Department of Justice

Budget, Performance and Financial Snapshot Fiscal Year 2008

Who We Are

Mission: To enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States (U.S.) according to the law; to ensure public safety against threats foreign and domestic; to provide federal leadership in preventing and controlling crime; to seek just punishment for those guilty of unlawful behavior; and to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans. Link to the Department of Justice (DOJ) Strategic Plan: http://www.usdoj.gov/jmd/mps/strategic2007-2012/index.html

Organization: Led by the Attorney General, DOJ is comprised of 40 components, which cover a variety of responsibilities. DOJ prosecutes federal law offenders and represents the U.S. government in court; its attorneys represent the rights and interests of the American people and enforce federal criminal and civil laws, including antitrust, civil rights, environmental and tax; its immigration judges ensure speedy justice for detainees; its special agents investigate organized and violent crime, illegal drugs, gun and explosives violations; its marshals protect the federal judiciary, apprehend fugitives and transport persons in federal custody; its guards confine convicted federal offenders and detain illegal immigrants. DOJ also provides grants and training to state, local, and tribal partners; and brings together national security, counterterrorism, counterintelligence and foreign intelligence surveillance operations under a single authority. Link to DOJ Org chart: http://www.usdoj.gov/dojorg.htm

Personnel: In FY 2008, DOJ was authorized for 105,554 positions. The workforce composition is comprised of: Agents (over 24,000 or 23%); Attorneys (over 10,000 or 10%); Correctional Officers (over 19,000 or 18%); Intelligence Analysts (over 3,000 or 3%); and Other (under 50,000 or 46%). "Other" captures administrative, clerical, analysts, information technology specialists, legal services and security specialists. Link to Current Vacancies at DOJ: http://www.usdoj.gov/06employment/06_1.html

Budgetary Resources: The budgetary resources for FY 2008 totals $24.2 billion or $155 per taxpayer (or $79 per US Citizen).


Budget Snapshot

Total Spending FY 2005-2009
Total Outlays
 Mandatory $1,046 $1,032 $1,135 $2,112 $3,119
 Discretionary $21,343 $22,359 $22,335 $23,019 $23,426
Total $22,389 $23,391 $23,470 $25,131 $26,545
$ in millions
Top 5 Programs By Budget
  Top 5 Programs
  Law Enforcement Litigation Prisons/ Detention State and Local Assistance Other
2008 $11,091 $2,838 $6,691 $2,416 $359
2009 $11,573 $3,044 $6,827 $813 $417
$ in millions

Performance Snapshot

Accomplishments: The Department has successfully prevented terrorist acts committed by foreign nationals within U.S. borders and catastrophic acts of domestic terrorism from occurring over the past six years. Additionally, DOJ has dismantled organized criminal enterprises; shut down child pornography websites; investigated firearms cases leading to criminal prosecution; neutralized high-impact Internet fraud targets; dismantled criminal enterprises engaging in white-collar crime; and assisted in the reduction of the DNA backlog. Finally, DOJ has kept prison system-wide crowding down; ensured serious assaults in federal prisons remain low; achieved accreditations in all federal prison facilities; and completed priority immigration cases within the established timeframe for three of four types of cases.

Challenges: The top challenges DOJ face include: on-going effort of detecting and deterring terrorism; sharing of intelligence and law enforcement information; planning, implementing and securing information technology systems; protecting individual civil rights and civil liberties; restoring public confidence in the integrity of DOJ operations; reducing the threat, incidence and prevalence of violent crime; combating cybercrime in an age of rapid technological advances and widespread use of the Internet; effectively managing billions of dollars in grants each year; safely and economically managing an increasing federal detainee and inmate population; and developing a unified financial management system to readily support ongoing budget and accounting operations and preparation of financial statements.
Financial Snapshot
Clean Opinion on Financial Statements Yes
Timely Financial Reporting Yes Material Weaknesses 0
Improper Payment Rate 0.03% Total Assets $29,344
Total Liabilities $8,615 Net Cost of Operations $26,548
$ in millions
  Footnote:Additional information on federal spending can be found at: http://www.usaspending.gov/index.php. Additional information on the performance of federal programs can be found at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/expectmore.

Summary of Department of Justice Ratings for Fiscal Year 2008

 
                        FY 2008 Performance
Results per Strategic Goal
  Met/Exceeded     Not met but improved over prior years
  Not met target     Data not yet available
Budget per Strategic Goal
($ in millions)
Strategic Goal: I
Prevent Terrorism and Promote the Nation's Security
 
Sample chart
          
2008 Actual = $4,846
Performance Measure(s)* 2006 Results 2007 Results 2008 Target 2008 Results 2009 Target
Terrorist acts committed by foreign nationals against U.S. interests within U.S. borders Zero Zero Zero Zero   Zero
Catastrophic acts of domestic terrorism Zero Zero Zero Zero   Zero
Strategic Goal: II
Prevent Crime, Enforce Federal Laws, and Represent the Rights and Interests of the American People
 
Sample chart
          
2008 Actual = $12,807
Performance Measure(s)* 2006 Results 2007 Results 2008 Target 2008 Results 2009 Target
Consolidated Priority Organizations Target (CPOT)-linked drug trafficking organizations disrupted 189 169 220 293   220
Percent of criminal cases favorably resolved 92 92 90 92   90
Percent of children recovered within 72 hours of an issuance of an AMBER alert N/A 85.3 75 81.9   75
Strategic Goal: III
Ensure the Fair and Efficient Administration of Justice
 
Sample chart
          
2008 Actual = $7,963
Performance Measure(s)* 2006 Results 2007 Results 2008 Target 2008 Results 2009 Target
Total number of primary fugitives apprehended or cleared 30192 33437 32370 34393   32870
Ensure zero escapes from secure BOP facilities 1 Zero Zero Zero   Zero
Comparative recidivism for Federal Prison Industries inmates versus non-FPI inmates (Percentage less likely to recidivate 3 years post release) 23 39 15 34   15
  * This measure was selected from a number of performance measures aimed at the specific strategic goal