2008 Budget and Performance Summary - General Legal Activities (GLA)

**GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES**
(Dollars in Thousands)
	OFFICE OF SOLICITOR GENERAL			TAX DIVISION			CRIMINAL DIVISION			CIVIL DIVISION			ENV. AND NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION			OFFICE OF LEGAL COUNSEL			CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION			INTERPOL			LEGAL ACTIVITIES OFFICE AUTOMATION			OFFICE OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION			GRAND TOTAL GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES
	Pos.	FTE	Amount	Pos.	FTE	Amount	Pos.	FTE	Amount	Pos.	FTE	Amount	Pos.	FTE	Amount	Pos.	FTE	Amount	Pos.	FTE	Amount	Pos.	FTE	Amount	Pos.	FTE	Amount	Pos.	FTE	Amount	Pos.	FTE	Amount

2006 Enacted (with Rescissions)	48	49	8,292	566	518	80,506	818	817	143,106	1,100	1,096	192,864	439	493	92,774	37	37	5,861	737	739	109,036	62	64	20,586	0	0	0	3	3	480	3,810	3,816	653,505
2006 Hurricane Supplemental	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,375	0	0	9,625	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11,000
2006 Enacted (with Rescissions and Supplemental)	48	49	8,292	566	518	80,506	818	817	144,481	1,100	1,096	202,489	439	493	92,774	37	37	5,861	737	739	109,036	62	64	20,586	0	0	0	3	3	480	3,810	3,816	664,505

2007 President's budget (Information Only)	48	49	9,977	595	531	87,691	746	751	137,061	1,208	1,176	213,286	436	490	95,051	37	37	6,278	733	735	113,583	63	65	20,812	0	0	0	3	3	586	3,869	3,837	684,325

2007 Continuing Resolution Level (Information Only)	48	49	9,017	566	518	80,506	818	817	143,106	1,100	1,096	192,864	439	493	92,774	37	37	5,861	737	739	109,036	62	64	19,861	0	0	0	3	3	480	3,810	3,816	653,505

2007 Estimate (direct)*	48	49	9,237	595	531	82,621	746	751	131,396	1,208	1,176	204,612	436	490	91,408	37	37	5,972	733	735	108,777	63	65	20,354	0	0	0	3	3	542	3,869	3,837	654,919

2008 Request	48	49	10,085	666	583	94,678	758	760	152,024	1,368	1,298	245,023	453	499	101,396	37	37	6,310	726	722	116,789	64	66	23,727	0	0	0	3	3	552	4,123	4,017	750,584

Change 2008 from 2007 Estimate	0	0	848	71	52	12,057	12	9	20,628	160	122	40,411	17	9	9,988	0	0	338	-7	-13	8,012	1	1	3,373	0	0	0	0	0	10	254	180	95,665

Technical Adjustments

Base Adjustment**			-103			478			3,182			4,679			2,505			97			2,533			458						-9			13,820

Total Technical Adjustments	0	0	-103	0	0	478	0	0	3,182	0	0	4,679	0	0	2,505	0	0	97	0	0	2,533	0	0	458	0	0	0	0	0	-9	0	0	13,820

Adjustments to Base

Increases:
2008 Pay Raise (3.0 %)	0	0	153	0	0	1,350	0	0	2,010	0	0	2,888	0	0	1,467	0	0	89	0	0	1,737	0	0	121	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	9,822
2007 pay raise annualization (2.2 %)	0	0	268	0	0	546	0	0	695	0	0	1,058	0	0	414	0	0	25	0	0	578	0	0	42	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3,628
Annualization of 2007 positions (FTE)	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	1	0	0	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	74	0
Annualization of 2007 positions (dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	1,747	0	0	144	0	0	8,102	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10,044
Annualization of 2006 positions (dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	272	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	272
Changes in Compensable Days	0	0	51	0	0	449	0	0	672	0	0	983	0	0	492	0	0	31	0	0	569	0	0	42	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3,291
Retirement	0	0	10	0	0	132	0	0	200	0	0	238	0	0	146	0	0	7	0	0	150	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	898
Health Insurance	0	0	20	0	0	129	0	0	290	0	0	244	0	0	210	0	0	11	0	0	204	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,121
Employee Compensation Fund	0	0	1	0	0	-22	0	0	-8	0	0	3	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	-13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-34
GSA Rent	0	0	443	0	0	2,038	0	0	1,390	0	0	1,771	0	0	752	0	0	76	0	0	502	0	0	47	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	7,025
Moves (Lease Expirations)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8,950	0	0	2,644	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13,594
DHS Security Charges	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	0	0	9	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	19	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	42
Security Investigations	0	0	4	0	0	19	0	0	24	0	0	62	0	0	45	0	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	175
Capital Security Cost Sharing	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,693	0	0	71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,764
Government Leased Quarters (GLQ) Requirement	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	109	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	109
Post Allowance - Cost of Living Allowance	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	57

