABA Academy’s Cybersecurity Core
Curriculum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Curriculum is a series
of programs addressing the cybersecurity risks facing lawyers, best practices for
prevention and incident response, and lawyers’ legal and ethical obligations to
clients regarding data security.</span></div>
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next event in this series, “Moving Target: Cybersecurity Legal Requirements and
Liabilities,” will be held on November 19, 2014.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>More details on how to register for this and
other upcoming events may be found <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.americanbar.org/content/ebus/events/ce/cyber-security-core-curriculum.html">here</a></i></b>.
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the Need to Improve Cybersecurity Awareness & Practices</span></u></div>
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are uniquely vulnerable to cyber attacks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Jill Rhodes and Vincent Polley, who were instrumental in the creation of
the Core Curriculum, assert that despite this vulnerability most firms and
organizations are unprepared to address the risk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rhodes states, “We believe that lawyers are
at risk because they hold such sensitive client data.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Being prepared is part of being a responsible
attorney; attorneys are required to protect client data from any sort of
disclosure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“The question,” Rhodes says,
“is how to do that?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many lawyers use
technology, but tend to be wary with respect to security matters—it can be
overwhelming. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How do you educate the
legal population about the importance of protecting client data in a way that
is understandable to that population?”</span></div>
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the Tools to Help Lawyers Understand & Address Cybersecurity Threats</span></u></div>
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Rhodes’ sentiments, Polley notes that there was an “obvious need” for resources
that lawyers could access in order to improve their understanding of and ability
to address the threat of cyber attacks. The issue was determining what those
resources would be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“It was with the
creation of the Cybersecurity Legal Task Force that the stars were properly
aligned,” Polley says.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“All the
cognizant ABA Sections, coming together, and leveraging their experience and
expertise” led to the creation of the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ABA
Cybersecurity Handbook</i>, a guidebook for lawyers on how to address the
threat of cyber attacks on law practices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Since its release, the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Handbook</i>
has been a bestseller.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rhodes states, “What
is so great about the book is that it draws on the expertise of attorneys from different
types of firms and practices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
experts did the writing, and the Curriculum tracks the topics in the
book.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The authors of the book, and
editors Rhodes and Polley, are also instructors for the Core Curriculum.</span></div>
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the Challenge of Preventing Cybersecurity Attacks</span></u><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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lawyers consider how to prevent and address cyber attacks, there are many issues
to keep in mind. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First, Polley warns, “perfect
security is unachievable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Firms need to
take a searching inward look at their own capabilities (and risks), and expand
their dialogue with clients to address cybersecurity issues (and re-address
them as circumstances change) to develop an informed, shared understanding of
the risks.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rhodes adds that an
effective dialogue also requires that “lawyers and managing partners work well
with their IT and security offices. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Security shouldn’t be left for ‘others’ to
worry about. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is everyone’s
responsibility to manage data.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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firm or organization has a disclosure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Often,
we can manage the disclosure itself; that’s a question of paying for the
damage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The hardest piece to address
occurs as soon as a disclosure hits the press: how should the firm or
organization address reputational risks?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One of the reasons to focus on this is 1) cyber attacks are a significant
risk, and 2) if a firm has not put in preventative measures how can it protect
its reputation?”</span></div>
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the Editors</span></u><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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Rhodes is currently Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer for
Trustmark Companies, and is experienced in providing education and training to
lawyers. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Prior to joining Trustmark
Companies, she spent twenty years working on national security and data security
issues for a variety of government agencies including the Office of the Director
of National Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency, and Department of
Homeland Security.</span></div>
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Polley has been involved in cybersecurity for over twenty years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the mid-1990s, he was responsible for IT
policy/law at a multinational energy company, and worked with the company to
respond to cyber attacks on client data that were orchestrated by various
nation states.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since 1997, he has been
blogging on cybersecurity matters through <a href="http://www.knowconnect.com/MIRLN"><span style="color: #2e2468;">www.knowconnect.com/MIRLN</span></a>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">The </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.uscourts.gov/Home.aspx"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">United States Courts</span></a></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"> (“USC”) </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=USC-RULES-BK-2014-0001-0002"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">announces public hearings</span></a></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"> of the </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.uscourts.gov/FederalCourts/JudicialConference/Committees.aspx"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Judicial Conference Advisory Committee</span></a></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"> and seeks comment on proposed amendments to
