NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING OF THE UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION
March 10, 2009
Pursuant to Rule 3.2 of the Rules of Practice and Procedure of the United States Sentencing Commission, a public hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, March 17, from 2:15 p.m.-5:30 p.m., and Wednesday, March 18, from 8:30 a.m.- 9:30 a.m.
The public hearing will be held in Training Rooms A,B, & C of the Federal Judicial Center, on the concourse level of the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, Washington, DC.
The purpose of the public hearing is for the Commission to gather testimony from invited witnesses regarding proposed amendments to the federal sentencing guidelines.
United States Sentencing Commission Public Hearing Agenda
Washington, D.C.
Tuesday, March 17 and Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Federal Judicial Center Training Rooms
Washington, D.C.
Day One: Tuesday, March 17, 2:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Panel One: Identity Theft and Restitution Enforcement Act of 2008
2:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.Michael DuBose
Chief, Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS)
Criminal Division, United States Department of JusticeEric Handy
Mid Atlantic Coast Representative
Identity Theft Resource CenterJennifer Coffin
National Sentencing Resource Counsel
Federal Public and Community DefendersVincent Weafer
Vice President, Security Response
SymantecSeth Schoen
Staff Technologist
Electronic Frontier FoundationPanel Two: William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008
3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.Joseph E. Koehler
Assistant United States Attorney
Deputy Chief, Criminal Division Immigration Unit
United States Attorney's Office, District of ArizonaLesley Whitcomb Fierst
Associate, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC
Federal Public and Community DefendersKaren Stauss
Managing Attorney and Policy Counsel
Polaris ProjectCharles Song
West Coast Pro Bono Director, Howrey LLP
(formerly Legal Services Director, Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking)Panel Three: Other Guideline Amendments
4:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.Suzanne Ferreira
Supervising United States Probation Officer for the Southern District
of Florida; Chair, Probation Officers Advisory GroupCraig D. Magaw
Deputy Assistant Director, Office of Investigations
United States Secret ServiceDonna Lee Elm
Federal Public Defender for the Middle District of Florida;
Federal Public and Community DefendersKenneth H. Linn
Chairman, FedCURE
(Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants, Federal Prison Chapter )Adjourn - 5:30 p.m.
Day Two: Wednesday, March 18, 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Panel Four: Court Security Improvement Act of 2007
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.Michael J. Prout
Assistant Director for Judicial Security, Judicial Security Division
United States Marshals ServiceJon M. Sands
Federal Public Defender for the District of Arizona
Chair, Federal Defender Sentencing Guidelines CommitteeTodd A. Bussert
Co-Chair, Practitioners Advisory GroupErik R. Stegman
Program Manager, Carry the Kettle First Nation (Assiniboine)
National Congress of American Indians Policy Research CenterMario J. Scalora
Associate Professor of Psychology
University of Nebraska-LincolnAdjourn - 9:30 a.m.