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Program Description
The PSOB Program's mission is to provide financial and emotional assistance
to the eligible survivors of federal, state, and local public safety
officers who have died as the result of traumatic injury or who are
permanently and totally disabled as the direct result of a catastrophic
injury sustained in the line of duty, and to provide educational assistance
to the spouse and children of slain or totally disabled public safety
officers.
Program Realignment
Consistent with the Government Performance and Results Act, the 2004
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 2001-2006). 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.
As part of its effort to realign resources to the DOJ strategic plan,
the 2004 budget proposes to move funding for this program under the
Justice Assistance account. In 2004, $57,877,000 is requested for this
in the Justice Assistance appropriation under the Direct Services of
Ceime Decision Unit. |