the </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.uscourts.gov/uscourts/rules/appellate-procedure.pdf"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Rules of Appellate</span></a></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">, </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.uscourts.gov/uscourts/rules/bankruptcy-procedure.pdf"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Bankruptcy</span></a></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">, </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.uscourts.gov/RulesAndPolicies/rules.aspx"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Civil</span></a></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">, and </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.uscourts.gov/uscourts/rules/criminal-procedure.pdf"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Criminal Procedure</span></a></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The USC requested that
these proposals be circulated to the bench, bar, and the public for comment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Advisory Committees on Rules of
Appellate, Bankruptcy, Civil, and Criminal Procedure have proposed<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>amendments to multiple rules and forms,
including, but not limited to: Criminal Rules 4, 41, and 45. (See list of
proposed amendments at:</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.uscourts.gov/rulesandpolicies/rules/proposed-amendments.aspx"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">http://www.uscourts.gov/rulesandpolicies/rules/proposed-amendments.aspx</span></a></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">.)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
particular, with regard to Criminal Rule 41, the proposed amendment <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“provides that in two specific circumstances
a magistrate judge . . . has authority to issue a warrant”</i> to utilize <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“remote access to search electronic storage
media”</i> and to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“seize . . .
electronically stored information even when that media . . . is . . . located outside
of the district.”</i> The first circumstance is where a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“warrant sufficiently describes”</i> the computer law enforcement
wishes to search, but the computer is located in an unknown district; making it
impossible to identify a physical location or judicial district for the
computer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(e.g. child pornography may be
shared through proxy services created to conceal their true IP address.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The second circumstance is where complex
criminal activities utilize many computers in multiple districts at the same
time. (e.g. a collection of compromised computers can operate as botnets to
disseminate malware, invade privacy of users, and steal personal information.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Advisory Committee views Rule 41 in its
current state as potentially hampering the investigation of serious federal
crimes and proposes narrowly tailored amendments to address these two
increasingly common venue circumstances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
proposed amendment changes the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“territorial
limitation that is presently imposed”</i> by Rule 41(b) and states that a
magistrate judge <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“with authority in any
district where activities related to a crime may have occurred”</i> may issue a
warrant that meets the criteria in the proposed new paragraph.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Committee proposes relaxing the venue
requirements<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> “when the district where the
media or information is located has been concealed through technological
means,”</i> so long as investigators can satisfy the Fourth Amendment’s warrant
requirements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, for
restricted types of investigations, the proposed amendments would <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“eliminate the burden of attempting to
secure multiple warrants in numerous districts.”</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Finally, the proposed amendments change the
notice requirements only requiring that when the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“search is by remote access, reasonable efforts be made to provide
notice to the person whose information was seized or whose property was
searched.”</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">The USC seeks comment on these proposed
amendments to the </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.uscourts.gov/uscourts/rules/appellate-procedure.pdf"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Rules of Appellate</span></a></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">, </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.uscourts.gov/uscourts/rules/bankruptcy-procedure.pdf"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Bankruptcy</span></a></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">, </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.uscourts.gov/RulesAndPolicies/rules.aspx"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Civil</span></a></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">, and </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.uscourts.gov/uscourts/rules/criminal-procedure.pdf"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Criminal Procedure</span></a></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Public hearings are
scheduled to be held on the amendments to:</span></div>
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<li><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Appellate Rules and Forms in Phoenix, Arizona,
on January 9, 2015, and in Washington, DC, on February 12, 2015;</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"> </span></li>
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Washington, DC, on January 23, 2015, and in Pasadena, California, on February
6, 2015;</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Civil Rules in Washington, DC, on October 31,
2014, and in Phoenix, Arizona, on January 9, 2015; and</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Criminal Rules in Washington, DC, on November
5, 2014, and in Nashville, Tennessee, on January 30, 2015.</span>
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respect to the proposed amendments may be submitted on or after the opening of
the period for public comment on August 15, 2014, but no later than February
17, 2015. Written comments must be submitted electronically, following the
instructions provided at: </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.uscourts.gov/rulesandpolicies/rules/proposed-amendments.aspx"><i><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">http://www.uscourts.gov/rulesandpolicies/rules/proposed-amendments.aspx</span></i></a></span><i><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">.</span></i><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"> In accordance with established procedures, all comments
