Audit of the Department of Justice’s Strategy to Address the Domestic Violent Extremism Threat

Submitting OIG:

Department of Justice OIG

Date Issued:

Tuesday, June 6, 2023

Agency Reviewed / Investigated:

Department of Justice

Submitting OIG-Specific Report Number:

23-078

Component, if applicable:

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Other DOJ Components

Location(s):

Agency-Wide

Type of Report:

Audit

Questioned Costs:

Funds for Better Use:

Number of Recommendations:

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Attachment	Size
23-078.pdf	3.26 MB

Recommendation Number	Recommendation Status	Significant Recommendation	Additional Details
1	Open	No	https://oig.justice.gov/reports
Identify ways in which the Domestic Terrorism Executive Committee (DTEC) could be used more effectively for its components and federal law enforcement partners, to include better defining the DTEC’s purpose, raising its profile with internal stakeholders, and ensuring it is evaluating lessons learned from its efforts.
2	Open	No	https://oig.justice.gov/reports
Evaluate its various initiatives and efforts that relate to addressing the DVE threat to ensure that they are effective, cohesive, and used strategically to inform DOJ’s approach and determine if there is value in establishing an internal DOJ-wide strategy or other strategic framework to define, guide, and coordinate its varied DVE-related efforts.
3	Open	No	https://oig.justice.gov/reports
Build on the NSD DT Unit’s structure and continue to determine how or if the DT Unit should be empowered to coordinate and provide leadership across DOJ components on DOJ-wide strategic efforts to address DVE.
4	Open	No	https://oig.justice.gov/reports
Evaluate DOJ components’ implementation of the November 2022 Justice Manual revisions to ensure that federal prosecutors comply with the NSD CTS notification and coordination requirements and have a consistent understanding of what constitutes a DVE-related case.
5	Open	No	https://oig.justice.gov/reports
Provide guidance to all DOJ law enforcement components to ensure there is a consistent understanding of identifying cases with a DVE nexus.
6	Open	No	https://oig.justice.gov/reports
Continue to enhance its mechanisms to routinely evaluate the efficacy and impact of its DVE efforts, to include: (a) identifying any unintended consequences on how its DVE-related efforts are perceived by the public and external stakeholders; (b) assessing and mitigating any privacy and civil liberties risks with assistance from OPCL; and (c) ensuring resources are sufficiently aligned throughout the Department to address the threat.
7	Open	No	https://oig.justice.gov/reports
Evaluate its various tracking efforts for DVE-related case data to ensure that it has a holistic view of the threat and a consistent process for capturing, interpreting, and reporting DVE-related case data.

Recommendation Number

Recommendation Status

Significant Recommendation

Additional Details

Open

https://oig.justice.gov/reports

Identify ways in which the Domestic Terrorism Executive Committee (DTEC) could be used more effectively for its components and federal law enforcement partners, to include better defining the DTEC’s purpose, raising its profile with internal stakeholders, and ensuring it is evaluating lessons learned from its efforts.

Open

https://oig.justice.gov/reports

Evaluate its various initiatives and efforts that relate to addressing the DVE threat to ensure that they are effective, cohesive, and used strategically to inform DOJ’s approach and determine if there is value in establishing an internal DOJ-wide strategy or other strategic framework to define, guide, and coordinate its varied DVE-related efforts.

Open

https://oig.justice.gov/reports