Subtotal Increases	0	0	951	0	16	6,392	0	1	16,230	0	57	18,345	0	0	3,532	0	0	241	0	0	3,766	0	0	2,332	0	0	0	0	0	19	0	74	51,808

Decreases:
Unfunded Position and FTE Reduction	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-32	-32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-20	-20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-52	-52	0

Subtotal Decreases	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-32	-32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-20	-20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-52	-52	0

Total Adjustments to Base	0	0	951	0	16	6,392	0	1	16,230	-32	25	18,345	0	0	3,532	0	0	241	-20	-20	3,766	0	0	2,332	0	0	0	0	0	19	-52	22	51,808

Total Adjustments to Base and Technical Adjustments	0	0	848	0	16	6,870	0	1	19,412	-32	25	23,024	0	0	6,037	0	0	338	-20	-20	6,299	0	0	2,790	0	0	0	0	0	10	-52	22	65,628

2008 Current Services	48	49	10,085	595	547	89,491	746	752	150,808	1,176	1,201	227,636	436	490	97,445	37	37	6,310	713	715	115,076	63	65	23,144	0	0	0	3	3	552	3,817	3,859	720,547

Program Changes

TAX - Operation Continue Follow-Through				71	36	5,187																									71	36	5,187
CRM - Reducing Violent and Organized Crime (Gang-TECC included)							2	2	232																						2	2	232
CRM - Protecting Citizens from Online Crime							7	4	685																						7	4	685
CRM - Reducing the Flow of Illicit Drugs							3	2	299																						3	2	299
CIV - Guantanamo Bay Detainee Litigation										29	15	3,263																			29	15	3,263
CIV - Immigration Litigation										163	82	14,124																			163	82	14,124
ENRD - Tribal Trust Initiative													17	9	3,951																17	9	3,951
CRTS - Human Trafficking																			13	7	1,713										13	7	1,713
IPOL - Law Enforcement Information Sharing																								514							0	0	514
IPOL - MS-13/Transnational Violent Gangs Program																						1	1	69							1	1	69

Subtotal Increases	0	0	0	71	36	5187	12	8	1216	192	97	17387	17	9	3951	0	0	0	13	7	1713	1	1	583	0	0	0	0	0	0	306	158	30,037

Total Program Changes	0	0	0	71	36	5,187	12	8	1,216	192	97	17,387	17	9	3,951	0	0	0	13	7	1,713	1	1	583	0	0	0	0	0	0	306	158	30,037

2008 Request	48	49	10,085	666	583	94,678	758	760	152,024	1,368	1,298	245,023	453	499	101,396	37	37	6,310	726	722	116,789	64	66	23,727	0	0	0	3	3	552	4,123	4,017	750,584
Change 2008 from 2007 Estimate	0	0	848	71	52	12,057	12	9	20,628	160	122	40,411	17	9	9,988	0	0	338	-7	-13	8,012	1	1	3,373	0	0	0	0	0	10	254	180	95,665

	* The Department of Justice 2008 budget request was built on a starting point that recognized progress in enacting the FY 2007 appropriation. The starting point used (referred to throughout this document as the "Estimate") is the average of the Senate Committee and House passed marks, less one percent, unless noted otherwise.
	** As noted, the FY 2007 Estimate is the average of the House and Senate levels less 1 percent. However, in some instances applying this methodology yields a number that, if used to formulate the FY 2008 request, would result in an unwarranted cut to programs. To correct this problem for General Legal Activites, the President's budget includes a base adjustment of $13,820,000 to provide a viable current services level.

	Civil Division's base does not reflect the 13 reimbursable FTEs and $6,833 for Vaccine Injury Compensation.

GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(Dollars in Thousands)
	2007 Estimate			2008 Current Services			2008 Request			Total Program Changes
Comparison by activity and program	Perm Pos.	FTE	Amount	Perm Pos.	FTE	Amount	Perm Pos.	FTE	Amount	Perm Pos.	FTE	Amount

1. Conduct of Supreme Court Proceedings and Review of Appellate Matters	48	49	$ 9,237	48	49	$ 10,085	48	49	$ 10,085	0	0	$ 0

2. General Tax Matters	595	531	82,621	595	547	89,491	666	583	94,678	71	36	5,187

3. Enforcing Federal Criminal Laws	746	751	131,396	746	752	150,808	758	760	152,024	12	8	1,216

4. Claims, Customs and General Civil Matters	1,208	1,176	204,612	1,176	1,201	227,636	1,368	1,298	245,023	192	97	17,387

5. Environment and Natural Resources	436	490	91,408	436	490	97,445	453	499	101,396	17	9	3,951

6. Legal Opinions	37	37	5,972	37	37	6,310	37	37	6,310	0	0	0

7. Civil Rights Division	733	735	108,777	713	715	115,076	726	722	116,789	13	7	1,713

8. Interpol - USNCB	63	65	20,354	63	65	23,144	64	66	23,727	1	1	583

9. Dispute Resolutions	3	3	542	3	3	552	3	3	552	0	0	0

Total	3,869	3,837	654,919	3,817	3,859	720,547	4,123	4,017	750,584	306	158	30,037

Reimbursable FTE		351			356			357			1

Grand Total	3,869	4,188	654,919	3,817	4,215	720,547	4,123	4,374	750,584	306	159	30,037


Consistent with the Government Performance and Results Act, the 2007 budget proposes to streamline the decision unit structure of DOJ components to align more closely with the mission and strategic objectives contained in the DOJ Strategic Plan (FY 2003-2008). In addition, the budget has been realigned to reflect each component's outputs and full costs by major program activity, including the costs of management and administration, so that a more accurate picture of total activity costs is reflected in the budget. In this way, budget and performance are more closely linked, and provide a better basis on which to make budget decisions.

GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(Dollars in Thousands)
Program Increases

Tax Division	Pos.	FTE	($000s)

The Tax Division requests 71 positions (51 attorneys), 36 FTE, and $5,187,000 for Operation Continue Follow-Through. The goal of Operation Continued Follow-Through is to provide additional resources for increased and more effective tax law enforcement, an established priority of this Administration and the Congress. FY 2008 current services resources for this initiative are 32 positions (22 attorneys), 32 FTE, and $3,747,000. FY 2008 total resources for this initiative are 103 positions (73 attorneys), 68 FTE, and $8,934,000.	71	36	$ 5,187

Criminal Division

The Criminal Division requests 2 positions (2 attorneys), 2 FTE, and $232,000 to combat the growing threat of gang and violent crime. These additional resources are necessary to address the ever present transnational and national threats to the American people posed by violent crime. This request includes the Division's personnel requirements for the newly created National Gang Targeting, Enforcement, and Coordination Center (Gang TECC). Additionally, 1 position will enhance the Division's Gang Squad. These efforts support the Administration's Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative. Total FY 2008 current services for the Gang Squad are 8 positions (7 attorneys), 8 FTE, and $1,551,000. FY 2008 total resources for this initiative are 10 positions (9 attorneys), 10 FTE, and $1,783,000.	2	2	$ 232

The Criminal Division requests 7 positions (4 attorneys), 4 FTE, and $685,000 to support the Attorney General’s priority of ensuring that the Internet is a safe place for all Americans, especially children. These enhancements will provide necessary resources to protect our children online through Project Safe Childhood (PSC) and to protect networks. The Division will be integral to PSC, not only in partnering with other PSC participants to provide necessary training, but also in coordinating our nationwide operations so that the additional resources that will be available to investigate leads will be used to the maximum advantage. FY 2008 current services resources for this initiative are 40 positions (28 attorneys), 40 FTE, and $7,578,000. FY 2008 total resources for this initiative are 47 positions (32 attorneys), 44 FTE, and $8,263,000.	7	4	$ 685

