United States Deputy Attorney General

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federal executive position government office

The United States Deputy Attorney General is the second-highest-ranking official in the U.S. Department of Justice, responsible for overseeing its day-to-day operations and acting as the Attorney General’s principal deputy.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
United States Deputy Attorney General canonical 27
Deputy Attorney General of the United States 17
Office of the Deputy Attorney General 2

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf federal executive position ⓘ
government office ⓘ
actsAs principal deputy to the United States Attorney General ⓘ
appointedBy President of the United States ⓘ
category United States Deputy Attorney General self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: United States Department of Justice officials

United States federal executive positions ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
formationYear 1950 ⓘ
hasDeputy United States Associate Attorney General ⓘ
hierarchicalRank second-highest-ranking official in the United States Department of Justice ⓘ
includedIn United States Department of Justice order of succession ⓘ
includedInLineOfSuccessionFor United States Attorney General ⓘ
jurisdiction United States government ⓘ
surface form: federal government of the United States
legalBasis created by administrative action within the United States Department of Justice ⓘ
locatedIn Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building ⓘ
mayActAs Acting United States Attorney General in the Attorney General’s absence ⓘ
memberOf senior leadership of the United States Department of Justice ⓘ
oversees United States Deputy Attorney General self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Office of the Deputy Attorney General

day-to-day operations of the United States Department of Justice ⓘ
partOf United States Department of Justice ⓘ
reportsTo United States Attorney General ⓘ
requiresConfirmationBy United States Senate ⓘ
responsibleFor budgetary and resource allocation decisions within the Department of Justice ⓘ
coordination of law enforcement policy across federal agencies under the Department of Justice ⓘ
coordination of national security-related matters within the Department of Justice ⓘ
coordination with other branches of the United States government on justice-related matters ⓘ
development and enforcement of federal criminal justice policy ⓘ
ensuring compliance with federal law within the Department of Justice ⓘ
implementation of Attorney General guidelines and directives ⓘ
implementation of policies of the United States Department of Justice ⓘ
internal management and administration of the United States Department of Justice ⓘ
oversight of departmental ethics and professional responsibility policies ⓘ
oversight of major criminal and civil investigations handled by the Department of Justice ⓘ
strategic planning for the United States Department of Justice ⓘ
supervision of United States Attorneys ⓘ
supervision of federal law enforcement components within the Department of Justice ⓘ
supervision of litigating divisions of the United States Department of Justice ⓘ
seat Washington, D.C. ⓘ
style The Honorable ⓘ
typeOf cabinet-level subcabinet position ⓘ
worksWith United States Associate Attorney General ⓘ
surface form: Office of the Associate Attorney General

Office of the Attorney General ⓘ
Office of the Solicitor General ⓘ

Referenced by (49)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

William D. Ruckelshaus → positionHeld → United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ
Saturday Night Massacre → officeInvolved → United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ
this entity surface form: Office of the Deputy Attorney General
Ruckelshaus → positionHeld → United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ
subject surface form: William D. Ruckelshaus
this entity surface form: Deputy Attorney General of the United States
United States Deputy Attorney General → category → United States Deputy Attorney General self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Department of Justice officials
United States Deputy Attorney General → oversees → United States Deputy Attorney General self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Office of the Deputy Attorney General
Assistant United States Attorney General for the Civil Division → mayReportTo → United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deputy Attorney General of the United States
United States Associate Attorney General → subordinateTo → United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ
United States Associate Attorney General → reportsTo → United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ
United States Associate Attorney General → isDistinctFrom → United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ
Criminal Division → reportsTo → United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deputy Attorney General of the United States
William P. Rogers → positionHeld → United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ
Byron R. White → positionHeld → United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ
Civil Division of the United States Department of Justice → reportsTo → United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deputy Attorney General of the United States
Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division → reportsTo → United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deputy Attorney General of the United States
Assistant Attorneys General of the United States → subordinateTo → United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deputy Attorney General of the United States
Assistant Attorneys General of the United States → reportsTo → United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deputy Attorney General of the United States
Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights → reportsTo → United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ
Jamie S. Gorelick → positionHeld → United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ
Eric Holder → positionHeld → United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ
Office of Policy and Legislation → subordinateTo → United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deputy Attorney General of the United States
Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division → reportsTo → United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ
James Comey → positionHeld → United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ
Merrick Garland (attended, transferred) → positionHeld → United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ
subject surface form: Merrick Garland
this entity surface form: United States Deputy Assistant Attorney General
Nicholas deB. Katzenbach → positionHeld → United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ
United States Attorney for the Southern District of Texas → reportsTo → United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deputy Attorney General of the United States
United States Attorney for the District of Arizona → reportsTo → United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ
United States Attorney for the District of Colorado → reportsTo → United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania → supervisedBy → United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deputy Attorney General of the United States
United States Attorney for the District of Utah → supervisedBy → United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deputy Attorney General of the United States
United States Attorney for the District of Alaska → supervisedBy → United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deputy Attorney General of the United States
United States Attorney for the District of Guam → supervisedBy → United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York → reportsTo → United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deputy Attorney General of the United States
United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico → alsoReportsTo → United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ
Jeffrey A. Rosen → positionHeld → United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ
Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division → reportsTo → United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deputy Attorney General of the United States
Richard G. Kleindienst → positionHeld → United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ
Ramsey Clark → positionHeld → United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ
Judge Laurence Silberman → positionHeld → United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ
subject surface form: Laurence Silberman
Gorelick → positionHeld → United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ
subject surface form: Jamie S. Gorelick
Holder → previousPositionHeld → United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ
subject surface form: Eric Holder
Fiscal General de la Nación → canDelegateTo → United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ
subject surface form: Fiscal General de la Nación (Colombia)
this entity surface form: Deputy Attorneys General
Office of the Deputy Attorney General → headOfGovernmentBody → United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deputy Attorney General of the United States
Warren Christopher → positionHeld → United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ
Lowell Jensen → positionHeld → United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ
William Barr (as Attorney General of the United States) → positionHeld → United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ
subject surface form: William Barr
this entity surface form: Deputy Attorney General of the United States
Rod Rosenstein → positionHeld → United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana → supervisedBy → United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deputy Attorney General of the United States
Katzenbach → positionHeld → United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ
subject surface form: Nicholas deB. Katzenbach
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa → reportsTo → United States Deputy Attorney General ⓘ