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Top Management Challenges

2018 Challenges:

  1. Advancing National Security, Protecting Sensitive Information, and Safeguarding Civil Liberties
  2. Enhancing Cybersecurity with Emerging Technology and Collaboration
  3. Managing an Overcrowded Federal Prison System in an Era of Declining Resources
  4. Building Productive Relationships and Trust Between Law Enforcement and Communities
  5. Coordinating within the Department and Across Government to Fulfill the Department’s Mission to Combat Crime
  6. Administering and Overseeing Contracts and Grants
  7. Effectively Applying Performance-Based Management to Inform Decision Making and Improve Outcomes
  8. Filling Mission Critical Positions Despite Department Challenges and Delays in the Onboarding Process
  9. Ensuring Adherence to Established Department Policies and Procedures

2017 Challenges:

  1. Safeguarding National Security and Ensuring Privacy and Civil Liberties Protections
  2. Enhancing Cybersecurity in an Era of Increasing Threats
  3. Managing an Overcrowded Federal Prison System in an Era of Declining Resources
  4. Strengthening the Relationships Between Law Enforcement and Local Communities and Promoting Public Trust
  5. Coordinating within the Department and Across Government to Fulfill the Department’s Mission to Combat Crime
  6. Administering and Overseeing Contracts and Grants
  7. Using Performance-Based Management To Improve Department Programs
  8. Filling Mission Critical Positions Despite Competition for Highly-Skilled Professionals and Delays in the Onboarding Process

2016 Challenges:

  1. Safeguarding National Security and Ensuring Privacy and Civil Liberties Protections
  2. Enhancing Cybersecurity in an Era of Increasing Threats
  3. Managing an Overcrowded Federal Prison System in an Era of Limited Budgets and Continuing Security Concerns
  4. Strengthening the Relationships Between Law Enforcement and Local Communities Through Partnership and Oversight
  5. Helping to Address Violent Crime Through Effective Management of Department Anti-Violence Programs
  6. Ensuring Effective Management and Oversight of Law Enforcement Programs and Promoting Public Trust
  7. Monitoring Department Contracts and Grants
  8. Managing Human Capital and Promoting Diversity With a Workforce Increasingly Eligible to Retire
  9. Using Performance-Based Management To Improve DOJ Programs

2015 Challenges:

  1. Achieving Balance and Containing Costs in a Significantly Overcrowded Federal Prison System
  2. Enhancing Cybersecurity in an Era of Increasing Threats
  3. Building Trust and Improving Police-Community Relationships
  4. Safeguarding National Security Consistent with Civil Rights and Liberties
  5. Ensuring Effective Oversight of Law Enforcement Programs
  6. Promoting Public Confidence by Ensuring Ethical Conduct throughout the Department
  7. Effectively Implementing Performance-Based Management
  8. Protecting Taxpayer Funds from Mismanagement and Misuse

2014 Challenges:

  1. Addressing the Persisting Crisis in the Federal Prison System
  2. Safeguarding National Security Consistent with Civil Rights and Liberties
  3. Enhancing Cybersecurity in an Era of Ever-Increasing Threats
  4. Effectively Implementing Performance-Based Management
  5. Ensuring Effective and Efficient Oversight of Law Enforcement Programs
  6. Upholding the Highest Standards of Integrity and Public Service
  7. Protecting Taxpayer Funds from Mismanagement and Misuse

2013 Challenges:

  1. Addressing the Growing Crisis in the Federal Prison System
  2. Safeguarding National Security Consistent with Civil Rights and Liberties
  3. Protecting Taxpayer Funds from Mismanagement and Misuse
  4. Enhancing Cybersecurity
  5. Ensuring Effective and Efficient Law Enforcement
  6. Restoring Confidence in the Integrity, Fairness, and Accountability of the Department

2012 Challenges:

  1. Safeguarding National Security
  2. Enhancing Cyber Security
  3. Managing the Federal Prison System
  4. Leading the Department in an Era of Budget Constraints
  5. Protecting Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
  6. Restoring Confidence
  7. Coordinating Among Law Enforcement Agencies
  8. Enforcing Against Fraud and Financial Offenses
  9. Administering Grants and Contracts
  10. Ensuring Effective International Law Enforcement

2011 Challenges:

  1. Counterterrorism
  2. Implementing Cost Savings and Efficiencies
  3. Southwest Border Security Issues
  4. Protecting Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
  5. Information Technology Systems Planning, Implementation, and Security
  6. Criminal Law Enforcement
  7. Restoring Confidence in the Department
  8. Financial Enforcement
  9. Detention and Incarceration
  10. Grants and Contract Management

