Department of Justice in Alabama

Justice awards tagged to Alabama

This page is a join: Department of Justice as awarding agency, Alabama as place of performance. The extract sums to $2,567,333,545.07 on 3,823 awards. Those numbers describe coding in USAspending.gov. They do not show that DOJ spending caused Alabama crime trends, or that Alabama’s justice system caused the federal award book.

Place-of-performance can follow a U.S. Attorney’s office, a Bureau of Prisons facility, a grant recipient, or a contractor. Work performed elsewhere can still be coded to Alabama, and Alabama work can be coded elsewhere. The 3,823 count is award records, including modifications, not unique cases or inmates.

FBI Uniform Crime Reports, state court caseloads, and prison-population surveys are other series. Mixing any of them with $2,567,333,545.07 leaves the USAspending obligation definition. This packet has no offense counts, no inmate counts, and no bureau split among FBI, BOP, USMS, or grant offices inside the 3,823 rows.

Thirty-eight hundred rows under $2.57 billion

Dividing $2,567,333,545.07 by 3,823 awards yields an implied mean near $671,549. Grant actions, detention contracts, and litigation support can share that blended average. This packet does not split FBI, BOP, USMS, or Office of Justice Programs rows.

A 3,823-row tape is busier than a short formula file and thinner than a six-figure loan book. Cite both columns. USAspending.gov is the source.

Alabama’s federal courthouses, detention sites, and grant recipients can all attract place-of-performance tags. A single large detention or facilities vehicle can pull the implied mean near $671,549 even while many of the 3,823 rows are smaller grants. This packet does not identify that vehicle. Treat the mean as a file ratio, not a typical U.S. Attorney’s office budget.

Questions

How much Department of Justice spending is in Alabama?

USAspending.gov shows $2,567,333,545.07 in DOJ obligations coded to Alabama across 3,823 awards. Awarding-agency 015 and Alabama place of performance define the join. The total is obligations, not outlays.

Does this total measure crime in Alabama?

No. $2,567,333,545.07 and 3,823 awards are award-file coding totals. They are not crime counts, conviction counts, or a safety ranking. Correlation between Justice awards and a state code is not causation.

What is the average DOJ award in Alabama?

The implied mean is about $671,549 from $2,567,333,545.07 divided by 3,823 awards. Bureau and program splits are not in this packet. The mean is not a typical grant size.

Are DOJ obligations in Alabama the same as outlays?

No. $2,567,333,545.07 is an obligation sum. Outlays are cash payments and can lag on multi-year detention or grant vehicles. SpendingVault does not convert this cell into cash.