[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 28CFR0.23]

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                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
                    CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 0--ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart D-2--Office of Legal Policy
 
Sec. 0.23  General functions.


    The Office of Legal Policy shall be headed by an Assistant Attorney 
General. The principal responsibilities of the Office shall be to plan, 
develop, and coordinate the implementation of major policy initiatives 
of high priority to the Department and to the Administration. In 
addition, the Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Policy, shall:
    (a) Examine and study legislation and other policy proposals and 
coordinate Departmental efforts to secure enactment of those of special 
interest to the Department and the Administration.
    (b) Assist the Attorney General and the Deputy Attorney General in 
fulfilling responsibilities of the Federal Legal Council to promote 
coordination and communication among Federal legal offices with the goal 
of achieving effective, consistent, and efficient management of legal 
resources throughout the Federal Government.
    (c) Manage and coordinate the discharge of Departmental 
responsibilities related to the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 
552) and the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a), including coordination and 
implementation of policy development and compliance within executive 
agencies and Departmental units relative to the Freedom on Information 
Act and within Departmental units relative to the Privacy Act; and 
supervise the Office of Information and Privacy which will, except as 
otherwise directed by the Attorney General, act on appeals taken from 
Departmental denials of access to records under the Privacy Act and the 
Freedom of Information Act.
    (d) Advise and assist the Attorney General and the Deputy Attorney 
General regarding the selection and appointment of Federal judges.
    (e) Administer the Federal Justice Research Program.
    (f) Represent the Department on the Administrative Conference of the 
United States and, as appropriate, on regulatory reform matters.
    (g) Participate, as appropriate, in internal budget hearings of the 
Department with regard to policy implications of resource allocations 
and resource implications of major policy initiatives; and advise the 
Assistant Attorney General for Administration with regard to information 
requirements for Departmental policy formulation.
    (h) Advise appropriate Departmental officials, from time to time, on 
investigation, litigation, negotiation, penal, or correctional policies 
to insure the compatibility of those policies with overall Departmental 
goals.
    (i) Perform such other duties and functions as may be specially 
assigned by the Attorney General and the Deputy Attorney General.

In carrying out his responsibilities under this section, the Assistant 
Attorney General, Office of Legal Policy, shall have the right to call 
upon the relevent Departmental units for personnel and other assistance.

[Order No. 960-81, 46 FR 52341, Oct. 27, 1981, as amended by Order No. 
1054-84, 49 FR 10118, Mar. 19, 1984; Order No. 1055-84, 49 FR 12253, 
Mar. 29, 1984]