DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
SUMMARY OF SELECTED EMPLOYMENT CATEGORIES
NUMBER OF POSITIONS 1/

ORGANIZATION 2006
ON-BOARD
END OF YEAR 2/
2007
ESTIMATE
2008
REQUEST
             
GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES            
ATTORNEYS 2,232   2,480   2,686  
             
ANTITRUST DIVISION            
ATTORNEYS 345   390   390  
             
U.S. ATTORNEYS            
ATTORNEYS 5,316   5,792   5,978  
             
U.S. MARSHALS SERVICE            
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS/ DEPUTY U.S. MARSHALS 3,231   3,543   3,388  
             
U.S. TRUSTEES            
ATTORNEYS 264   388   388  
             
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION            
SPECIAL AGENTS 12,644   13,289   12,944  
             
DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION            
SPECIAL AGENTS 5,035   5,133   4,811  
             
BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND EXPLOSIVES            
SPECIAL AGENTS 2,428   2,566   2,468  
             
BUREAU OF PRISONS            
CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS 16,388   19,319   19,058  
             
FBI COUNTERTERRORISM AGENTS 3/ 2,737   3,037   3,325  
             
FBI STRATEGIC GOAL 1 AGENTS 4,751   5,051   5,370  
             
DRUG AGENTS (DEA & FBI) 6,267   6,080   6,080  
             

1/ INCLUDES POSITIONS FUNDED FROM VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAM (VCRP), INTERAGENCY CRIME & DRUG ENFORCEMENT (ICDE) RESOURCES, AND OTHER REIMBURSABLE SOURCES, SUCH AS THE FBI'S RESOURCES AVAILABLE FROM THE HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 1996.

2/ THE 2006 ON-BOARD END OF YEAR REFLECTS ON-BOARD AS OF PAY PERIOD 19, ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2006.

3/ THESE NUMBERS REFLECT AGENTS ASSIGNED TO THE COUNTERTERRORISM PROGRAM, INCLUDING FBI HEADQUARTERS, FIELD, AND LEGAL ATTACHE POSITIONS. ADDITIONAL AGENTS CONTRIBUTE TO THE COUNTERTERRORISM MISSION.