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######### Overview {#overview .unnumbered}

The Department is committed to fighting child pornography and obscenity,
and to protecting children from trafficking and other forms of
exploitation. The Department works with other law enforcement agencies
to target, dismantle, and prosecute predatory child molesters and those
who traffic in child pornography. In 2006, the Department charged 1,658
individuals and obtained 1,386 guilty pleas and convictions in criminal
cases involving predation against children.

This budget provides for the implementation of important measures and
programs included in the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act,
signed into law in July 2006. The passage of the Act considerably
expands the Department's legal arsenal to protect our children from
sexual predators. Specifically, this budget includes \$7.8 million for
the USMS' aggressive pursuit of sexual predators under the provisions of
the Act. This budget also requests \$5 million for the Bureau of Prisons
(BOP) to design, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive sex offender
management program across all prison security levels. The program will
address the security issues raised by a growing sex offender inmate
population, as well as the need to reduce recidivism among offenders
following release.

The Attorney General has expressed the Department\'s commitment to
protecting America\'s children from online sexual exploitation crimes by
announcing the Project Safe Childhood (PSC) initiative. This nationwide
initiative coordinates the efforts of federal, State, and local law
enforcement officials in order to protect our children from online
exploitation and abuse. As part of the PSC initiative, this budget
provides \$12.5 million in enhanced efforts across the Department
through increased funding to FBI to prevent and investigate sexual
predators who use the Internet, the Criminal Division for efforts to
bring those who exploit children online to justice by fostering and
leveraging expertise to protect citizens from all types of online
crimes, and the United States Attorney to designate a PSC coordinator to
build partnerships, develop strategic plans, and implement
accountability measures. Additionally, the Office of Justice Programs
(OJP) is proposing the Child Safety and Juvenile Justice Grant Program,
which will include program areas specifically addressing protecting
children.

In total, the FY 2008 Budget request includes an additional \$25.4
million in enhancements to combat crimes against children and obscenity,
and \$280 million directed State and local resources. The following
information summarizes these enhancements. More detailed information is
available in the FY 2008 Budget and agency budget submissions. The
number of current services positions reflects estimates that may change
once final staffing decisions have been determined.

**Enhancements**

## [Criminal Division]{.underline}

The Criminal Division\'s FY 2008 budget request is \$152 million, 758
positions (448 attorneys) and 868 FTE. This represents a 37 percent
increase over the FY 2001 enacted level of \$110.6 million. The Criminal
Division's budget also includes \$1.2 million in enhancements, including
\$685,000 for the following Project Safe Childhood initiative:

-   **Protecting Citizens from Online Crime: \$685,000 and 7 positions
    (4 attorneys) to support the Project Safe Childhood initiative
    through increased online crime and child obscenity investigations
    and prosecutions.** The Internet has created an anonymous venue for
    criminals to carry out heinous crimes. Division attorneys are at the
    forefront of the efforts to bring these criminals to justice by
    fostering and leveraging expertise to protect citizens from all
    types of online crimes. The requested resources will support the
    Project Safe Childhood initiative to address the growing number of
    computer facilitated sexual exploitation crimes committed against
    children. Additionally, resources will target network crimes that
    relate to large pornography trafficking groups and intellectual
    property breaches. FY 2008 current services are \$7.6 million and
    40 positions (28 attorneys); total FY 2008 resources are \$8.3
    million and 47 positions (32 attorneys).

## [Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)]{.underline}

-   **Crimes Against Children (CAC)/Innocent Images: \$2.4 million and
    14 positions** **to enhance support for child abduction, child
    prostitution and child pornography investigations, part of the
    Project Safe Childhood initiative.** The requested resources will
    support the FBI's efforts in coordinating, investigating, and
    ensuring the successful prosecution of all crimes against children.
    FY 2008 current services resources for this initiative are \$58.4
    million and 322 positions (178 agents); total FY 2008 resources are
    \$60.8 million and 336 positions (178 agents).