The Criminal Division requests 3 positions (2 attorneys), 2 FTE, and $299,000 to support the Attorney General’s priority of dismantling drug trafficking organizations and stopping the spread of illegal drugs, especially methamphetamine. This request will aid in efforts to take down international narcotic trafficking organizations and incarcerate dangerous drug dealers. The Division is requesting resources to address a massive backlog in pending extradition and mutual legal assistance cases as well as Title III requests needed to bring transnational drug traffickers to justice and provide timely review of critical law enforcement tools. FY 2008 current services resources for this initiative are 78 positions (42 attorneys), 77 FTE, and $14,123,000. FY 2008 total resources for this initiative are 81 positions (44 attorneys), 79 FTE, and $14,422,000.	3	2	$ 299

Civil Division

The Civil Division requests 29 positions (23 attorneys), 15 FTE, and $3,263,000 to defend the government in Guantanamo Bay Detainee litigation. Since 9/11, the government has implemented numerous counterterrorism strategies that have proven highly effective in disrupting attacks and weakening global terrorist networks. Many of these policies, however, have drawn legal challenges in courts, including hundreds of lawsuits filed on behalf of alien enemy combatants held at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. The government must be effectively defended. FY 2008 current services resources for this initiative are 7 positions (7 attorneys), 7 FTE, and $2,278,000. FY 2008 total resources for this initiative are 36 positions (30 attorneys), 22 FTE, and $5,541,000.	29	15	$ 3,263

The Civil Division requests 163 positions (124 attorneys), 82 FTE, and $14,124,000 to handle the sharp rise in immigration cases. As the Department of Homeland Security continues to increase its immigration enforcement efforts and the Board of Immigration Appeals continues to adjudicate large numbers of removal cases each year, Civil Division's Office of Immigration Litigation caseload continues to grow. By FY 2008, the caseload is expected to reach 25,000 cases – nearly four times as many cases as in 2002. With this request, Civil Division will centralize all immigration cases to handle cases effectively and efficiently. FY 2008 current services resources for this initiative are 315 positions (239 attorneys), 323 FTE, and $56,796,000. FY 2008 total resources for this initiative are 478 positions (363 attorneys), 405 FTE, and $70,920,000.	163	82	$ 14,124

Environment and Natural Resources Division

ENRD is requesting 17 positions (10 attorneys), 9 FTEs, and $3,951,000 to defend the United States in the 35 cases that have been brought so far by 32 Indian Tribes in various United States District Courts and in the United States Court of Federal Claims. In general, the Tribes allege that the Government should be ordered to prepare a "full and complete historical accounting" of the Tribes' trust fund accounts and non-monetary trust resources and to pay damages totaling over $2 billion for allegedly mismanaging the Tribes' trust funds and non-monetary trust resources. The additional personnel and resources will ensure that the U.S. Government is adequately defended in the document intensive, complex, and labor intensive Tribal Trust suits. FY 2008 current services are 13 positions (13 attorneys), 13 FTE, and $1,346,000. FY 2008 total resources for this initiative are 30 positions (23 attorneys), 22 FTE, and $5,297,000.	17	9	$ 3,951

Civil Rights Division

The Civil Rights Division requests 13 positions (8 attorneys), 7 FTE, and $1,713,000 to address the growing threat and complexity of human trafficking cases. Increasing the number of personnel is instrumental in creating an effective coordination structure to ensure that these larger, more complex human trafficking cases are investigated and prosecuted efficiently and effectively in a systematic, proactive fashion. Moreover, as the Division brings more complex cases involving trafficking networks, it is anticipated that the United States will be able to seize greater assets from these criminal organizations. The FY 2008 current services funding for human trafficking is 21 positions (18 attorneys), 21 FTE, and $3,100,000. FY 2008 total resources for this initiative are 34 positions (26 attorneys), 28 FTE, and $4,813,000.	13	7	$ 1,713

United States National Central Bureau - INTERPOL (USNCB)

The USNCB requests $514,000 to enhance its Law Enforcement sharing program by improving access for U.S. law enforcement authorities to Interpol databases housed in Lyon, France. Information sharing is an essential aspect of criminal investigations and access to Interpol databases provides federal, state and local valuable information with unprecedented access to international indices. There are no FY 2008 current services resources for this activity. Therefore, FY 2008 total resources for this initiative are $514,000.	0	0	$ 514

