Happy International Anti-Corruption Day - Cheers To Those Who End The Institution Of Trafficking Tiny Humans & To UNICEF

Here's hoping to the United Nations ending its proliferation of stealin' the children, land & votes.

UNICEF sucks.

https://www.un.org/en/observances/anti-corruption-day

The struggle against corruption is real when you are the one who has to bear witness.

International Anti-Corruption Day Observed by the Justice Department

The U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development Assistance and Training (OPDAT) and International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) helps foreign governments combat corruption.  OPDAT provides expert assistance and case-based mentoring to foreign counterparts to help develop justice systems that can effectively combat corruption in furtherance of U.S. national security. ICITAP helps foreign governments combat corruption by building capacity of law enforcement institutions and other government entities to investigate misconduct and corruption and to implement internal controls that encourage professional conduct among government employees.

OPDAT’s Senior Counsel on Global Anticorruption provides specialized technical advice, training, and consultation to foreign prosecutors, judges, and investigators around the world. OPDAT’s anticorruption program assists counterparts from other jurisdictions in analyzing, investigating, and prosecuting corruption pursuant to international standards, including the UN Convention Against Corruption. OPDAT’s anticorruption program aids U.S. law enforcement efforts by strengthening international cooperation and promoting evidence sharing around the globe. Most recently, during the weeks of October 21 and 28, at the International Law Enforcement Academies in Botswana and Ghana, respectively, OPDAT led two anticorruption programs for prosecutors and judges.   

In its bilateral programs, OPDAT’s Resident Legal Advisors, Intermittent Legal Advisors, and International Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property Advisors have also provided expert anticorruption assistance and case-based mentoring to foreign counterparts. Notable recent successes include:

• In Indonesia, the OPDAT Indonesia-mentored Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) arrested the mayor of Indonesia’s third largest city, Medan, for allegedly receiving bribes of approximately $25,000.  Medan’s public works chief, a protocol official, the mayor’s personal aide, and three businessmen were also arrested.  According to the KPK, the mayor had used the funds to cover his family member’s travel expenses.  
   
• In Colombia, an OPDAT-mentored prosecutor helped secure the conviction of the former mayor of Bogotá on 34 fraud and corruption counts related to a public contracting scheme worth $63 million.  
   
• In El Salvador, a judge found that OPDAT-mentored prosecutors had submitted sufficient evidence for the former minister of health and 15 other defendants to be re-tried for defrauding the government of $2.7 million.  
   
• In Paraguay, an OPDAT-mentored organized crime prosecutor oversaw the takedown of a police protection and corruption scheme, filing charges against 21 police officers who were taken into custody for having collaborated with Brazilian transnational criminal organizations, including the Primer Comando Capital and the Comando Vermelho. 
   
• In Serbia, OPDAT supported legislative reforms and institutional capacity building that helped the Ministry of Justice establish four specialized anti-corruption prosecutorial, police, and judicial departments.  Since their creation, OPDAT has trained and mentored prosecutors, investigators, and judges assigned to the new departments. The Republic Public Prosecutor’s Office, in close cooperation with Serbia’s Ministry of Interior and regulatory bodies, has secured hundreds of convictions successfully using a task-force model and proactive approach, as trained by OPDAT.  In Nis, Serbia, the OPDAT-mentored anti-corruption prosecutorial department has recently garnered positive media attention for achieving significant convictions and having hundreds of ongoing investigations.  

Building effective anticorruption investigative capacity depends on institutions having sound management practices and human resource systems. ICITAP helps host-country law enforcement institutions improve their ability to direct and train employees to follow new laws and procedures, to recruit and retain qualified personnel, and to manage them effectively through leadership, discipline, and merit-based incentives. ICITAP also promotes public education campaigns and transparency and assists in setting up units and training personnel to handle citizen complaints in a professional manner. In addition, ICITAP provides training in a range of investigative methods and skills, which are necessary to build a successful anticorruption case. 

