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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FY2004 Budget Summary

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BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS, AND EXPLOSIVES
(Dollars in thousands)

		Perm. Pos.	FTE	Amount
2002 Obligations 1/		4,599	4,354	$771,917
2003 President's Budget Request 1/		4,723	4,562	800,775
Adjustments to Base
Transfer from the Department of the Treasury annual costs		...	35	10,000
Increases (see p. 30)		...	...	23,425
2004 Current Services		4,723	4,597	834,200
Program improvements (see details below)		206	103	23,000
Program offsets (see details below)		...	...	-5,213
2004 Request 2/		4,929	4,700	851,987

				2003 President's Budget Request 1/						2004 Current Services						2004 Request						Program Improvements
Comparison by activity and program				Perm Pos.		FTE		Amount		Perm Pos.		FTE		Amount		Perm Pos.		FTE		Amount		Perm Pos.		FTE		Amount
		Reduce Violent Crime		4,340		4,192		$734,812		4,340		4,225		$766,629		4,458		4,284		$782,975		118		59		$16,346
		Protect the Public		383		370		65,963		383		372		67,571		471		416		69,012		88		44		1,441
	Total			4,723		4,562		800,775		4,723		4,597		834,200		4,929		4,700		851,987		206		103		17,787
		Reimbursable FTE		...		85		...		...		72		...		...		72		...		...		...		...
	Grand Total			4,723		4,647		800,775		4,723		4,669		834,200		4,929		4,772		851,987		206		103		17,787

	1/ These entries represent most recent estimates of FY 2002 obligations and FY 2003 amounts anticipated to be transferred to Justice, and differ slightly from data presented in the President's Budget Appendix. For presentation and comparison purposes, the FY 2002 and FY 2003 obligations have each been reduced by $3,000,000 for the Narrowband Communications transfer.
	2/ In addition reimbursable resources of $825,000 will be provided from ICDE appropriations in 2004.
	Program Improvements		Pos.		FTE		Amount
	Safe Explosives Act Implementation		88		44		$10,000
	The Homeland Security Act of 2002 mandated a series of changes in in the issuance of licenses and permits for use, purchase and handling of explosives, including a requirement for fingerprinting and conducting background investigations on all applicants. The requested resources will be used by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) to implement these provisions and to establish the National Explosives Licensing Center (NELC) in an existing ATF facility in Martinsburg, West Virginia.
	Youth Gun Crime Interdiction Initiative		118		59		13,000
	Begun as a pilot program in 17 cities in 1996, the Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative (YCGII) is a model partnership between ATF and local law enforcement designed to reduce firearms violence by investigating illegal trafficking to youth. The resources requested will be used to expand this program to 10 additional cities, for a total of 70 cities participating in the program.
	Crosscutting Efficiencies		...		...		-5,213
	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 effort, and cost savings. The crosscutting savings identified are the result of the consolidation of facilities management, including field space, the centralization of procurement for relocation services, outsourcing of fleet contracts and maintenance on vehicles, and improved deployment of human resource personnel.
	Total Program Improvements, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives..		206		103		17,787
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