Summary: Attorney General Eric Holder announced today that President Obama’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 budget proposal totals $29.2 billion for the Department of Justice (DOJ) to increase support for the department’s national security and traditional law enforcement missions, renewed focus on economic crime and financial fraud, while strengthening state, local and tribal public safety efforts.  The request represents a 5.4 percent increase in budget authority and an increase of 2,880 positions over the FY 2010 enacted appropriation.

FY 2011 program increases and key priorities include:

• $300.6 million increase to strengthen national security and counter the threat of terrorism;
• $234.6 million increase to defend the interests of the United States, including fighting financial fraud;
• $121.9 million increase to reduce violent crime and drug trafficking;
• $722.5 million increase to assist state, local and tribal law enforcement, including the Adam Walsh Act;
• $19.8 million increase to protect civil rights and vulnerable populations;
• $15 million increase to combat international organized crime;
• $527.5 million increase to maintain prisons, detention and parole services and judicial and courthouse security;
• $11 million increase to enforce immigration laws; and
• $448.8 million in total resources to ensure public safety in Indian Country.

Source: February 1, 2010DOJ Press Release

More Information: The full press release is at http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/February/10-ag-109.html

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