ICITAP’s team of forensic specialists design and guide critical assistance to foreign laboratories that supports counterparts’ efforts around the world to combat corruption, terrorism, and transnational criminal organizations. Funded primarily through agreements with the U.S. Department of State, ICITAP’s work supports the efforts of the international community and host-country partners to implement and comply with the United Nations Convention Against Corruption. 

To learn more about OPDAT and ICITAP’s capacity-building efforts around the world, go to: https://www.justice.gov/criminal-opdat and www.justice.gov/criminal-icitap.

ANTI-CORRUPTION SITES

U.S. Government

Department of Commerce – Office of General Counsel

Department of Commerce - Trade Compliance Center

Department of State – Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs

Department of State – Bureau of Energy, Economic, and Business Affairs

Securities and Exchange Commission – Spotlight on the FCPA

Canada

Royal Canadian Mounted Police – International Corruption Unit 

Chile

La Unidad Especializada Anticorrupción (UNAC) de la Fiscalía Nacional 

Germany

Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development – Fighting Corruption – Fostering Transparency 

France

Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris

Ministere de la Justice et des Libertés – Service Central de la Prévention de la Corruption

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Independent Commission Against Corruption 

Italy

Autorità Nazionale Anticorruzione

Republic of Korea

Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission 

Switzerland

Federal Department of Justice and Police 

United Kingdom

Serious Fraud Office 

Metropolitan Police Service (Scotland Yard) – Economic and Specialist Crime Command

City of London Police – Overseas Anti-Corruption Unit

Department for Business Innovation & Skills – Combating International Corruption

Cayman Islands

The Cayman Islands Anti-Corruption Commission

Report a FCPA Violation FCPA.Fraud@usdoj.gov

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DOJ: The Quantum Renaissance In Justice

This is hot.

This is a supportive, dare I go out there and say cohort, but I would prefer to reserve myself to say a family, in the spirit of chattel law.

Boy, this sounds really familiar, but no one wants to #sayhisname.

Attorney Advisor (Judicial Studies Institute)

Criminal Division (CRM)

Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development Assistance and Training (OPDAT)

Washington, District of Columbia

Announcement #: 19-CRM-OPD-015

Application Deadline: February 25, 2019

The Attorney Advisor (Program Manager) will perform the following duties: serve as a legal expert in developing and revising curriculum for the Judicial Studies Institute (JSI) responsive to judges’ needs, to include course development, course materials, and identifying, hiring and, supervising teaching resources; develop and maintain relationships with JSI graduates to ensure follow-up and build additional capacity as multipliers; prepare and oversee budgets; represent JSI at informational meetings with foreign delegations; lead in the formulation and preparation of OPDAT regional or country-specific program funding proposals and implementation plans; develop program measures and oversees program execution to ensure compliance with department and partner agency policy requirements; identify and select instructors and technical advisers to support program objectives; work with program personnel in compiling regional and country specific briefing materials and data call requests covering OPDAT development assistance and training programs; facilitate and/or assist in the preparation of official correspondence for OPDAT, DOJ, and partner agencies, as well as foreign government officials dealing with development assistance and training programs and matters.
 
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DOJ: Readout of Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker's & Kevin Whitaker's Trip to Bogotá, Colombia

Kevin Whitaker, U.S. Ambassador to Columbia

From January 30 to February 1, 2019 in Bogotá, Colombia, Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, along with Justice Department staff and U.S. Ambassador Kevin Whitaker, met with President Iván Duque Márquez, Colombian Attorney General Néstor Humberto Martínez Neira, Cabinet members, the Congressional Secretary General, and Colombian police officials to reaffirm the long-standing law enforcement relationship between the United States and Colombia and to strengthen judicial cooperation and goals for addressing transnational crime and supporting the return of democracy in Venezuela. 

In separate meetings, Acting Attorney General Whitaker met with U.S. Department of Justice components stationed at the U.S. Embassy, to include the FBI, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Criminal Division’s Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (OPDAT) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.  They provided briefings on the U.S. government’s law enforcement partnership with Colombia in dismantling and disrupting transnational criminal organizations including combatting Clan del Golfo, which was designated by the Department of Justice on Oct. 19, 2018 as one of the top transnational organized crime threats.

