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10.19.2009
TRAC Seeks Retraction From DOJ
In a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder, TRAC today asked the Justice Department to retract a department statement about our recent report on the government's troubled terrorism enforcement activities. See more...
10.14.2009
Federal Prosecution Data for July 2009
The latest case-by-case data from the Justice Department show that in July 2009 the government reported 14,706 new prosecutions. See more...
09.27.2009
Federal Agencies Can't Agree on Who is a Terrorist
The federal government remains baffled by the question of who should be prosecuted as a terrorist and who should not. The continuing confusion on this key point -- eight years after the 9/11 attacks -- has at the same time weakened national security and undermined civil liberties. See more...
09.21.2009
Immigration Prosecutions at Record Levels in FY 2009
The latest case-by-case data obtained from the Justice Department for the first nine months of FY 2009 indicates that the prosecution of federal immigration cases has continued to surge in the Obama Administration. See more...
08.21.2009
ICE Criminal Prosecutions Continue to Rise Under Obama
The latest available data from the Justice Department show that during May 2009 the government reported 2,147 new prosecutions that had been referred by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). According to the case-by-case information analyzed by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), this number is up 18.9% over the previous month. See more...
07.27.2009
Criminal Enforcement Data Show FBI Improvements
Case-by-case information from the federal prosecutors indicates that the Federal Bureau of Investigations has improved selected aspects of its criminal enforcement efforts during the last five years. See more...
07.21.2009
Immigration Enforcement Under Obama Returns to Bush-Era Highs
Very timely Justice Department data obtained and analyzed by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) show that immigration enforcement under the Obama Administration is returning to the unusually high levels that were reached under President Bush. See more...
07.08.2009
Sotomayor -- Tough on white-collar crime
A first-of-its kind analysis of the sentences imposed by Judge Sonia Sotomayor during her six years as a federal trial judge shows that she was more likely than her colleagues to send a person to prison, particularly those convicted as white collar criminals. Read this new TRAC report at
http://trac.syr.edu/tracreports/judge/213The new findings about President Obama's Supreme Court nominee are based on an examination by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) of the records concerning more than 7,000 cases handled by the 52 federal judges who served in the Southern District of New York (Manhattan) from FY 1993 to FY 1998. See more...
06.30.2009
After Three Years, Reforms to U.S. Immigration Courts Still Not Completed
A broad three-year Justice Department project to make the Immigrations Courts fairer and more effective has not achieved many of its specific goals, according to a point-by-point analysis by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC).
The partial failure of the ambitious project started by the Bush Administration in August 2006 leaves many problems for the Obama Administration and Congress to confront. See more...
06.22.2009
Immigration Courts Show Decline in Judge-by-Judge Asylum Disparities
A detailed analysis by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) of hundreds of thousands of records obtained from the Immigration Courts has determined that there has been a decrease in the hard-to-explain disparities in the rate at which judges issue denials in asylum matters. See more...
06.18.2009
Still Not Enough Judges to Handle Increasing Immigration Backlog
A special new report from TRAC has determined that the failure to increase immigration judges -- promised by the Bush Administration in the summer of 2006 -- contributed to a substantial jump in the number of backlogged cases in the Immigration Courts. See more...
06.08.2009
DEA Prison Rates Vary Across U.S.
In cases where the DEA is the lead investigative agency, there are significant geographic variations in the rates at which individuals convicted of criminal offenses get sent to prison. See more...
05.29.2009
Immigration still driving prosecutions upward
After several months of declines since reaching all-time highs in September, new immigration prosecutions in February were up 22% from the previous month. See more...
04.27.2009
Government Regulatory Prosecutions At Nine-Year Low
The latest case-by-case data from the Justice Department show that in January 2009 there were 129 new prosecutions for government regulatory matters, fewer than in any month since May 2000. See more...
04.09.2009
New Data Show IRS Downgraded Large Financial Services Audits
Newly released data from the IRS show that only 15% of large financial services companies -- those with $250 million or more in assets -- were audited in 2008, compared with 64% of all other similar sized corporations. See more...
04.06.2009
Targeting of Corporate Audits Questionable
By many measures, financial service firms -- banks, investment advisors, insurance companies, etc. -- dominate the corporate world in the United States, and account for three-quarters of the tax returns filed by all large corporations. Despite the overwhelming importance of this now very troubled segment of the U.S. economy, however, the IRS in FY 2008 only allocated 15% of its corporate revenue agents to the agency group with the special expertise for auditing large financial service corporations. See more...
03.30.2009
Income Gap Widens Between America's Richest and Poorest Counties
According to TRAC's analysis of the latest available tax information, the income gap between the nation's richest and poorest counties continues to widen. See more...
03.23.2009
IRS Audit Rate for Millionaires Nosedives
The IRS audit rate for millionaires plummeted in the just-ended fiscal year, according to agency data obtained and analyzed by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC). See more...