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Just as we have
seen in politics and other forms of policymaking, rulemakers and regulated
communities are taking to social media to engage stakeholders and influence
public policy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a tricky strategy
since rulemaking does not lend itself to boiling down policies into 140
characters or less.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most proposed and
final rules are well over 200 pages and written in (oftentimes unnecessarily)
complex language by administrative lawyers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">An excellent recent
example of this phenomenon comes from the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency’s (EPA) proposal to revise the scope of waters protected under the Clean
Water Act (CWA).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According to the EPA,
the proposed rule “would enhance protection for the nation’s public health and aquatic
resources, and increase CWA program predictability and consistency by
increasing clarity as to the scope of ‘waters of the United States’ protected
under the Act.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The proposal was over
110,000 words or 300-plus pages of normal text.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.fb.org/"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">American
Farm Bureau Federation</span></a></i></b><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">
(AFBF) immediately pushed back on the rule because of the potentially
devastating impact on farmers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ellen
Steen, the AFBF’s General Counsel, stated that the proposal would make many
farm activities subject to CWA permit requirements and there is no guarantee
that EPA will issue the permits necessary to keep farms operational.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The process of getting a permit is also
costly and requires lawyers. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>AFBF quickly established a coordinated social media campaign called “</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://ditchtherule.fb.org/"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Ditch the
Rule</span></a></i></b><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">”
that gives stakeholders quick access to digestible information on the 100 page
rule and directions on how to file comments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The AFBF’s efforts
yielded great results.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There have been thousands of comments filed on the rule.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The EPA was forced to extend the comment period twice because of the
strong public opposition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The extended
comment period allowed many farmers who were in the rush of planting season
when the proposal was released to comment on the rule.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The EPA engaged in its
own social media outreach. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The proposed
rule has a cutting edge webpage entitled “Ditch the Myths,” (a not-too subtle
parody of AFBF’s site) which you generally don’t see on dry government
websites.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>William Rodger, the Director
of Policy Communications at the AFBF, stated “we’ve never seen an agency
produce its own mini site to counter opposing viewpoints.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">In September, the EPA
coordinated a “Thunderclap,” or a single message to be mass-shared at a
scheduled time, on the CWA rule entitled “</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/16052-i-choose-clean-water"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">I Choose Clean Water</span></a></i></b><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The messaging on the rule simply stated that
the agency, along with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, “has proposed to
strengthen protection for the clean water that is vital to all Americans.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The message purportedly reached over
1,800,000 people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Ditch the Rule</i>
launched a corresponding social media campaign encouraging supporters to
give its own message, “I support clean water, but @EPA’s water rule is a
problem for everyone. </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">#ReadtheFinePrint here: </span><a href="http://ditchtherule.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4feef839b937d07f647d0f879&id=ca24929761&e=4406fb8004" target="_blank"><i><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">http://bit.ly/1mlKUDA</span></b></i></a><span style="color: #606060; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">#DitchtheRule</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">.”</span></div>
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Administration continues to use some of the social media tools and strategies
that made its political campaigns so successful in agency rulemaking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With hundreds of thousands of comments for
the EPA to process, it will be interesting to see how the agency weighs public
feedback.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Federal Trade Commission seeks <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=FTC-2014-0135-0001"><span style="color: #2e2468;">comment</span></a></i></b> on the </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">parental consent <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.ftc.gov/system/files/attachments/press-releases/ftc-seeks-public-comment-agecheq-inc.proposal-parental-verification-method-under-coppa-rule/140825agecheqapp.pdf"><span style="color: #2e2468;">method</span></a></i></b> that AgeCheq Inc. (“AgeCheq”) has
suggested in accordance with the FTC’s Children's Online Privacy Protection
Rule.</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Congress enacted
the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.coppa.org/coppa.htm"><span style="color: #2e2468;">Children's
Online Privacy Protection Act</span></a></i></b> (“COPPA”), which became
effective in 2000.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It applies to any
person or entity that collects personal information (defined as “individually
identifiable information”) from children under the age of 13, online.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>COPPA covers “what a Web site operator must
include in a privacy policy, when and how to seek verifiable consent from a
parent and what responsibilities an operator has to protect children's privacy
and safety online.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Pursuant to COPPA,
the FTC issued the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?rgn=div5&node=16:1.0.1.3.36"><span style="color: #2e2468;">Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule</span></a></i></b>
(“Rule”) in 1999 and amended it in 2012.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Under this Rule, certain website operators must provide privacy policies
and obtain verifiable parental consent before they collect, use, or disclose
personal information from children under 13. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Interested parties may offer for the FTC’s