On February 1, Acting Attorney General Whitaker visited the General Santander National Police Academy and gave brief remarks at a wreath laying ceremony in honor of the brave young men and women who lost their lives or were wounded in the line of duty during the Jan. 17 suicide car bomb attack at the officer cadet school by the narco-terrorist group ELN. To approximately 100 Colombian National police officers, AG Whitaker said he was directing all U.S. Department of Justice components stationed at the U.S. Embassy, to include DEA, FBI, the U.S. Marshal’s Service and our DOJ Attaches, to make cases against ELN a top priority for the U.S. Department of Justice. 

Acting AG Whitaker pledged that the Department of Justice, together with the Colombian National Police and Attorney General’s Office, "will pursue these cases with the same investigative skill and prosecutorial resources, with which we’ve successfully pursued the Clan del Golfo.”

Acting AG Whitaker was also provided a Congressional briefing at the Colombian Congress <== right there!  It was the Attorney General and not the Secretary of State.

During the visit, American and Colombian officials discussed their shared mission of combatting narco-trafficking and narco-terrorism as well as illicit finances, foreign corruption, human trafficking, child sexual exploitation and arms trafficking.  Both sides look forward to continuing to work together to achieve their shared objectives, as well as continued progress on these issues.

Since the Acting AG and U.S. Ambassador to Colombia have the same last name, I thought it prudent to drop his background.

Ambassador to Colombia: Who Is Kevin Whitaker?

On April 1, 2014, the U.S. Senate confirmed the nomination of career Foreign Service officer Kevin Whitaker as ambassador to Colombia. Whitaker had been nominated for the post by President Barack Obama on September 19, 2013. He was sworn in on April 28.

The son of a career Army officer, Lt. Col. Malvern Whitaker, Kevin Whitaker attended the University of Virginia, graduating with a B.A. in 1979.

Whitaker joined the Foreign Service right out of college, beginning with a tour in London. Most of his experience has been in Latin America. His early assignments included serving as desk officer for El Salvador and France, as well as working as political officer in Jamaica and Honduras.

From 2002 to 2005, Whitaker headed the Cuban Affairs Desk for the State Department. During a visit to Havana in December 2002, he met with dissidents and was expelled by Fidel Castro’s government.

In 2005, he was named deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Venezuela, another country with which the administration of President George W. Bush was at odds. Whitaker served there until 2007.  At that point, he moved back to Washington to take a post as deputy executive secretary in the Office of the Secretary of State. In 2008, he was named director of the Office of Andean Affairs in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs.

In 2011, he was named deputy assistant secretary of state for South America in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs.

Whitaker created some controversy with a statement he made during his nomination hearing. The Colombian government fired the Bogotá mayor, and Whitaker told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in response to a question that the firing could endanger peace talks between the Colombian government and FARC rebels. Some Colombians took offense, saying Whitaker was interfering in their country’s internal affairs.

Whitaker‘s wife, Elizabeth Whitaker, also worked in the State Department before moving to the private sector in 2008. They have three sons, Stuart, Thomas and Daniel.

Elizabeth "Betsy" Whitaker

Betsy Whitaker

Born in Buffalo, New York, Ms. Whitaker received her BA (in history) and MS (in education) from the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York.  She taught public school for seven years before joining the U.S. Foreign Service as a public diplomacy officer in 1984.  Her overseas tours included Portugal, Costa Rica, Honduras and Nicaragua.  Her domestic tours included Director of Public Diplomacy for the Western Hemisphere, Deputy Executive Secretary, and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Canada and Mexico.  Ms. Whitaker retired from the Foreign Service in 2007 at the rank of Minister Counselor, and went to work briefly for a division of L-3 Communications.  She was invited to return to the Department of State in 2009 to serve as Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary for Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy, and remained in that capacity until 2012.  Since then, she has worked part-time at the Department of State, and taught at the graduate level at George Washington University (2012 to the present) and Georgetown University (2013 to the present).

Ms. Whitaker has been married to Kevin Whitaker, a career Senior Foreign Service Officer, for over twenty years.  They have a son, Daniel, who is in his second year of studies at the Virginia Military Institute. 

