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WHITE HOUSE AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Continuing the practice of newadministrations, President Bush and the Department of Justicehave begun the transition process for most of the 93 UnitedStates Attorneys.

Attorney General Ashcroft said, "We are committed to makingthis an orderly transition to ensure effective, professional lawenforcement that reflects the President 's priorities."

In January of this year, nearly all presidential appointeesfrom the previous administration offered their resignations. Two Justice Department exceptions were the United StatesAttorneys and United States Marshals.

Prior to the beginning of this transition process, nearlyone-third of the United States Attorneys had already submittedtheir resignations. The White House and the Department ofJustice have begun to schedule transition dates for most of theremaining United States Attorneys to occur prior to June of thisyear. President Bush will make announcements regarding hisnominations to the Senate of new United States Attorneys as thatinformation becomes available. Pending confirmation of thePresident's nominees, the Attorney General will makeappointments of Interim United States Attorneys for a period of120 days (28USC546). Upon the expiration of that appointment,the authority rests with the United States District Court(28USC546(d)).

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