## [United States Attorneys]{.underline}

The United States Attorneys FY 2008 budget request is \$1.7 billion,
10,465 positions (5,309 attorneys) and 10,474 FTE. This represents a
38.8 percent increase over the FY 2001 enacted level of \$1.3 billion.
The U.S. Attorneys budget also includes \$20.9 million in enhancements,
including \$9.5 million for Crimes Against Children and Obscenity
programs such as:

-   **Project Safe Childhood: \$9.5 million and 93 positions (73
    attorneys) will be dedicated towards implementing the Attorney
    General's Project Safe Childhood initiative and to prosecute the
    ever-increasing number of child exploitation and pornography cases
    across the nation.** FY 2008 current services resources are
    \$26.3 million and 167 positions (115 attorneys); total FY 2008
    resources are \$35.8 million and 260 positions (188 attorneys).

## [United States Marshals Service (USMS)]{.underline}

The USMS's FY 2008 budget request is \$900 million and 4,486 positions
(3,388 agents) and 4,604 FTE. This represents a 49 percent increase over
the FY 2001 enacted level of \$603 million. The USMS\' budget also
includes \$25.7 million in enhancements, including \$7.8 million for
enforcement of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act.

-   **Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act: The USMS requests
    \$7.8 million and 54 positions (43 DUSMs) to implement the Adam
    Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act.** This request provides
    resources to track down convicted sex offenders who have failed to
    comply with required sex offender registration per Section 142 of
    the Adam Walsh Act (PL 109-248). The National Center for Missing and
    Exploited Children (NCMEC) has indicated that as many as 100,000
    non-compliant sex offenders are living in the United States. In July
    2006, the USMS was given the authorization to track down these sex
    offenders. There are no current services resources for this
    initiative. Total FY 2008 resources are \$7.8 million and 54
    positions (43 DUSMs).

## [Bureau of Prisons (BOP)]{.underline}

-   **Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act: BOP requests 56
    positions and \$5 million to implement a Comprehensive Sex Offender
    Management Plan to comply with the requirements of the Adam Walsh
    Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006.** This initiative will
    expand on BOP\'s existing sex offender management and treatment
    programs. It supports BOP\'s objective to design, implement, and
    evaluate a program that will increase institution security and
    reduce criminal recidivism among sex offenders upon release. This
    strategy addresses the growing number of sex offenders entering the
    Bureau\'s population. FY 2008 current services resources for this
    initiative are \$1.4 million and 15 positions; total FY 2008
    resources are \$6.4 million and 71 positions.

> **Directed State and Local Resources**

**(These programs also referenced in the State and Local Fact Sheet)**

-   **Child Safety and Juvenile Justice Program: \$280 million in total
    funding requested for this new program.** This initiative
    consolidates existing juvenile justice and exploited children
    programs, such as the Internet Crimes Against Children, into a
    single, flexible grant program. Through a competitive discretionary
    grant process, OJP will assist State and local governments in
    addressing multiple child safety and juvenile justice needs: reduce
    incidents of child exploitation and abuse, including those
    facilitated by the use of computers and the Internet, improve
    juvenile justice outcomes, and address school safety needs.

######### CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN AND OBSCENITY

**Enhancements and Directed Resources Summary**

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  **Bureau/Initiative**                               **Positions**   **(\$000's)**

  **Enhancements**                                                    

  **CRIMINAL DIVISION**                                               

  Protecting Citizens from On-line Crime (Project     7               \$685
  Safe Childhood)                                                     

  **FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION**                                 

  Crimes Against Children/Innocent Images (Project    14              2,356
  Safe Childhood)                                                     

  **U.S. MARSHALS SERVICE**                                           

  Walsh Act Implementation                            54              7,845

  **U.S. ATTORNEYS**                                                  

  Project Safe Childhood                              93              9,494

  **BUREAU OF PRISONS**                                               

  Walsh Act Implementation                            56              5,000

  **Total Enhancements**                              **224**         **\$25,380**

  **Directed State and Local Resources**                              

  **OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS**                                      

  Child Safety and Juvenile Justice Program                           280,000

  **Total Directed State and Local Resources**                        **\$280,000**

  **Total Enhancements & Directed State/Local         **224**         **\$305,380**
  Resources**                                                         
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