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Executive Office for United States Attorneys - Definition |
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The Executive Office for United States Attorneys (EOUSA) provides the 93 United States Attorneys (94 United States Attorneys' offices) with:
- general executive assistance and direction,
- policy development,
- administrative management direction and oversight,
- operational support,
- coordination with other components of the United States Department of Justice and other federal agencies.
These responsibilities include certain legal, budgetary, administrative, and personnel services, as well as legal education.
The EOUSA was created on April 6, 1953, by Attorney General Order No. 8-53 to provide for close liaison between the Department of Justice in Washington, DC, and the 93 U.S. attorneys located throughout the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, the Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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