review any parental consent method not listed in the Rule, and t</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">he FTC now seeks comment on the </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">parental consent method that AgeCheq has proposed.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">AgeCheq’s
single identity verification process calls for parents to register themselves
and their children's device(s) with a third party common consent administrator
(“CCA”).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The CCA would then verify the
parental identity and link it to the children’s mobile devices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Codes within applications would automatically
check the CCA‘s database for the required parental consent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the parent has not yet consented to an
application’s access, h/she “must use the CCA service to review the developer's
app-specific privacy disclosures and affirmatively grant consent.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According to AgeCheq, this method “achieves
the Commission's vision of a reliable, manageable, parent-curated online
experience for children who use smartphones, tablets, or PCs to interact with
mobile applications or other online services.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Commenters
may address any topic relating to AgeCheq’s parental consent method, but the
FTC specifically encourages comments that address any of the following three
questions:</span></div>
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<li><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Is this method, both with
respect to the process for obtaining consent for an initial operator and any
subsequent operators, already covered by existing methods enumerated in §
312.5(b)(1) of the Rule?</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></i></li>
<li><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">If this is a new method,
provide comments on whether the proposed parental consent method, both with
respect to an initial operator and any subsequent operators, meets the
requirements for parental consent laid out in 16 CFR 312.5(b)(1). Specifically,
the Commission is looking for comments on whether the proposed parental consent
method is reasonably calculated, in light of available technology, to ensure
that the person providing consent is the child's parent.</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></i></li>
<li><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Does this proposed method pose
a risk to consumers' personal information? If so, is that risk outweighed by
the benefit to consumers and businesses of using this method?</span></i></li>
</ol>
<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">If a comment
addresses any of these questions, it should cite the number of the question.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></span>
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</span>I</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">nterested parties are invited to submit comments by any
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<li><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Online
Filing: https://ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/coppaagecheqapp</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Mail:
Federal Trade Commission, Office of the Secretary, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.,
Suite CC-5610 (Annex K), Washington, DC 20580</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hand
Delivery: Federal Trade Commission, Office of the Secretary, Constitution
Center, 400 7th Street SW., 5th Floor, Suite 5610 (Annex K), Washington, DC
20024</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></li>
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“AgeCheq Application for Parental Consent Method, Project No. P-145410.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If choosing the hard copy option, add this
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">On August 21–22,
2014, the American Bar Association hosted the Ninth Annual Homeland Security
Institute in Washington, D.C.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
<i><b><a href="http://regulatorypractice.blogspot.com/2014/09/recapping-homeland-security-institute.html">previous post</a></b></i> focused on several major themes of the Institute.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This week’s post will focus on issues in
immigration law, which was the topic of several panels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These reflections come from the following
presentations: America’s Immigration Agenda and Executive Power in Immigration
Law.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A copy of the full agenda is <i><b><a href="http://shop.americanbar.org/PersonifyImages/ProductFiles/212789/hsli_2014_brochure.pdf"><span style="color: #2e2468;">here</span></a></b></i>.</span></div>
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Two</span></u><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">One topic of
interest at the Homeland Security Institute was improving immigration law and
practice to enhance national security.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Panelists discussed the politics and policy behind previous and pending
immigration reforms and the authority vested with both the legislative and
executive branches that may enable such reforms.</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Congressional Action</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Congress has been
active—at least in terms of debate—in the area of immigration law for decades,
if not centuries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Much of the modern
immigration system, however, is based on the Immigration & Naturalization
Act of 1952 (INA).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The INA has been
amended several times as Congress has revisited certain policy questions in an
attempt to modernize and improve the system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For instance, in 1986, Congress shifted its attention to illegal aliens,
and passed the Immigration Reform & Control Act (IRCA), which focused on
paths to legalization and, for the first time, imposed sanctions on employers
who knowingly hired illegal aliens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
1990, Congress returned its attention to immigrants who arrived legally, and passed
amendments to the INA to address visa petition backlogs and how to better
adjudicate family reunification cases.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Since the 1990s, the
two political parties have continued debating these issues, particularly with
respect to increased border security measures and how to address the issue of
illegal aliens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Despite the high level
and volume of debate, no major legislation has been passed since 1996.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Much of this inaction has less to do with
policy divergences, but results from political incentives to take or not take
action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As one panelist pointed out, in 2006,
the Senate introduced but did not pass a bill addressing border security and the
e-verify system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the time, the