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DOJ: Judiciaries Of The Western World Unite To Stop Trafficking Tiny Humans & Unseal Paradise Papers

Jeffy has been busy.

This is setting up prosecutions and asset forfeiture in trafficking tiny humans.

Puerto Rico Supreme Court Justice Addresses Latin American Judges at Department of Justice’s Judicial Studies Institute

Today, at the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, Justice Edgardo Rivera García gave the keynote address to 29 judges from Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Panama and Peru in San Juan, Puerto Rico as part of the Judicial Studies Institute (JSI) training program, a collaborative effort between the Department of Justice and Department of State to build the capacity of the judiciaries of the Western Hemisphere.

As a frequent contributor to the JSI program, Justice Rivera García stressed the importance of the judges’ contribution to rule of law in the hemisphere and lauded them for their role in the transformation of Latin American justice. 

With the support of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, and in partnership with the Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, the Department of Justice’s Office of Prosecutorial Development Assistance and Training (OPDAT) launched JSI in 2012 as a response to the wave of justice sector reforms in Latin America that saw many countries transition to an adversarial system.

Through instruction conducted in Spanish, practical exercises, and observations of courtroom proceedings, the JSI program provides judges with an opportunity to enhance their understanding of the fundamental principles, benefits, and challenges of the adversarial system.  This capacity building is critical to the region as the judge’s role in the adversarial system is different from that in the inquisitorial system.  In the inquisitorial system, the judge is actively involved in investigating the facts of the case, whereas in the adversarial system, the role of the judge is primarily that of an impartial referee between the prosecution and the defense.

Throughout 2018, judges from 10 Latin American countries will participate in JSI courses covering topics such as the development of rules of evidence, proportionality in sentencing, and opinion writing.  While each country’s transition to the adversarial system has been unique, the judges who have participated in the JSI program have displayed the same dedication to improving and strengthening the transparency and efficiency of their respective criminal justice systems.

 “The Judicial Studies Institute’s work with Latin American judges as their justice systems transition to adversarial systems is pivotal to ensure the fair and effective administration of justice throughout the hemisphere, which in turn promotes security throughout the region,” said Faye S. Ehrenstamm, Director of OPDAT.  “This would not be possible without both the deep commitment of the judiciaries from participating countries and the tremendous contributions by the U.S. federal and state judiciaries.  OPDAT is proud to be associated with JSI and its many contributions to the region.”

Since 2012, JSI, with its partners at the University of Puerto Rico and Inter-American University law schools, has hosted over 700 Latin American judges from 12 countries.  The program continues to expand with the introduction of a mentoring component for JSI alumni in 2017, and new course offerings on special topics including digital and electronic evidence, opinion writing, and asset forfeiture added to the curriculum each year.


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DOJ OPDAT Takes On Child Welfare Fraud With Job Opportunity In Honduras

Do you have a law degree?

Do you want to work and live in a warm place while you take out the Meanies?

Do you believe 'stealin' needs to stop?

Well, I believe I may have just found the job for you!

DOJ is kicking its game up to a whole 'nother level and it is about time.

Criminal Division's Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (OPDAT)  is going after all those people who were stealin' from the children through privatization schemes of child welfare NGOs to fund political campaigns, to direct Public contracts to Private corporations to split to booty of their child welfare fraud schemes to fund bank and real estate fraud schemes to fund their dark, special projects, to fund their other dark, special projects, to continue stealin'.

For our new fans, I will be gracious enough to provide a tutorial of what stealin' is because too many do not click my embedded links to the my supportive sources.

STEALIN':   When a public official, whether appointed, candidate, elected, former staffer, or anyone who has taken an oath to uphold any controlling instrument of organization, like the U.S. Constitution, to not use one's public position for personal inurement by lying, greed, or just being really stupid by setting up and/or engaging in fraud schemes, whether simple or complex, to steal, not limited to, children, land, and/or the vote.

Typical indicators of simple fraud schemes may be demonstrated in patterns of emoluments or receiving titles of nobility by accepting trips to foreign countries, posting up Facebook fashion show selfies in South African Bentleys then running to church to do a political campaign fundraiser to cover it up.

