Responding to Hate, Building Safer Communities Webinar
Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. ET Hosted by the NAAG Center for Excellence in Governance and the James Byrd Jr. Center to Stop Hate. As part of his Presidential Initiative “The People v. Hate: Standing Up for Humanity,” NAAG President and District of Columbia Attorney General Karl A. Racine invites you…
Samantha Hammond
Samantha Hammond joined NAAG in August of 2021 as an administrative assistant where she provided administrative and logistical support to NAAG’s chief administrative officer, chief financial officer, director of human resources and director of NAGTRI. She was promoted to member services coordinator (MSC) in September 2022. She moved from her home state of Texas in…
Current Status of COVID-19 Vaccines Rollout Nationwide: August 2021 Update for the Attorney General Community
On August 25, the U.S. reached over 363.9 million total COVID-19 vaccine doses administered with 202 million persons (60.9% of the total U.S. population) having received at least one dose and 171.2 million persons (51.6% of the total U.S. population) being fully vaccinated. Among those individuals aged 65 years and older, 91.5% have received at…
New Anticorruption Manual for State and Local Prosecutors by the National Association of Attorneys General Available Today
Washington, D.C. — Today, the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) announced the release of The Anticorruption Manual: A Guide for State Prosecutors. The book, which provides an overview of prosecuting corruption in the United States, is the first publication in 30 years dedicated to guiding prosecutors who investigate and charge public corruption crime. It is also…
COVID-19 Webinar: An Update on Issues Facing Mortgage Holders, Renters, and Student Loan Borrowers, and How Attorney General Offices are Approaching the Return to the Office
September 1, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. ET Hosted by NAGTRI Center for Consumer Protection and NAAG Consumer Protection Committee Federal and state COVID-related consumer protections from mortgage foreclosures and from residential and student loan defaults are in flux due to ending moratoriums and extensions, as well as legal cases challenging the validity…
Press Invited to Attend Conference on Combatting Sexual and Domestic Violence
WHO: The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) is hosting the conference in conjunction with Virginia Attorney General and NAAG Southern Region Chair Mark Herring. Attorneys general scheduled to speak include: Mark Herring, Virginia Attorney General and NAAG Southern Region Chair Ashley Moody, Florida Attorney General and NAAG Southern Region Vice Chair Lynn Fitch, Mississippi…
Attorneys General to Congress: Provide States with the Same Antitrust Venue Rights as Federal Enforcers
Washington, D.C. — The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) is urging Congress to pass the State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act of 2021. The legislation would provide states with the same venue selection rights as federal enforcers by prohibiting the transfer of state antitrust actions into a multidistrict litigation. Attorneys general pursue antitrust enforcement actions…
National Association of Attorneys General Announces New Director for Training and Research Arm
Washington, D.C. — The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) has selected Jeanette Manning as the new director of the National Attorneys General Training and Research Institute (NAGTRI), the training and research branch of NAAG. Manning temporarily will continue to serve in her role as director of NAGTRI’s Center for International Partnerships and Strategic Collaboration…
Attorneys General Urge Congress to Support Bipartisan School Violence Prevention Bill
Washington, D.C. — The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) is urging Congress to pass the EAGLES Act, a national program to prevent targeted school violence. The legislation is named for the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Eagles and would expand the U.S. Secret Service’s National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) with a greater focus on…
COVID-19 Vaccines and Effective Communications Strategies
The U.S. distribution of safe and efficacious vaccines to prevent COVID-19 has increased exponentially since December 2020. The average daily rates of vaccines administered in the U.S. has reached 3.3 million in April. On April 14, the U.S. reached more than 194.8 million total doses administered with 76.7 million persons (23.1% of the total U.S….