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LEGISLATIVE NEWS & ACTIVITY
Executive Director Jim Pasco spoke with Vanita Gupta, Associate U.S. Attorney
General, regarding the Administration’s ongoing implementation of Executive Order
14074, on Advancing Effective, Accountable Policing and Criminal Justice Practices
to Enhance Public Trust and Public Safety and more specifically the development of
the National Law Enforcement Accountability Database (NLEAD).
Executive Director Jim Pasco spoke with Erika Dinkel-Smith, Special Assistant to
the President for Political Affairs and Senior Labor Advisor, regarding the current
recruitment and retention crisis and the need for more support and resources from
the U.S. Labor Department.
Executive Director Jim Pasco spoke with Marvin G. Richardson, Deputy Director of
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), about OPM’s
continued efforts to block the agency from hiring new agents.
Legislative Liaison Mark McDonald, who has been a valued staff
member for nearly five years, is leaving the National Legislative
Office, though he will continue to work with National President
Yoes on the Blue View podcasts. We wish Mark the very best in
his new endeavors and thank him for his work!
Executive Director Jim Pasco spoke with Lisa O. Monaco, Deputy U.S. Attorney
General, regarding the bureaucratic roadblocks that the Office of Personnel
Management (OPM) has erected that are preventing the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) from hiring new agents.