parties could not reach a consensus on the substantive policies in the bill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ten years later, however, the parties have both
moved to the center.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They largely agree
that the path to legalization should be longer and more resources should be
spent on border security.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, the
emotional undertones and political forces at work have prevented congressional
action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In particular, the demographic
makeup of individual congressional districts has had a powerful effect on the
political incentives of members of Congress with respect to their stances on
immigration reform.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, there
are 24 districts with an Hispanic population of over 25%. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Republicans Poe and Denham represent two of
those districts, which, at first, may indicate that they have similar
incentives with respect to supporting immigration reform.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, President Obama won one of those two
districts in the last election, which means that these two Republican members
of Congress actually have divergent political incentives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This complicated political backdrop, the
panelists concluded, is largely the cause of the ongoing political impasse on
immigration reform.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">This political
impasse is currently playing out with respect to Senate Bill 744 (“SB 744”),
which has passed the Senate and is awaiting action in the House.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, because of the ever-present
electoral concerns, which are magnified by the fact that this is an election
year, it seems unlikely that any action will be taken before the end of this
congressional session.</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Executive Action</span></i><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">In view of the
active role that Congress has historically played in the immigration arena and the
current political situation, one key question arises with respect to the
Executive Branch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How much discretion and
“space” do the executive agencies have to shape policy?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">At a general level,
there is a consensus that the Executive Branch has broad authority to act in
the area of immigration law.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
numerous factors influence agency discretion and these factors may lead to more
or less discretion in particular cases.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>First, agencies are always limited by what Congress has expressly
mandated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Second, individual actors also
influence agency powers in the sense that the people interpreting the statutes may
reach conclusions about the mandates that vary over time and possibly with what
Congress may have intended.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example,
in 1996, Congress passed the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant
Responsibility Act (IIRIRA).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pursuant to
this Act, agencies had greater freedom to make rules increasing the grounds for
deportation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The ALJs also interpreted
this Act to reduce their ability to grant clemency in deportation cases.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Congress disagreed with this interpretation
and subsequently wrote a letter to the agencies to remind them of the many
tools, especially prosecutorial discretion, at their disposal to address
deportation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Despite this letter, the agencies
continued to believe that their discretion had been reduced and concluded that this
was the result of Congress’ action, not the agencies’ inability to properly
identify tools giving them discretion.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Third, where
agencies believe they possess broad authority, the extent to which they shape
policy depends on how they actually deploy the tools at their disposal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, prosecutorial discretion is
often the most critical tool in the context of immigration cases.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rather than deport a particular individual, an
agency may grant a temporary reprieve, choose not to bring a particular
proceeding or choose not to bring certain charges.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other statutes have granted similarly broad
powers to the Executive to make individual admissions decisions on humanitarian
reasons or economic reasons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Act, the Executive Branch
may promise not to deport certain children for specified periods of time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Additionally, Section 235 of the INA permits
the Executive Branch to make asylum determinations and insulates those decisions
from judicial review.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">In sum, the
Executive Branch is empowered to “reform” the immigration system by shaping
enforcement priorities and determining how to expend its resources.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As noted, however, executive authority is
cabined by legislative mandates.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thus, if
a broader overhaul is to be accomplished, such action must ultimately come from
Congress.</span></div>
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return services.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The USPS proposes to
reduce<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> “customer confusion”</i> and guarantee
dependable administration by adjusting the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“total
annual volume thresholds” </i>that USPS <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“</i></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://www.usps.com/business/compare-domestic-services.htm"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Return Services products</span></i></a></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">”</span></i><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"> have to meet in order to<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> “qualify for </i></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://www.usps.com/business/first-class-package-service.htm"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Commercial Plus® pricing</span></i></a></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">.” </span></i><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Specifically,
the proposal establishes a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“minimum
volume of 50,000”</i> pieces of mail<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>for
Return Service <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“across the board” </i>which
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At
this time, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“</i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Commercial
Plus® pricing”</span></i><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"> for
