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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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FY2004 Budget Summary


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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