Complex fraud schemes may take the form of recieving political campaign funding through FEC Political Action Committees set up by foreign nationals, (like Israel working under the cover of a Russian corporation) many who have been found culpable in civil fraud schemes through agency OIG investigations, that only have to pay a small percentage on the false claims, that do not have to register under FARA, to eventually through a kickback to the successfully elected candidate who will, in turn, direct more private contracts to the foreign national through legislative activities, not limited to tabling bills in committees, changing a vote, or manipulating a collective vote through blackmail, espionage or other questionable methods.

Working example of a DOJ OPDAT international complex fraud scheme.

CRIMINAL DIVISION (CRM)

OFFICE OF OVERSEAS PROSECUTORIAL DEVELOPMENT, ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING

ATTORNEY TEGUCIGALPA HONDURAS

18-CRM-OPD-007

About the Office: 

This assignment is for a period of 14 months, with the possibility of extension, contingent on the availability of funding. Appointment to this position will be effected by term or reimbursable detail appointment.

The mission of the Criminal Division's Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (OPDAT) is to develop and administer technical and developmental assistance designed to enhance the capabilities of foreign justice sector institutions and their law enforcement personnel. This assistance is administered in order to enable those institutions and their personnel to more effectively combat terrorism, organized crime, corruption, financial crimes and other types of crime in a manner consistent with the rule of law. The assistance is also administered to enable those institutions and their personnel to more effectively cooperate regionally and with the United States in combating such crime. http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/opdat.

Job Description: 

The Resident Legal Advisor (RLA) will work under the auspices of U.S. Embassy in Honduras. The RLA will represent the U.S. Department of Justice and OPDAT in the implementation of justice sector technical assistance activities designed to strengthen the bilateral relationship between the U.S. and Honduras on criminal matters and to assist the partner nation's efforts to build capacity and implement international best practices, especially relating to organized crime, corruption, financial crimes, and legislation. Specifically, the RLA will work with justice sector officials on: 1) legislative, procedural, and policy reform; 2) improving the basic skills of investigators, prosecutors, and judges; 3) developing or strengthening criminal justice institutions; and 4) improving the justice sector's capacities to pursue and adjudicate cases of transnational crime, corruption, and related offenses.

Qualifications: 

Required: We are seeking an experienced attorney. To qualify for this position, applicants must possess ALL of the requirements below:

1. A J.D. degree, be duly licensed and authorized to practice as an attorney under the laws of any State, territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, and be an active member of the bar in good standing.
2. Specific grade level requirements:
   • GS-15: At least four (4) years of post J.D. legal experience, to include four (4) years of prosecutorial experience at the federal or state level.
   • GS-14: At least three (3) years of post J.D. legal experience, to include three (3) years of prosecutorial experience at the federal or state level.
3. The applicant must be a proficient Spanish speaker, as well as proficient in reading and writing Spanish.

Preferred: The successful applicant should also have:

• Ability to function effectively in an international, multi-cultural environment;
• Excellent interpersonal and management skills;
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing;
• Extensive prosecution experience;
• Experience in bar activities, teaching, designing course curricula, and/or work with international development projects; and
• Experience in developing and litigating federal criminal cases involving international extradition and mutual legal assistance

Salary: 

$89, 370 - $136,659. Compensation will be at the GS-14 or GS-15 level.

Travel: 

Travel to/from Honduras and within the country and region will be required.

Application Process: 

The Application Package must be received by 11:59PM, Eastern Time, on the closing date of this announcement.

Please submit your application through USAJobs. The list of required documents can be found in the USAJobs announcement.

1. If you do not already have an account, please create a USAJobs account before applying. You will be able to upload your resume and supporting documents and complete your profile prior to applying.
2. Once you have an account, apply to the USAJobs vacancy: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/488958000

Application Deadline: 

Thursday, February 8, 2018

Relocation Expenses: 

Relocation expenses are authorized.

