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This requests includes $34,705,000 to house USMS detainees in private, state,
and local facilities. By 2004, 75 percent of the total federal prisoner
population is expected to be housed in non-federal facilities. The remaining
25 percent will be housed in federal detention facilities. The USMS has
no flexibility over the number of detainees it houses, and the population
has grown an average of 9 percent annually since FY 1998. |
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The Office
of Detention Trustee (ODT) program budget includes offsets to reflect significant
savings (cost avoidance) totalling $12,001,000. The ODT plans to implement
a National Health Service contract which is anticipated to lead to significant
health care savings of $3,000,000 in FY 2004. In addition, ODT, in conjunction
with the Bureau of Prisons (BOP), is expected to reduce the number of detention
days from the time of sentencing to commitment in a BOP facility. This will
lower housing costs and is expected to save $6,000,000. An offset of $3,001,000
is included to reflect Departmental crosscutting cost savings. These reductions
consist of one-time needs for computers and furniture, and anticipated savings
that will result from efficiencies. Some of the areas targeted for savings
include: Facilities Management, JCN/WAN IT, Human Resources, and Centralized
Procurement. 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 efforts, and cost savings.
The crosscutting savings identified impact the majority of the components
in the Department, and are the result of improving business practices in
the following way: consolidation of facility management, including optimization
of work space standards and the consolidation/collocation of field space;
improved deployment of human resources personnel across Department components;
the consolidation of duplicative IT support functions and services performed
by components using the JCN WAN; and centralized procurement for relocation
of services, including household storage/shipment and residence contracts. |