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Today the Department is now releasing key excerpts of the strategic plan in Spanish and key exceprts in the other top languages spoken by the LEP general public in the United States: Spanish, Chinese (simplified and traditional), Vietnamese, Korean, and Tagalog. The Department continues to prioritize actions to help ensure language access is not a barrier to LEP individuals participation in Department priorities including access to a plan that guides our efforts across the Department as we continue to fulfill our responsibilities to the American people.

From September 19 to 29, 2022, ICITAP-Philippines delivered three 3-day iterations of Best Practices in High Security & Terrorist Detainee Prison Management training, to members of the Philippines Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) as well as leadership of the BJMP Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE) Center and Directorate of Intelligence.

The Office of Information Policy has issued reporting deadlines for agency FOIA reports.  

The Office of Information Policy (OIP) has posted updates to its compilation of FOIA Exemption 3 resources.

From September 19 to 20, 2022, the ICITAP-Indonesia Criminal Investigation Development Project collaborated with the Office of Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (OPDAT) to provide the seventh in a series of regional TIP Workshops focusing on Victim Restitution and Assistance. 

This is the Environmental Crimes Bulletin for September 2022.

The Office of Information Policy published policy guidance to assist agency FOIA professionals in processing requests involving Privacy Act records. 

On September 14, the ICITAP-Bangladesh mission reported on ICITAPs Counter-Wildlife Trafficking (CWT) program, which was honored to be joined on their recent wildlife prosecutions training event held in Sreemangal, Sylhet, Bangladesh by women law enforcement officers from across the Bangladesh Forest Department and Bangladesh Police.

2023 Agency Chief FOIA Officer Report Guidelines focus on key areas of FOIA administration

On September 13, ICITAP’s Assistant Director for ICITAP Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) announced that in July of 2022, the second iteration of the United States Government Women, Peace, and Security Congressional Report was released, showcasing key milestones from participating departments in the first implementation year of the WPS strategy. 

Memorandum to agency Chief FOIA Officers and General Counsels encourage agencies to use updated online training modules developed by OIP.

Where did the summer go? Labor Day has come and gone, and millions of young people are back their classrooms for the beginning of another school year. It can be an exciting time for families – you may have seen proud family members and loved ones posting first-day-of-school photos on social media – but it can also be a stressful time for young people.