On March 25, 2022, Kenneth Polite, Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice (DOJ)’s Criminal Division, delivered a speech at NYU Law School’s Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement announcing initiatives that DOJ is undertaking regarding corporate compliance programs and Chief Compliance Officers (CCOs). AAG Polite anchored his remarks in his own experience as a former Chief Compliance Officer at Entergy. He emphasized that the goal of these initiatives is to improve the stature of CCOs, help ensure CCOs can express concerns, and try to ensure CCOs feature prominently in an organization’s remedial efforts.