United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office General Government Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1998-11-20 monographic deposited born digital 52 p. GA 1.13:GGD-99-7 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GGD-99-7 P0b002ee1803a04c9 f:gg99007 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GGD-99-7 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GGD-99-7 GGD-99-7 Terrorism Interagency relations Federal intelligence agencies Accounting standards Agency missions Crime prevention Budget administration Allocation (Government accounting) National defense operations Oklahoma City (OK) New York (NY) Saudi Arabia DOJ Attorney General Counterterrorism Fund Other Written Product GGD

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) use of federal funds for conducting counterterrorism-related activities, focusing on the: (1) amount of funds that the FBI allocated and obligated for fiscal years (FY) 1995 through 1998 (as of July 31, 1998); and (2) methodology the FBI used to identify its overall counterterrorism funding, including funds for classified activities.<p/>GAO noted that: (1) the specific amount of funds allocated by the FBI for counterterrorism is difficult to determine because: (a) the FBI's appropriation language had not specifically identified a separate or total amount available to the FBI for counterterrorism and, for most years, only established a minimum that must be spent on counterterrorism-related activities, foreign intelligence, and national security; (b) some of the funds provided to the FBI were allocated to functions that support multiple FBI missions; and (c) the FBI had not been specifically required to account separately for total funds used for counterterrorism-related activities; (2) the FBI has generally tracked the obligation of funds allocated for counterterrorism based on statutory direction or congressional guidance; (3) in response to an Office of Management and Budget data request, the FBI began, FY 1998, to estimate the amount of overall funds budgeted and used to carry out its counterterrorism mission; (4) the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the FBI have taken steps to link the allocation of budget resources to annual and strategic plans; (5) DOJ and the FBI are beginning to develop a methodology to implement established federal managerial cost accounting standards that require federal agencies on a regular basis to report the full cost of their activities; (6) GAO's review of financial accounting and budget data provided by the FBI showed that the FBI more than doubled its allocation of resources for combating terrorism, increasing from about $256 million in FY 1995 to about $581 million in FY 1998; (7) from FY 1995 to FY 1998, the FBI had allocated about $1.67 billion of its available funds to carry out its counterterrorism mission; (8) the FBI expects to allocate about $609 million for its counterterrorism mission in FY 1999; (9) GAO's review of the FBI's financial data showed that it had incurred obligations of about $1.52 billion of the approximate $1.67 billion in funds allocated for counterterrorism mission-related activities, since FY 1995; and (10) the FBI and DOJ have efforts underway to better identify resources used by the FBI for counterterrorism-related activities, including efforts to: (a) track certain counterterrorism funds; (b) calculate the overall amount of funds associated with counterterrorism activities; (c) link the allocation of budget resources to annual and strategic plans; and (d) develop a methodology for reporting full cost of program activities in compliance with established managerial cost accounting standards. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GGD-99-7/html/GAOREPORTS-GGD-99-7.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GGD-99-7/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GGD-99-7.pdf GAO/GGD-99-7 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GGD-99-7 Other Written Product GAO/GGD-99-7; Combating Terrorism: FBI's Use of Federal Funds for Counterterrorism-Related Activities (Fiscal Years 1995- 1998); Terrorism Interagency relations Federal intelligence agencies Accounting standards Agency missions Crime prevention Budget administration Allocation (Government accounting) National defense operations Oklahoma City (OK) New York (NY) Saudi Arabia DOJ Attorney General Counterterrorism Fund Title 50 Section 2311 50 U.S.C. 2311 Volume 111 Page 1629 111 Stat. 1629 Public Law 103-62 Public Law 104-19 Public Law 104-132 Public Law 104-134 Public Law 104-201 Public Law 104-208 Public Law 104-537 Public Law 105-85 Public Law 105-119 Public Law 105-277