NAAUSA Asks EOUSA to Improve AUSA Security
by Steve Cook, President
February 12, 2010
EOUSA urged to improve AUSA security
December 2, 2009
In an unprecedented Board of Directors conference call. both of the lead sponsors of H.R. 4091 laid out the prospects for Congressional approval of the retirement legislation and told the Board exactly what AUSAs need to do to help them get the bill passed in the House and Senate.
Report of Meeting with Attorney General Holder
by by Steve Cook, President
July 17, 2009
I have very good news to report. NAAUSA completed a successful series of meetings with top Justice Department and Congressional officials last week. The two days of meetings on July 9 and 10 included a productive 45-minute meeting with Attorney General Eric Holder, Deputy Attorney General David Ogden, and others to review NAAUSA's issues, agenda and items raised by DOJ.
June 18, 2009
This legislation, introduced by Senators Levin, Grassley and McCaskill, will require States to obtain the names of the beneficial owners of each corporation or limited liability company formed under their laws, ensure that this information is annually updated, and make such information available to law enforcement authorities when legally authorized.
May 22, 2009
Bob Mydans, Dennis Boyd and Bruce Moyer had an excellent series of meetings at DOJ and on Capitol Hill on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 19-20. Bob said it was the best two days of meetings he'd had in Washington on behalf of NAAUSA. Read the highlights below.
April 20, 2009
NAAUSA enjoyed success last month in the amicus brief it filed with the Supreme Court, asking the Court to award review of an Eighth Circuit decision curtailing prosecutorial immunity. The Supreme Court announced on April 20 that it had awarded certiorari in the case in the next term. NAAUSA, along with the National Association of District Attorneys, had jointly filed an amicus brief in support of the cert petition.
The case is an appeal by county prosecutors of the 8th Circuit's decision in Pottawattamie County, Iowa v. Harrington and McGhee, No. 08-1065. The issue before the Supreme Court is whether a prosecutor can be held liable under Section 1983 for a wrongful conviction and incarceration stemming from the prosecutor’s procurement of false testimony during the investigation of a crime and the subsequent use of that testimony at the trial itself.
The NAAUSA-NADA amicus brief was prepared with the excellent pro bono assistance of Tom Goldstein of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP, and Amy Howe of Howell & Russell, P.C. Information about the case is available on the NAAUSA website.
NAAUSA Endorses S. 49, Public Corruption Prosecution Improvements Act
by Richard L. Delonis, NAAUSA President
March 2, 2009
NAAUSA endorses legislation to give federal prosecutors and law enforcement officials the legal tools and resources to better detect and prosecute public corruption.
NAAUSA Endorses Kansas Firearms Legislation
by NAAUSA Washington Rep. Bruce Moyer
January 14, 2009
As part of our AUSA security initiatives, NAAUSA wrote to Majority Leader of the Kansas State Senate, the Honorable Derek Schmidt, to endorse legislation to amend Kansas law to more broadly permit the carrying of concealed firearms by the United States Attorney and AUSAs. |
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On November 17, Senators Leahy (D-VT) and Hatch (R-UT) and Representatives Delahunt (D-MA) and Gohmert (R-TX) introduced "The Enhanced Restitution Enforcement and Equitable Retirement Treatment Act of 2009," S. 2786 and H.R. 4091, respectively.
AUSAs must take action NOW to contact Congress and build support for legislation.
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