Assistant Attorney General Derek Anthony West was nominated by President Obama on September 19, 2012 to be Associate Attorney General.  On January 3, 2013, the nomination was returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate. On January 22, 2013, President Obama again nominated Derek Anthony West to be Associate Attorney General.

Committee Questionnaire and Related Materials

• Committee Questionnaire
  

Letters Received in Connection with the Nomination

• May 14, 2013 - Esta Soler, President and Founder, Futures Without Violence
  
• May 14, 2013 - Ann Harkins, President and CEO, National Crime Prevention Counsel
  
• May 14, 2013 - William J. Bratton, President and CEO, The Bratton Group LLC
  
• May 15, 2013 - Randy I. Bellows, Circuit Court Judge, Fairfax County
  
• May 15, 2013 - Gregory P. Suhr, Chief of Police, San Francisco
  
• May 15, 2013 - Robert Wolf, CEO, 32 Advisors, LLC
  
• May 15, 2013 - Antony W. Batts, Police Commissioner, Baltimore Police Department
  
• May 15, 2013 - Charlie Beck, Chief of Police, LAPD
  
• May 16, 2013 - Christine Varney, former Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice
• May 16, 2013 - Aaron D. Kennard, Executive Director, National Sheriff's Association
  
• May 16, 2013 - Richard Parsons, Senior Advisor, Providence Equity
  
• May 16, 2013 - Kim J. Raney, President, California Police Chiefs Association
  
• May 16, 2013 - Scott R. Seaman, Chief of Police, Los Gatos/Monte Sereno Police Department
  
• May 16, 2013 - Jamie S. Gorelick, former Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice
  
• May 17, 2013 - Luis G. Fortuno, Former Governor, Puerto Rico
  
• May 17, 2013 - Alejandro J. Garcia-Padilla, Governor, Puerto Rico
  
• May 17, 2013 - National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives
• May 20, 2013 - Jefferson Keel, President, National Congress of American Indians
  
• May 20, 2013 - Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge, Chair, Congressional Black Caucus
  
• May 20, 2013 - David S. Kris, Former Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division, Department of Justice
  
• May 20, 2013 - NAACP
  
• May 20, 2013 - William M. Lansdowne, Chief of Police, San Diego
  
• May 20, 2013 - Bill Lee, Former Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice
  
• May 20, 2013 - Ken Salazar, Former Secretary of the Interior
  
• May 21, 2013 - Mai Fernandez, Executive Director, National Center for Victims of Crime
  
• May 21, 2013 - Bernard K. Melekian, Former Director, Office of Community Policing Services, Department of Justice
• May 22, 2013 - Craig T. Steckler, President, International Association of Chiefs of Police
  
• May 22, 2013 - The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
  
• May 22, 2013 - Michael A. Nutter, Mayor of Philadelphia, President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors
  
• May 22, 2013 - Mark L. Shurtleff, Former Utah Attorney General
  
• May 22, 2013 - Catherine W. Sanz, President, Women in Federal Law Enforcement
  

Thomas J. Perrilli nomination materials available here.