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Convicted Offender DNA Backlog Reduction Program
Advances in DNA tech. provide law enforcement powerful new tools to identify suspects from biological evidence where older techniques could not. However, public and private crime labs are not fully equipped to handle the increased demand for DNA. The increased demand for DNA analyses has caused a large backlog of unanalyzed DNA samples from convicted offenders and crime scenes. To aid in reducing this national backlog, the Dept. of Justice funded the the Convicted Offender DNA Backlog Reduction Program (BRP). This audit examines the BRP, which is designed to accelerate the analysis of convicted offender and arrestee DNA samples collected by states and to provide timely CODIS-compatible data for state and national DNA databases.
Explosives Investigation Coordination Between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
The ATF and the FBI share jurisdiction for investigating federal explosives crimes. These components have historically developed separate and often conflicting approaches to explosives investigations and related activities such as explosives training, info. sharing, and forensic analysis. This report examined the Dept. of Justice oversight and the FBI¿s and ATF¿s operations of explosives-related activities from 2003- 09. This review evaluated the level of coordination between the FBI and ATF in explosive investigations, incl. determining lead agency jurisdiction, the extent of info. sharing and consolidation of explosives data, the degree of training coordination, and the use of laboratory resources for explosives analysis. Illustrations.
Drug Enforcement Administration's Clandestine Drug Laboratory Cleanup Program
This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. Each year large quantities of illegal drugs are manufactured in clandestine drug labs (CDL). Due to the chemicals used to make the drugs and the wastes generated during the ¿cooking,¿ CDL present significant safety and health risks to law enforcement and to the public. The DEA¿s CDL Cleanup Program focuses on the removal and disposal of the chemicals, contaminated apparatus, and equipment that can be used to manufacture illegal drugs. This report: (1) determined whether the DEA ensures that CDL cleanups performed by its vendors comply with applicable laws, regulations, guidelines, and contract require.; and (2) evaluated the DEA¿s overall effectiveness in administering and managing the CDL Cleanup Program funding. Charts and tables.
Civil Division¿s Laptop Computer Encryption Program and Practices
Significant losses of sensitive data and personally identifiable information (PII) have occurred in both the government and in the private sector over the past few years. On Oct. 3, 2008, the Dept. of Justice received an alert indicating that two unencrypted laptop computers were stolen from the offices of a consulting firm in Wash., D.C. that was performing litigation support work for the Civil Division. The stolen laptops included PII of Civil Division attorneys, the consultant¿s employees, plaintiffs, and potentially litigation sensitive info. in support of the government¿s defense of sensitive civil litigation. As a result of this incident, this audit was initiated to assess the adequacy of laptop computer encryption deployment practices in the Civil Div. of the Justice Dept.
Federal Bureau of Prisons' (BoP) Furlough Program
The BoP grants two types of furloughs: Non-transfer furloughs are used whenever an inmate leaves and returns to the same institution; Transfer furloughs are generally used to transfer an inmate to: (1) another BoP institution; (2) a medical facility for treatment; or (3) a Residential Re-entry Center, or ¿halfway house¿ used to prepare inmates for reentry into society. Each year, the BoP granted furloughs to approx. 13% of its inmate population. This audit determines whether the BoP has implemented effective internal controls related to its furlough program, incl. adequate safeguards to ensure furloughed inmates are sufficiently monitored. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand edition of an important, hard-to-find report.
Audit of Superfund Activities in the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the U. S. Department of Justice for Fiscal Years 2006 Through 2008
The Comprehensive Environ. Response, Compensation and Liab. Act of 1980 (known as CERCLA), estab. the Superfund program to clean up the nation¿s worst hazardous waste sites. A Trust Fund was set up to finance clean up sites when a liable party cannot be found or the third party is incapable of paying clean up costs. The Trust Fund also pays the EPA for mgmt., enforcement, and R&D. The Environ. and Natural Resources Div. (ENRD) enforces CERCLA¿s civil and criminal pollution-control laws. EPA reimburses the ENRD for its litigation costs. This audit determined if the cost allocation process used by the ENRD provided an equitable dist. of labor costs, other direct costs, and indirect costs to Superfund cases from FY 2006-08. Illus.
Federal Bureau of Investigation's Weapons of Mass Destruction Coordinator Program
Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons, also known as weapons of mass destruction (WMD), have the potential to kill thousands of people in a single attack. The FBI serves as the lead fed. agency for investigating WMD crimes. In July 2006, the FBI consolidated its WMD investigation and prevention efforts into a WMD Directorate. This report: (1) assesses how the FBI¿s WMD Coordinators should plan and perform activities that address WMD threats and vulnerabilities; (2) evaluates the FBI¿s integration of WMD Coordinator functions with field division intelligence capabilities and practices; and (3) reviews FBI efforts to ensure that WMD Coordinators have the skills and abilities necessary to detect and prevent WMD attacks.
Federal Bureau of Investigation's Terrorist Watchlist Nomination Practices
The governments consolidated terrorist watchlist was created in March 2004 by merging previously separate watchlists that were once maintained by different gov¿t. agencies. The watchlist is managed by the FBI. As of Dec. 31, 2008, the terrorist watchlist contained more than 1.1 million known or suspected terrorist identities. This report: (1) determines whether subjects of FBI terrorism invest. are appropriately and timely watchlisted and if these records are updated with new info; (2) determines whether subjects of closed FBI terrorism invest. are removed from the terrorist watchlist in a timely manner; and (3) examines the FBI¿s watchlist nomination practices for individuals that were not associated with current terrorism case designations. Illustrations.
