Director John H. Laub was confirmed on June 22, 2010.  A hearing to consider the nomination was held on November 18, 2009.  An archived webcast is available.  The nomination was reported by the Committee on December 3, 2009.

A transcript of the hearing, including the Committee Questionnaire, responses to questions submitted for the record, and letters received in connection with the nomination, is available through the Government Printing Office.  Attachments to the Committee Questionnaire are available upon request.

Letters Received in Connection with the Nomination

• November 24, 2009 - Barry C. Feld, Centennial Professor of Law, University of Minnesota
  
• November 11, 2009 - Janet Fine, Executive Director, Massachusetts Office of Victim Assistance
  
• November 10, 2009 - Edward Rhine, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction
• November 9, 2009 - Robert J. Sampson, Chairman & Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences, Harvard University, Department of Sociology
  
• November 2009 - James Q. Wilson, Emeritus Professor, UCLA
• October 30, 2009 - Janet L. Lauritsen, Professor, University of Missouri St. Louis, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
  
• October 30, 2009 - Community Resources for Justice
• October 27, 2009 - Michael Gottfredson, Executive Vice Chancellor & Provost, University of California, Irvine
  
• October 20, 2009 - Joan Petersilia, Adelbert H. Sweet Professor of Law, Co-Director, Stanford Criminal Justice Center, Stanford Law School
• October 20, 2009 - Criminology and Criminal Justice Policy Coalition

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