Number of Positions: 

1

Updated January 19, 2018

Department Policies

Equal Employment Opportunity:  The U.S. Department of Justice is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation Employer.  Except where otherwise provided by law, there will be no discrimination because of color, race, religion, national origin, political affiliation, marital status, disability (physical or mental), age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, genetic information, status as a parent, membership or non-membership in an employee organization, on the basis of personal favoritism, or any other non-merit factor.  The Department of Justice welcomes and encourages applications from persons with physical and mental disabilities. The Department is firmly committed to satisfying its affirmative obligations under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, to ensure that persons with disabilities have every opportunity to be hired and advanced on the basis of merit within the Department of Justice.

Reasonable Accommodations:  This agency provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities where appropriate. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency.  Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.

Outreach and Recruitment for Qualified Applicants with Disabilities:   The Department encourages qualified applicants with disabilities, including individuals with targeted/severe disabilities to apply in response to posted vacancy announcements.  Qualified applicants with targeted/severe disabilities may be eligible for direct hire, non-competitive appointment under Schedule A (5 C.F.R. § 213.3102(u)) hiring authority.  Individuals with targeted/severe disabilities are encouraged to register for the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Shared List of People with Disabilities (the Bender Disability Employment Registry) by submitting their resume to resume@benderconsult.com(link sends e-mail)and referencing "Federal Career Opportunities" in the subject line.  Additional information about the Bender Registry is available at www.benderconsult.com(link is external).  Individuals with disabilities may also contact one of the Department’s Disability Points of Contact (DPOC).  See list of DPOCs.    

Suitability and Citizenship:  It is the policy of the Department to achieve a drug-free workplace and persons selected for employment will be required to pass a drug test which screens for illegal drug use prior to final appointment.  Employment is also contingent upon the completion and satisfactory adjudication of a background investigation. Congress generally prohibits agencies from employing non-citizens within the United States, except for a few narrow exceptions as set forth in the annual Appropriations Act (see, https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/non-citizens/).

Pursuant to DOJ component policies, only U.S. citizens are eligible for employment with the Executive Office for Immigration Review, U.S. Trustee’s Offices, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Unless otherwise indicated in a particular job advertisement, qualifying non-U.S. citizens meeting immigration and appropriations law criteria may apply for employment with other DOJ organizations. However, please be advised that the appointment of non-U.S. citizens is extremely rare; such appointments would be possible only if necessary to accomplish the Department's mission and would be subject to strict security requirements. Applicants who hold dual citizenship in the U.S. and another country will be considered on a case-by-case basis. All DOJ employees are subject to a residency requirement. Candidates who have lived outside the United States for two or more of the past five years will likely have difficulty being approved for appointments by the Department Security Staff. The two-year period is cumulative, not necessarily consecutive. Federal or military employees, or dependents of federal or military employees serving overseas, are excepted from this requirement.

Veterans:  There is no formal rating system for applying veterans' preference to attorney appointments in the excepted service; however, the Department of Justice considers veterans' preference eligibility as a positive factor in attorney hiring. Applicants eligible for veterans' preference must include that information in their cover letter or resume and attach supporting documentation (e.g., the DD 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty and other supporting documentation) to their submissions. Although the "point" system is not used, per se, applicants eligible to claim 10-point preference must submit Standard Form (SF) 15, Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference, and submit the supporting documentation required for the specific type of preference claimed (visit the OPM website, www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/SF15.pdf for a copy of SF 15, which lists the types of 10-point preferences and the required supporting document(s).

Applicants should note that SF 15 requires supporting documentation associated with service- connected disabilities or receipt of nonservice-connected disability pensions to be dated 1991 or later except in the case of service members submitting official statements or retirement orders from a branch of the Armed Forces showing that his  or her retirement was due to a permanent service-connected disability or that he/she was transferred to the permanent disability retired list (the statement or retirement orders must indicate that the disability is 10% or more).

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This and other vacancy announcements can be found under Attorney Vacancies and Volunteer Legal Internships. The Department of Justice cannot control further dissemination and/or posting of information contained in this vacancy announcement. Such posting and/or dissemination is not an endorsement by the Department of the organization or group disseminating and/or posting the information.

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