Criminal identification through the use of fingerprints is one of the most valued tools for obtaining the capture of criminal fugitives; determining the prior arrest records of arrested individuals; and identifying amnesia victims, missing persons, and unknown deceased. As a method of identification, fingerprinting has been by far the least fallible and most feasible method developed in the past century. "The Science of Fingerprints: Classification and Uses" was developed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as a concise reference source regarding the analysis, classification, and...

Several OJP initiatives, including many fellowships and some training and technical assistance initiatives, cover a broad range of criminal and juvenile justice issues. While many initiatives that cross-cut more than one topical issue are found throughout the Program Plan, this section includes those that touch many areas and may have no single area of emphasis. In addition, many of the programs in this section support OJP's efforts to ensure that communities and their partners have the necessary tools to be successful, including the following: information about how federal funding works in...

Human trafficking, also known as trafficking in persons or modern day slavery, is an affront to the most basic of human freedoms. To combat this unspeakable crime and protect its victims, we build on more than a decade of progress in developing services and support networks that provide survivors of human trafficking with a path to freedom, independence, and self-sufficiency. We recognize that services must be provided in a manner that respects survivors and endeavors to integrate their experience and their voice.

Section 7602 of the Internal Revenue Code (I.R.C.)(26 U.S.C.) authorizes the IRS to "examine any books, paper, records or other data" that maybe relevant to determine or collect the amount of tax, penalties, and interest owed to the Government by any taxpayer. In the vast majority of investigations, the taxpayer or third party voluntarily produces information to the IRS. This may come in response to an IRS form known as an Information Document Request (IDR), a letter from the Service, or just in the course of a conversation between an IRS agent or officer and a taxpayer or third party.

This final rule revises the Department of Justice (Department) regulation that implements title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), relating to nondiscrimination on the basis of disability by public accommodations and in commercial facilities. The Department is issuing this final rule in order to adopt enforceable accessibility standards under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) that are consistent with the minimum guidelines and requirements issued by the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, and to update or amend certain provisions of the...

The International Guidelines are divided into four other chapters. Chapter 2 provides a brief summary of the antitrust and related laws that are likely to have the greatest significance for businesses engaged in international activities. Chapter 3 describes what connections to the United States are sufficient for the Agencies to investigate or bring enforcement actions challenging conduct occurring abroad or involving or affecting foreign commerce. Chapter 4 describes the Agencies' consideration of international comity concerns and the role of foreign government involvement in determining...

The Antitrust Division's Leniency Program allows corporations and individuals involved in antitrust crimes to self-report and avoid criminal convictions and resulting fines and incarceration. The first corporate or individual conspirator to confess participation in an antitrust crime, fully cooperate with the Division, and meet all other conditions that the Corporate Leniency Policy or the Leniency Policy for Individuals specifies receives leniency for the reported antitrust crime.

On December 18, 2015, Congress passed and President Obama signed into law the Cybersecurity Act of 2015. Title I of the Cybersecurity Act, entitled the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA or the Act), provides increased authority for cybersecurity information sharing between and among the private sector; state, local, tribal, and territorial governments; and the Federal Government. Section 105(a)(4) of the Act directed the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to jointly develop guidance to promote sharing of cyber threat indicators with...