OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
(Dollars in Thousands)
  SALARIES AND EXPENSES
  Pos. FTE Amount
       
2006 Enacted (with Rescissions and Supplemental) 44 44 381,566
       
2007 President's Budget (Information Only) 48 46 347,013
       
2007 Continuing Resolution Level (Information Only) 48 46 415,296
       
2007 Estimate * 48 46 398,622
       
2008 Request 53 51 370,005
       
Change 2008 from 2007 Estimate (with rescissions) 5 5 -28,617
       
Adjustments to Base      
       
Increases:      
2008 pay raise (3.0%) 0 0 92
2007 pay raise annualization (2.2%) 0 0 36
Annualization of 2007 positions (FTE) 0 2 0
Annualization of 2007 positions (dollars) 0 0 140
DHS Security 0 0 3
Changes in Compensable Days 0 0 30
Thrift Savings Plan 0 0 16
Health Insurance 0 0 6
Security Investigations 0 0 2
       
Subtotal Increases 0 2 325
       
Total Adjustments to Base 0 2 325
       
2008 Current Services 48 48 398,947
       
Program Changes      
       
Increases      
New Consolidated, Competitive Grant Program 5 3 369,680
Subtotal Increases 5 3 369,680
       
Offsets      
Consolidation to Single Competitive Grant Program 0 0 -398,622
Subtotal Offsets 0 0 -398,622
       
Total Program Changes 5 3 -28,942
       
2008 Request 53 51 370,005
Change 2008 from 2007 Estimate 5 5 -28,617
       
* 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.

 

OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(Dollars in Thousands)
Program Increases Perm
Pos.		 FTE Amount
 
1. New Consolidated, Competitive Grant Program 5 3 $ 369,680
 
For FY 2008, $369,680,000 is requested for the new consolidated, competitive grant program to be administered by OVW. Includes the consolidation of all existing OVW programs into eligible purpose within a single program. Also includes two additional eligible purposes for Child Witness and Court Training - originally authorized as programs in VAWA 2005. This consolidation also incorporates as eligible purposes two previously OJP-administered programs: Stalking Databases and Comprehensive Approaches to Sex Offender Management. This amount represents the shift in resources from multiple grant programs into a single competitive program for FY 2008.      
 
Program Offsets      
 
1. Consolidation to a Single Competitive Grant Program 0 0 -$ 398,622
 
This offset is a technical budget change required in order to implement the consolidation of multiple current OVW programs into a single new competitive program for FY 2008. An offset of -$368,922,000 is requested for this consolidation. Represents the shift in resources from multiple grant programs into a single competitive program for FY 2008.