products under the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“USPS Return Services
umbrella”</i> require <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“different annual
volume thresholds</i>.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These products
are: </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://www.usps.com/ship/priority-mail.htm"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Priority
Mail® Return Service</span></a></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">, </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://www.usps.com/business/first-class-package-service.htm"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">First-Class <sup>TM</sup> Package Return® Service</span></a></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">, and </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://www.usps.com/business/ground-return-service.htm"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Ground Return Service</span></a></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">.</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Because
of the confusion surrounding different products with different volume threshold
requirements, the USPS has determined that it is </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">immediately necessary to
simplify its returns shipping options.</span></i><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Current
requirements are as follows:</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"> </span></div>
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<li><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Commercial Plus pricing is available for
cumulative Priority Mail Return Service and First-Class Package Return Service
volume exceeding a combined total of 25,000 return pieces in the previous
calendar year.</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"> </span><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://about.usps.com/postal-bulletin/2010/pb22300/html/cover_002.htm"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Commercial Plus cubic volume</span></a></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"> must exceed a combined total of 85,000 pieces
returned in approved packaging in the previous calendar year, or cumulative
returns and outbound volume must exceed a combined total of 90,000 pieces in
the previous calendar year to qualify.</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Commercial Plus pricing customer commitments
may differ depending on the individual signed agreements with USPS. </span></li>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">The USPS has learned that these <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">varied and overlapping</i> requirements are
unclear to customers and make it challenging to do business with the Postal
Service.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not only does this proposed
interim rule help make it easier for customers to do business with the Postal
Service by providing better clarity of criteria, but also it better aligns with<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> “recently adopted changes to the Priority
Mail cubic threshold, and to the outbound Priority Mail CPP threshold, of
50,000 pieces.”</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">This proposed interim rule seeks to provide <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">consistency for customers without signed agreements</i>
by creating a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“minimum total annual
threshold volume requirement of 50,000” </i>for all USPS Return Service
products <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“in order to qualify for
Commercial Plus pricing.”</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This new
approach would not impact customers with the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“25,000 piece threshold until their agreements expire.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>At which time, the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“50,000 piece threshold” </i>would become applicable<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">unless
an extension is requested and approved by the Vice President, Sales.”</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">This proposed </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">interim rule is effective September 15, 2014.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The USPS invites interested parties to submit
comments on or before November 10, 2014 by one of the following methods:</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"> </span></i></div>
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<ul>
<li><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Mail or deliver written </span></i><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">comments: To the manager, Product
Classification, U.S. Postal Service, 475 L'Enfant Plaza SW., Room 4446, Washington,
DC 20260-5015; You may inspect and photocopy all written comments at the USPS®
Headquarters Library, 475 L'Enfant Plaza SW., 11th Floor N, Washington, DC, by
appointment only between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,
by calling 202-268-2906 in advance.</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"> </span></i></li>
<li><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Email comments</span></i><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">: Email must contain the name and address of
the commenter and may be sent to: </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="mailto:ProductClassification@usps.gov"><span style="color: #2e2468; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">ProductClassification@usps.gov</span></a></span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">,</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"> with a subject line of “Threshold Volume for
USPS Return Services.”</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"> </span></i></li>
<li><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Fax</span></i><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Faxed
comments are not accepted.</span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17161958914055754287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7564846339771580122.post-64396650669496141932014-09-08T06:00:00.000-04:002014-09-08T06:00:07.290-04:00Recapping the Homeland Security Institute - Part 1
<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">by Nina Hart<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">On August 21–22, 2014, the American Bar Association, Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice hosted the
Ninth Annual Homeland Security Institute in Washington, D.C.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Institute included panels on a wide
variety of issues including immigration, border security, the Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act, the SAFETY Act, government contracting, and the DHS priorities
for the upcoming years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No post can
possibly do justice to the myriad topics discussed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead, this two-part piece will attempt to
1) set out several major themes of the Institute and 2) focus on issues in
immigration law.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Part One</span></u><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">An area of emphasis for numerous speakers at the Institute was
