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The purpose of the following section is to obtain information about the amount of and reasons for attrition of the Assistant U.S. Attorneys that you supervise. |
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Has there been any attrition in the number of Assistant U.S. Attorneys in any unit you supervised over the past two years? (Do not count normal office rotation as attrition.) | ||
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| 1. | I have not supervised any unit for a total of two full years (Click here to go to question 31.) | ||
| 2. | There has been no attrition whatsoever in Assistant U.S. attorney staff in any unit I supervised over the past two years (Click here to go to question 31.) | ||
| 3. | Yes, there has been attrition - Continue with question 28. | ||
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For which of the following reasons did Assistant U.S. Attorneys leave during the last two years. | ||
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| 1. | Retirement due to age or disability | ||
| 2. | Voluntarily transferred out of the office (Do not include transfers within the office.) | ||
| 3. | Accepted employment at a state or local prosecutors' office or with a state or local law enforcement agency | ||
| 4. | Appointed as a federal judge | ||
| 5. | Appointed or elected as a state or local judge | ||
| 6. | Ran for political office | ||
| 7. | Accepted employment with a private law firm | ||
| 8. | Started own private practice (alone or with others) | ||
| 9. | Terminated | ||
| 10. | Other (Please specify below.) | ||
| 11. | Don't know the reason the Assistant U.S. Attorney left | ||
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If you answered "Other" above, indicate the other reason(s) U.S. Attorneys left. |
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For any of the attorneys who left for private practice, in your opinion was the potential for greater financial rewards the primary reason the Assistant U.S. Attorney left? | ||
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| 1. | Not applicable, no Assistant U.S. Attorneys left for private practice (Click here to go to question 31.) | ||
| 2. | Yes, in all cases (Click here to go to question 31.) | ||
| 3. | Yes, in most cases (Click here to go to question 31.) | ||
| 4. | Yes, in some cases - Continue with question 30. | ||
| 5. | No - Continue with question 30. | ||
| 6. | I don't know the reasons they left (Click here to go to question 31.) | ||
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If the potential for greater financial rewards was not the primary reason or was the reason in only some cases, please explain why you think Assistant U.S. Attorneys left for private practice. |
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Does your office or unit have practices in place to help retain the Assistant U.S. Attorneys currently employed? | ||
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| 1. | Yes - Continue with question 32. | ||
| 2. | No (Click here to go to question 34.) | ||
| 3. | Do not know (Click here to go to question 34.) | ||
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Please describe the practices used by your office or unit to help retain Assistant U.S. Attorneys. |
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Based on your experience with these practices, how effective or ineffective have they been in retaining Assistant U.S. Attorneys? | ||
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| 1. | Very effective | ||
| 2. | Somewhat effective | ||
| 3. | Neither effective nor ineffective | ||
| 4. | Somewhat ineffective | ||
| 5. | Very ineffective | ||
| 6. | Too early to tell | ||
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Currently, what is the total number of Assistant U.S. Attorneys authorized
and working in your unit? (Enter numbers in the spaces provided.)
a.Number of Assistant U.S. Attorneys Authorized for Your Unit: |
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b.Number of Assistant U.S. Attorneys Currently Working in Your Unit: |
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Given your unit's average workload over the past 6 months, would you say there are too many, about the right number, or too few Assistant U.S. Attorneys working in your unit? | ||
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| 1. | Far too many | ||
| 2. | Too many | ||
| 3. | About the right number | ||
| 4. | Too few | ||
| 5. | Far too few | ||
| 6. | No basis to judge | ||
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