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GAO-05-95R 1 (2004-10-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaqry0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A ... nabiity * Integrty' Reliability Washington, DC 20548 October 12, 2004 The Honorable Patrick J. Leahy Ranking Minority Member Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate The Honorable John Conyers, Jr. Ranking Minority Member Committee on the Judiciary House of Representatives Subject: U.S. Attorney General's Travel Costs for the USA PATRIOT Act Tour and Related Activities In August and September of 2003, the Attorney General of the United States visited a number of cities around the country on what has been termed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) as the USA PATRIOT Act Tour. According to DOJ, the intent of the tour was to (1) educate the public and inform members of Congress about the provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and (2) receive input and feedback from state and local law enforcement with respect to information sharing among law enforcement agencies and threats to homeland security. In response to your request, we are providing information on the locations and costs of the U.S. Attorney General's travels known as the USA PATRIOT Act Tour, as well as the locations and costs of a series of trips in September 2003 referred to by DOJ as Life and Liberty travel. These latter trips involved a series of speeches regarding crime statistics and other topics, including the importance of the USA PATRIOT Act. We are also providing information on the official positions and office assignments of the DOJ staff that accompanied the U.S. Attorney General on each of these travel visits. Additionally, we are reporting on the purpose and the costs associated with setting up and maintaining the new DOJ Life and Liberty Web site, www.lifeandliberty.gov, and the purposes of meetings or contacts held by U.S. Attorneys with members of Congress and the public on the USA PATRIOT Act in August and September 2003. To obtain this information, we reviewed itineraries, vouchers, and travel documents for the U.S. Attorney General and DOJ staff members who traveled with him, or in advance of his trips, for all PATRIOT Act and Life and Liberty travel. We also collected data on government aircraft flight GAO-05-95R Attorney General's Travel Costs Page I

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