the role of technology in national security.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This post will provide an overview of some of the benefits and issues
flagged by the panelists that come with the advent of increasingly sophisticated
technology.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These reflections come from
the following presentations: Law Enforcement Agenda 2014; The Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act: Doing Business Internationally; Support Anti-Terrorism by
Fostering Effective Technology (SAFETY) Act; and DHS General Counsel’s Office:
New Technology and Homeland Security.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A
copy of the full agenda is <a href="http://shop.americanbar.org/PersonifyImages/ProductFiles/212789/hsli_2014_brochure.pdf"><span style="color: #2e2468;"><strong><em>here</em></strong></span></a>. </span><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Importance
of Information Sharing </span></i><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Partnership and coordination are essential to effective law
enforcement and improved national security.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Not only can such sharing increase efficiency of operations, but it can
also lead to more successful operations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For instance, the U.S. Customs & Border Patrol (CBP) relies heavily
on the procurement of advanced information from airlines and other domestic and
international agencies to identify travelers who pose national security risks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If this information on travelers can be
obtained and evaluated early, the travelers who require further clearance can
be notified before boarding airplanes or arriving in the United States to only
then be turned away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With over 360
million travelers each year, or roughly one million per day, identifying the
risks before travel occurs greatly reduces security risks and improves
efficiency for all involved parties and agencies.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Additionally, in the context of criminal prosecutions, international
coordination can greatly improve the chances of successful investigations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, in one instance, a photo found
in Boston was shared with state and international agencies, and ultimately led
to the discovery of a child abuser in the Netherlands.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Information from the international
investigation also led to the identification of a criminal partner in
Massachusetts. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The
Rise of Big Data and Improved Agency/Entity Performance</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span><br /></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">An improved ability to collect information and generate
statistics is an increasingly important tool for both agencies and entities
subject to regulation. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First, data
collection can help agencies identify areas where their procedures could be
improved and identify shortfalls in the office. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For instance, CBP offices are gathering data
to assess the workload of their agents and determine how many staffers are
required.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According to John Wagner, the
Acting Assistant Commissioner in the Office of Field Operations, to function most
effectively, the CBP requires nearly 4,700 additional officers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Further, collection of data may help agencies identify whether substantives
policies should be reconsidered.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, during one panel it was suggested that there might be a link between
the United States’ policy of deporting alien felons and subsequent problems of
human smuggling and trafficking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
order to look more deeply into this and other law enforcement issues, the
United States is working with nations including Honduras to collect and share information.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While it is too early to say what the data
will show, collecting it is the first step toward making the requisite assessment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Shifts in how agencies share information can also change larger
trends in law enforcement and the way in which entities and individuals should
consider and respond to liability risks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, since the early 2000s, use of the Foreign Corrupt Practices
Act (FCPA) has dramatically increased.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In part, this is due to agencies making this an enforcement
priority.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, as agencies have
increased their ability to gather information and emphasized coordination, FCPA
charges are often no longer brought alone but in the context of larger
investigations (e.g. antitrust).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Additionally,
because the agencies have more recently named senior executives in addition to
the companies, the liability risks for the entities and individuals have greatly
increased.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thus, it becomes all the more
important for companies to work with counsel early to develop monitoring plans and
to consider making early disclosures as a show of good faith in order to
mitigate the chances of or extent of liability. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Increased
Cybersecurity Risks</span></i><span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e2468; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Undoubtedly, improved technology helps law enforcement officials
carry out their duties effectively and efficiently.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Enhanced technology, however, is not given
solely to law enforcement but to the public at large, which increases the
chance that individuals wishing to carry out cybercrimes will be successful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As one panelist pointed out, an anti-malware program
is often effective only once and has an average life span of one week because
it is so easy and inexpensive to create new malware.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is no easy resolution for this security
threat, but panelists highlighted two main points.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First, all entities should have and continue
to update their detection systems to both prevent security breaches and to respond
quickly to breaches that do occur.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One
resource available to entities is the best practices for security management
guides published by the DHS.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Second, larger
entities should be aware of the Support Anti-Terrorism by Fostering Effective
Technologies Act (SAFETY Act).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This Act
provides liability protection for entities that fall victim to physical or
cyberterrorist attacks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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