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. Over time, agencies will be expected to identify effective outcome measures, monitor their progress, and accurately present the associated costs.

1/ The Budget Summary includes 13 FTEs for Civil Division's Health Care Fraud Litigation enhancement that is not included in the President's Budget Appendix.

Tax Division
1. Operation Follow-Through

The Tax Division requests 32 positions (22 attorneys), 16 FTE, and $2,000,000 to support the priority placed by the President on increased and more effective tax law enforcement. The Administration's renewed focus has generated increased enforcement efforts by the IRS, which, in turn, has resulted in a significantly increased workload for the Division. To help meet the demand generated by the IRS's activity, the Division seeks this additional appropriation to support its "Operation Follow-Through" initiative. Because this is a new initiative it does not have any FY 2007 current services resources.

Criminal Division
2. Intellectual Property

The Criminal Division requests an additional 2 positions (2 attorneys), 1 FTE, and $218,000 to combat intellectual property crime. Creators of intellectual property are losing billions of dollars to intellectual property piracy, both foreign and domestic. Recognizing the critical role that intellectual property plays in the economy of the United States, the Department of Justice is aggressively pursuing violators of intellectual property laws, including traditional hard-goods offenses, the theft of trade secrets, and online piracy of copyrighted materials. FY 2007 current services resources for this initiative are 18 positions (15 attorneys), 18 FTE, and $3,229,000. Total FY 2007 resources for this initiative are 20 positions (17 attorneys), 19 FTE, and $3,447,000.

Civil Division
3. Office of Immigration Litigation (OIL)

The Civil Division requests 114 positions (86 attorneys), 57 FTE, and $9,566,000 to handle the sharp rise in immigration cases. The foremost contributor to the rise is the heightened immigration enforcement activities pursued by the Department of Homeland Security. Between FY 2002 and FY 2005, the Division's immigration caseload has nearly tripled. By FY 2007, the caseload is expected to rise to over 23,000 cases. Even with the additional resources Congress provided for FY 2006, the caseload is on track to reach an untenable 155 cases per attorney by FY 2007. Inadequate resources to defend these cases could result in adverse judgments, hindering the government's ability to pursue a consistent and unified strategy for upholding immigration enforcement actions, consequently undermining our National Security. FY 2007 current services resources for this initiative are 204 positions (155 attorneys), 212 FTE, and $36,671,000. FY 2007 total resources for this initiative are 318 positions (241 attorneys), 269 FTE, and $46,237,000.

United States National Central Bureau - INTERPOL (USNCB)
4. Child Exploitation/Obscenity

The USNCB requests 1 position, 1 FTE, and $65,000 to enhance its efforts to prevent international exploitation of children. International child exploitation leads have taken a sharp upturn in recent years due to the ease of placing child pornographic sites on the Internet. The Internet also offers a convenient and anonymous method for child pornographers to meet and chat with child victims on-line. The international child molester can set up meetings with victims to sexually abuse them and then leave the country with little fear of being identified. The USNCB is in a unique position to assist law enforcement world-wide to identify and arrest these predators. The prevention of international exploitation of children is a part of Interpol's larger Economic Crimes Division and has no individual current services to report. There are no FY 2007 current services resources for this activity. Therefore, total FY 2007 resources for this initiative are 1 position, 1 FTE, and $65,000.