2010 Challenges:

  1. Counterterrorism
  2. Restoring Confidence in the Department of Justice
  3. Law Enforcement Issues Along the Southwest Border
  4. Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
  5. Information Technology Systems Planning, Implementation, and Security
  6. Violent and Organized Crime
  7. Financial Crimes and Cyber Crimes
  8. Detention and Incarceration
  9. Grant Management
  10. Financial Management

2009 Challenges:

  1. Counterterrorism
  2. Restoring Confidence in the Department of Justice
  3. Recovery Act Funding and Oversight
  4. Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
  5. Financial Crimes
  6. Sharing of Intelligence and Law Enforcement Information
  7. Grant Management
  8. Detention and Incarceration
  9. Information Technology Systems Planning, Implementation, and Security
  10. Financial Management and Systems

2008 Challenges:

  1. Counterterrorism
  2. Sharing of Intelligence and Law Enforcement Information
  3. Information Technology Systems Planning, Implementation, and Security
  4. Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
  5. Restoring Confidence in the Department of Justice
  6. Violent Crime
  7. Cybercrime
  8. Grant Management
  9. Detention and Incarceration
  10. Financial Management and Systems

2007 Challenges:

  1. Counterterrorism
  2. Restoring Confidence in the Department of Justice
  3. Financial Management and Systems
  4. Grant Management
  5. Violent Crime
  6. Detention and Incarceration
  7. Sharing of Intelligence and Law Enforcement Information
  8. Information Technology Systems Planning, Implementation, and Security
  9. Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
  10. Cybercrime
2006 Challenges:
  1. Counterterrorism
  2. Sharing of Law Enforcement and Intelligence Information
  3. Information Technology Systems Planning, Implementation, and Security
  4. Violent Crime
  5. Financial Management and Systems
  6. Detention and Incarceration
  7. Supply and Demand for Drugs
  8. Grant Management
  9. Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
  10. Cybercrime
2005 Challenges:
  1. Counterterrorism
  2. Sharing of Intelligence and Law Enforcement Information
  3. Department and FBI Intelligence-Related Reorganizations
  4. Information Technology Systems Planning and Implementation
  5. Information Technology Security
  6. Financial Management and Systems
  7. Grant Management
  8. Detention and Incarceration
  9. Judicial Security
  10. Supply and Demand for Drugs
2004 Challenges:
  1. Counterterrorism
  2. Sharing of Intelligence and Law Enforcement Information
  3. Information Technology Systems Planning and Implementation
  4. Computer Systems Security
  5. Financial Management and Systems
  6. Grant Management
  7. Detention and Incarceration
  8. Human Capital
  9. Forensic Laboratories
  10. Supply and Demand for Drugs
2003 Challenges:
  1. Counterterrorism
  2. Sharing of Intelligence and Law Enforcement Information
  3. Information Technology Systems Planning and Implementation
  4. Computer Systems Security
  5. Financial Management
  6. Grant Management
  7. Performance-Based Management
  8. Human Capital
  9. Protecting the Security of Department Information and Infrastructure
  10. Reducing the Supply of and Demand for Drugs
2002 Challenges:
  1. Counterterrorism
  2. Sharing of Intelligence and Law Enforcement Information
  3. Information Systems Planning and Implementation
  4. Computer Systems Security
  5. Detention Space
  6. Financial Statements and Systems
  7. Grant Management
  8. Performance-Based Management
  9. Human Capital
  10. Department of Justice Reorganizations
2001 Challenges:
  1. Counterterrorism
  2. Sharing of Intelligence and Law Enforcement Information
  3. Information Systems Planning and Implementation
  4. Computer Systems Security
  5. The INS's Enforcement of Immigration Laws
  6. Financial Statements and Systems
  7. Detention Space and Infrastructure - the USMS and the INS
  8. Grant Management
  9. Performance Based Management
  10. Department of Justice Organizational Structure
2000 Challenges:
  1. Information Systems Planning and Implementation
  2. Computer Systems Security
  3. Financial Statements and Systems
  4. Departmental Response to Terrorism
  5. Prison Overcrowding
  6. Detention Space and Infrastructure - USMS and INS
  7. INS's Border Strategy
  8. Removal of Illegal Aliens
  9. Grant Management
  10. Human Capital
Updated: November 2018