Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 122 / Monday, June 25, 2018 / Notices 29577 

pilot DHS personnel will also use 

eRegistry to register with EOIR. 

Once the eRegistry process is 

complete, attorneys and accredited 

representatives will have access to 

eInfo, located at https://

www.justice.gov/eoir/internetimmigration-info, and DHS personnel 

will have access to the parallel DHS 

electronic filing portal. When an 

attorney or accredited representative 

first accesses eInfo, the option to 

participate in the expanded electronic 

filing pilot is presented. The attorney or 

accredited representative must agree to 

a set of terms and conditions for the 

pilot, which explain the requirements 

for participation in the pilot and are 

mandatory for pilot participants. Failure 

to follow the pilot requirements to 

which attorneys and representatives 

agree upon signing up and agreeing to 

the terms and conditions may lead to 

serious adverse consequences, such as 

filings being rejected or not receiving 

service of documents from EOIR. Any 

future changes to the terms and 

conditions will be presented to the 

attorney or accredited representative in 

eInfo and will require their voluntary 

acceptance for continued participation 

in the pilot. 

An attorney or accredited 

representative’s acceptance of the pilot’s 

terms and conditions is an agreement to 

participate in the pilot for all cases for 

which they have filed a Notice of Entry 

of Appearance and an eROP is available. 

Throughout the pilot at participating 

immigration courts, eROPs will be 

available for all cases in which one of 

the parties files an initiating document, 

such as a Form I–862, Notice to Appear; 

Form I–863, Notice of Referral to 

Immigration Judge; or a bond 

redetermination request. An eROP will 

also be available when an attorney or 

accredited representative files a Notice 

of Entry of Appearance and the court 

staff scan the existing paper record of 

proceedings into the pilot system. 

Representatives will be able to tell 

which cases have an eROP by the active 

upload button that will appear in the 

system. 

Attorneys and accredited 

representatives will be able to 

electronically file documents in eligible 

cases beyond the pilot end date until the 

conclusion of all administrative 

proceedings in those cases, including 

any remands from the federal courts. In 

any case where a motion for change of 

venue is granted from a pilot location to 

a non-pilot location, or a clerical 

transfer occurs from a pilot location to 

a non-pilot location, the attorney or 

accredited representative will be 

required to follow the current nonelectronic filing requirements at the 

non-pilot location. 

The attorney or accredited 

representative may leave the pilot at any 

time by selecting the ‘‘opt out’’ option 

in eInfo. By leaving the pilot, the 

attorney or accredited representative 

must revert to following all current 

procedures and requirements for nonelectronic filing with the immigration 

courts and BIA for those cases that were 

part of the pilot. The eROP for those 

files already electronically filed will 

remain available for download, but 

electronic scanning or filing will be 

unavailable to that attorney during the 

pilot period unless the attorney opts 

back in to the pilot. The attorney or 

accredited representative may choose to 

join the pilot again by returning to eInfo 

and re-accepting the pilot terms and 

conditions during the pilot period. 

V. Additional Information 

Registered attorneys and registered 

accredited representatives will be held 

responsible for all activity conducted 

under their accounts. Misuse of the 

electronic filing system may result in 

EOIR revoking an attorney or accredited 

representative’s participation in the 

pilot, and in referral to EOIR’s 

disciplinary counsel or anti-fraud 

officer, or other appropriate parties, as 

necessary. 

If an attorney or accredited 

representative has been disbarred or 

suspended from practice before the 

immigration courts or the BIA or is 

otherwise not authorized to practice law 

before EOIR, EOIR will deactivate the 

user’s EOIR ID, which provides access 

to electronic filing, unless and until the 

BIA reinstates or otherwise permits the 

attorney or accredited representative to 

resume practice. See 8 CFR 1003.101 et 

seq. 

EOIR will not initially collect or 

accept any fee payments through this 

expanded electronic filing pilot. Any 

fees related to applications, forms, 

motions, or appeals that require a fee 

payment should continue to be paid to 

the Department of Homeland Security or 

the BIA through current procedures. See 

8 CFR 1003.24. Once expanded 

electronic filing is available at the BIA, 

EOIR expects electronic payments will 

be available for appeals and BIA 

motions that require a fee. 

Dated: June 19, 2018. 

Nathan Berkeley, 

Acting Chief, CLAD. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13578 Filed 6–22–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Charter Renewal 

AGENCY: Justice Department. 

ACTION: Notice of charter renewal of the 

Executive Advisory Board of the 

National Domestic Communications 

Assistance Center. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, Title 5, United States 

Code, Appendix, and Title 41 of the 

U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, 

section 101–6.1015, notice is hereby 

given that the Charter of the National 

Domestic Communications Assistance 

Center (NDCAC) Executive Advisory 

Board (EAB) has been renewed. The 

Charter is on file with the General 

Services Administration. The Attorney 

General determined that the NDCAC 

EAB is in the public interest and is 

necessary in connection with the 

performance of duties of the United 

States Department of Justice. These 

duties can best be performed through 

the advice and counsel of this group. 

The purpose of the EAB is to provide 

advice and recommendations to the 

Attorney General or designee, and to the 

Director of the NDCAC that promote 

public safety and national security by 

advancing the NDCAC’s core functions: 

law enforcement coordination with 

respect to technical capabilities and 

solutions, technology sharing, industry 

relations, and implementation of the 

Communications Assistance for Law 

Enforcement Act (CALEA). The EAB 

consists of 15 voting members from 

Federal, State, local and tribal law 

enforcement agencies. Additionally, 

there are two non-voting members as 

follows: A federally-employed attorney 

assigned to the NDCAC to serve as a 

legal advisor to the EAB, and the DOJ 

Chief Privacy Officer or designee to 

ensure that privacy and civil rights and 

civil liberties issues are fully considered 

in the EAB’s recommendations. The 

EAB is composed of eight State, local, 

and/or tribal representatives and seven 

federal representatives. 

The EAB functions solely as an 

advisory body in compliance with the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act. The Charter has been 

filed in accordance with the provisions 

of the Act. 

Alice Bardney-Boose, 

Designated Federal Officer, National 

Domestic Communication Assistance Center, 

Executive Advisory Board. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13555 Filed 6–22–18; 8:45 am] 

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