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The United States Department of Justice, also referred to as the Justice Department or the DoJ, is the part of the U.S. government responsible for law enforcement and administration of justice. The head of the DoJ is the Attorney General; the AG is nominated by the president as a member of his cabinet and is confirmed by the Senate.
The fiscal 2011 budget of the DoJ is $27.7 billion and provides funding for 111,998 positions. The requested fiscal 2012 budget is $28.2 billion and would provide for 114,903 positions, and increase of almost 3000 employees and $500 million.
The current CIO of the DoJ's IT-related 2010-2015 plan (ITSP, first introduced in 2002) includes investment into IT hardware, software, and personnel, to improve intelligence and investigation capabilities of the government, and maintain public trust.
NewsTerrorist organizations use forums but engagement levels are low
Terrorist organizations see the Internet as tool for ideological promotion, rallying and organizing, and for executing operations, but actual engagement on jihadist forums is relatively low, Read more...
IWN, the OIG obituary: 1998-2012
The slow-motion disintegration of a Justice Department-led effort to create a nationwide land mobile radio system for federal law enforcement leaves many federal agencies back where they started when Read more...
DOJ CIO gets less money than requested
A multi-agency funding bill signed into law Nov. 18 by President Obama makes cuts to the amount of money the Justice Department chief information officer will have at command during this fiscal year. Read more...
DOJ seeks to expand Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Congress should expand the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act so that violations no longer incur penalties that are weaker than those of analogous offline crimes, said Richard Downing, the Justice Read more...
Senate appropriators would give DOJ CIO more money
The Justice Department chief information officer would have slightly more money to spend in the coming fiscal year if the Senate Appropriations Committee gets it way. The committee approved its Read more...
Cell phone detection systems in federal prisons not systematically evaluated
The Bureau of Prisons lacks a sound evaluation plan for testing anti-cell phone technology deployed within federal prisons, says the Government Accountability Office. Confiscation of contraband cell Read more...
DHS program risks collecting, sharing more PII than needed
The Homeland Security Department acknowledges, in a privacy impact assessment (.pdf) updated Aug. 12, that the National Infrastructure Coordinating Center runs the risk of collecting and retaining Read more...
DOJ grades agency FOIA performance
An assessment by the Justice Department's office of information policy on cabinet department self-reported enactment of Obama administration Freedom of Information Act policy during the last fiscal Read more...
House subcommittee gives DOJ tech programs mixed funding results
Technology programs at the Justice Department along with the department's topline budget will take a hit in the coming fiscal year should a House Appropriation subcommittee gets its way, although the Read more...
DOJ components vary drastically in cloud adoption
The divide between cloud computing's early adopters and those struggling to make the shift is largely dictated by an agency's information-technology buying structure, said a Justice Department Read more...
| Press ReleasesCREW Files FOIA Requests for Gingrich Ethics Investigation RecordsWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Read more >> U.S. Chamber Supports DOJ’s Intention to Clarify Foreign Corrupt Practices Act EnforcementWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Lisa A. Rickard, president of the U.S. Chamber’s Institute for Legal Reform, issued the following statement regarding Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer’s Read more >> DOJ's Strict Conditions on Google/ITA Deal Will Open Internet Giant To Unprecedented Scrutiny; Full Investigation of AnticompetiWASHINGTON, April 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Justice's conditions on Google's $700 million deal to buy ITA Software will focus unprecedented and necessary regulatory Read more >> Consumer Watchdog to Senate Judiciary: President Should Not Meet Behind Closed Doors with Google with ITA Deal Before Justice, CWASHINGTON, Feb. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Consumer Watchdog told the Senate Judiciary Committee that it is "deeply distressed to learn that President Obama is meeting with Google CEO Eric Read more >> Songwriters Thankful: Obama and DOJ Putting Pirates and IP Thieves on NoticeWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Just days after the Nation celebrated Thanksgiving, Attorney General Eric Holder, along with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement team (ICE), have given Read more >> |