The USNCB requests 1 position, 1 FTE, and $69,000 to address MS-13 and violent transnational gang matters. The USNCB is in a unique situation to utilize Interpol’s worldwide notice system to track known gang members, alert law enforcement worldwide and to help foreign law enforcement identify and arrest violent offenders for whom the United States is searching. This position would coordinate USNCB’s gang and violent crime efforts, increase Blue and Green Notices on gang members, educate State and local agencies regarding international law enforcement efforts, and continue to keep up important ties with Interpol offices in Central and Latin America. There are no FY 2008 current services resources for this activity. Therefore, FY 2008 total resources for this initiative are 1 position, 1 FTE, and $69,000.	1	1	$ 69

Total Program Changes, General Legal Activities	306	158	$ 30,037

GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES
DECISION UNIT RESTRUCTURING CROSSWALK
(Dollars in thousands)
	2007 Estimate			New Decision Unit Structure

Current Decision Unit Structure Comparison by activity or program	Perm Pos.	FTE	Amount	Perm Pos.	FTE	Amount
TAX DIVISION
1. Civil Tax Appeals	68	60	$ 9,819	-68	-60	-9,819
2. Criminal Prosecution and Appeals	146	127	18,711	-146	-127	-18,711
3. Civil Litigation	301	273	43,098	-301	-273	-43,098
4. Management & Administration	80	71	10,993	-80	-71	-10,993
5. General Tax Matters*	0	0	0	595	531	82,621
Total, TAX DIVISION	595	531	$ 82,621	595	531	$ 82,621

CRIMINAL DIVISION
1. Organized Crime & Narcotics	102	102	$ 17,463	-102	-102	-$ 17,463
2. White Collar Crime	221	220	38,895	-221	-220	-38,895
3. International	151	151	26,655	-151	-151	-26,655
4. Litigation Support	179	178	31,064	-179	-178	-31,064
5. Management & Administration	93	100	17,319	-93	-100	-17,319
6. Enforcing Federal Criminal Laws*	0	0	0	746	751	131,396
Total, CRIMINAL DIVISION	746	751	$ 131,396	746	751	$ 131,396

CIVIL DIVISION
1. Federal Appellate Activity	75	74	$ 13,257	-75	-74	-$ 13,257
2. Torts Litigation	188	197	33,346	-188	-197	-33,346
3. Commercial Litigation	358	368	70,748	-358	-368	-70,748
4. Federal Programs	144	128	21,862	-144	-128	-21,862
5. Consumer Litigation	34	39	5,369	-34	-39	-5,369
6. Immigration Litigation	318	269	44,121	-318	-269	-44,121
7. Management & Administration	91	101	15,909	-91	-101	-15,909
8. Legal Representation *	0	0	0	1,208	1,176	204,612
9. Victims' Compensation Admin.	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total, CIVIL DIVISION	1,208	1,176	$ 204,612	1,208	1,176	204,612

ENVIRONMENT DIVISION
1. Appellate and Policy	46	51	$ 8,455	-46	-51	-$ 8,455
2. Environmental Protection	192	208	41,948	-192	-208	-41,948
3. Natural Resources	154	170	28,920	-154	-170	-28,920
4. Management & Administration	44	61	12,085	-44	-61	-12,085
5. Environment & Natural Resources*	0	0	0	436	490	91,408
Total, ENVIRONMENT DIVISION	436	490	$ 91,408	436	490	$ 91,408

CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION
1. Federal Appellate	28	27	$ 5,235	-28	-27	-$ 5,235
2. Civil Rights Prosecution	100	100	12,595	-100	-100	-12,595
3. Special Litigation	72	70	12,123	-72	-70	-12,123
4. Voting Rights	98	102	11,282	-98	-102	-11,282
5. Employment Litigation	61	60	9,541	-61	-60	-9,541
6. Coordination and Review	21	20	4,039	-21	-20	-4,039
7. Housing and Civil Enforcement	98	93	13,556	-98	-93	-13,556
8. Educational Opportunities	35	36	5,638	-35	-36	-5,638
9. Disability Rights	97	95	16,682	-97	-95	-16,682
10. Office of Special Counsel	31	32	4,464	-31	-32	-4,464
11. Management & Administration	92	100	13,622	-92	-100	-13,622
12. Civil Rights Division *	0	0	0	733	735	108,777
Total, CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION	733	735	$ 108,777	733	735	$ 108,777

* Denotes new decision unit.

Explanation: TAX, CRIMINAL, CIVIL, ENVIRONMENT, AND CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISIONS proposed to consolidate their respective decision units into one decision unit each.