The Department of Justice rolled out a new Web site back in October 2009 (Justice.gov) as part of an effort to "increase openness and transparency in government." The new, hipper site staked out a social media presence on YouTube, MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter (with the DOJ's Twitter feed adding new meaning to the phrase, "the DOJ is following you," as I joked here).

This week, the DOJ improved the website even further with the introduction of a new section of the site dedicated to FCPA and Related Enforcement Actions. It includes the following sub-sections:

Statutes and Regulations

Legislative History

Lay-Person's Guide (PDF)

Related Enforcement Actions

Opinion Procedure Regulations (PDF)

Opinion Procedure Releases

Review Procedure Releases

International Agreements

Anti-Corruption Sites

It also includes a useful index of FCPA enforcement actions from 2004 to the present. FCPA blogger Richard Cassin kicked the tires on the new site and offers a few caveats on his FCPA Blog, including the fact that the index doesn't update in real time and there seems to be a delay in some of the latest pleadings appearing where they should. Still, he says, the DOJ's effort here is "a big step toward an accessible archive of DOJ-provided FCPA enforcement information."