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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FY2004 Budget Summary

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FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION
(Dollars in thousands)

	Pos.	FTE	Amount
2002 Obligations	11	6	$945
2003 President's Budget Request	11	11	1,136
Adjustments to Base
Increases (see p. 28 )	...	...	78
2004 Current Services	11	11	1,214
Program offsets (see details below)	...	...	-2
2004 Request	11	11	1,212

	2003 President's Budget Request			2004 Current Services			2004 Request			Program Improvements/Offsets
Comparison by activity and program	Perm Pos.	FTE	Amount	Perm Pos.	FTE	Amount	Perm Pos.	FTE	Amount	Perm Pos.	FTE	Amount
Adjudication of International Claims	11	11	$1,136	11	11	$1,214	11	11	$1,212	...	...	-$2

	Program Description
	The principal mission of the Commission is to adjudicate claims of U.S. nationals against foreign governments, exercising jurisdiction conferred by the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949, as amended, and other authorizing legislation. To date, the Commission has compiled and evaluated such claims against 18 countries: Yugoslavia, Panama, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Italy, the former Soviet Union, the former Czechoslovakia, Polands, Cuba, China, the former German Democratic Republic, Vietnam, Ethiopia, Egypt, Iran, Albania, and the Federal Republic of Germany.
	Program Offsets	Perm Pos.	FTE	Amount
	Crosscutting Efficiencies	...	...	-$2
	The Commission budget request includes an offset of $2,000 for anticipated savings that will result from efficiencies. The Department continues to evaluate its programs and operations with the goal of achieving across-the-board economies of scale that result in increased efficiencies, reduced duplication of effort, and cost savings. The crosscutting savings identified are the result of an improved deployment of human resource personnel across Department components.
	Total Program Changes, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission	...	...	-$2
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