[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 21 (Wednesday, February 1, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5057-5058]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-2163]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs

[OJP (NIJ) Docket No. 1580]


Draft Guidelines for Coroner/Medical Examiner Media Relations

AGENCY: National Institute of Justice, DOJ.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In an effort to obtain comments from interested parties, the 
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National 
Institute of Justice, Scientific Working Group for Medicolegal Death 
Investigation will make available to the general public a draft 
document entitled, ``Guidelines for Media Relations: Dissemination of 
Public Information in Medicolegal Death Investigations.'' The 
opportunity to provide comments on this document is open to coroner/
medical examiner office representatives, law enforcement agencies, 
organizations, and all other stakeholders and interested parties. Those 
individuals wishing to obtain and provide comments on the draft 
document under consideration are

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directed to the following Web site: http://www.swgmdi.org

DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 6, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia Kashtan, by telephone at 202-
353-1856 [Note: this is not a toll-free telephone number], or by e-mail 
at [email protected].


John Laub,
Director, National Institute of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2012-2163 Filed 1-31-12; 8:45 am]
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