03.18.2009
Federal Prosecution Data for December 2008
The latest case-by-case data from the Justice Department show that in December 2008 the government reported 13,457 new prosecutions. See more...
03.16.2009
TRAC Challenges Government Privacy Claim
As part of its ongoing efforts to obtain information on the workings of the U.S. Federal Government, TRAC has asked the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to reverse its decision withholding government organizational information on the grounds that the release would violate the privacy of individual employees. See more...
02.27.2009
U.S. Federal Terrorism Prosecutions Reach A New Low
The latest case-by-case information from the Justice Department show that in the final months of the Bush Administration new prosecutions for internal security and terrorism matters were far lower than they had been at any time since 9/11/01. See more...
02.13.2009
Federal Funds Updated Through FY 2007
The TRACFED website has been updated with the latest available information on federal expenditures. See more...
01.12.2009
Immigration Cases Drive Federal Prosecutions to New High in FY 2008
An unusually large surge in immigration prosecutions in the last months of FY 2008 means that the annual count of such filings more than quadrupled during the Bush Administration, according the latest available data from the Justice Department. See more...
11.25.2008
Federal Prosecution Data for August 2008
The latest available data from the Justice Department show that in August 2008 the government reported 13,566 new prosecutions. See more...
10.15.2008
DOJ Now Tracking Criminal Mortgage Fraud Cases
The latest available data from the Justice Department show that for the first ten months of FY 2008, the federal government reported filing 151 criminal mortgage fraud cases. See more...
10.09.2008
IRS Finally Releases Audit Data to TRAC
After flouting a series of court orders for over two years, the Internal Revenue Service on Tuesday turned over to TRAC thousands of pages of agency statistics on audits of all types, including individual, corporate, partnership and S corporation audits. See more...
10.06.2008
IRS White Collar Crime Prosecutions Through June 2008
The latest available data from the Justice Department show that during the first nine months of fiscal 2008 the government reported 609 new white collar crime prosecutions referred by the IRS. If this activity continues at the same pace, the annual total of prosecutions will be 812 for this fiscal year. See more...
09.23.2008
TRAC Co-Director Testifies On DOJ Failures to Implement Immigration Court Reforms
Dr. Susan B. Long, TRAC co-director and Associate Professor of Managerial Statistics at Syracuse University's Martin J. Whitman School of Management, testified before a Congressional Subcommittee on immigration matters on Tuesday, September 23, 2008. See more...
09.16.2008
Federal Prosecutions Climb in FY 2008
The latest available data from the Justice Department show that for the first nine months of FY 2008, the federal government reported 111,874 prosecutions, a marked increase over the previous year. See more...
09.08.2008
The "April Effect" — IRS Prosecutions Timed for Tax Season
As tax season approaches each year, the number of news stories on tax prosecutions seems to grow. See more...
09.08.2008
Administration's Project to Improve Immigration Courts Lags
A new special report from TRAC has determined that key parts of a 22-point Bush Administration plan to make the Immigration Courts work in a fairer and more effective way have not been implemented. See more...
08.28.2008
According to enforcement data provided TRAC by the Justice Department, the percentage of cases referred for prosecution by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) that resulted in a conviction increased to 62% in FY 2007, up from just 46.2% five years ago. See more...
08.15.2008
Immigration Prosecution Surge Fueled by Border Enforcement
The latest available data from the Justice Department show that new prosecutions by Customs and Border Protection during the first eight months of FY 2008 have soared. See more...
07.28.2008
Study Finds Fewer Immigration Judges, Even Though DOJ Promised More
Despite a Justice Department promise to seek funds for a substantial increase in Immigration Judges, the number of these judges today is below what it was in 2006, according to a special new report by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC). See more...
07.21.2008
Update On Immigration Judge Asylum Decisions
New reports on the nation's 200-plus immigration judges are now available. The reports, covering how the judges decided asylum matters in the FY 2002 to FY 2007 period, are based on tens of thousands of very detailed records obtained and analyzed by TRAC under the Freedom of Information Act. See more...
07.17.2008
Immigration Overshadows All Other Administration Enforcement Efforts
Immigration cases continue to heavily dominate federal enforcement efforts, making up well over half -- 58% -- of all federal prosecutions in April, according to timely data obtained and analyzed by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC). See more...
07.09.2008
Wide Geographic Variations in DEA Sentences
The sentences imposed on individuals convicted in cases where the DEA was identified as the lead investigative agency vary widely in different parts of the country, according to Justice Department data obtained and analyzed by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse. See more...
06.23.2008
FBI Prosecution Rates Vary Widely Around the Country
In FY 2007, federal prosecutors across the United States ended up filing criminal charges in slightly more than half -- 55% -- of the matters recommended for such action by the FBI. But according to Justice Department data obtained by TRAC under the Freedom of Information Act, there was a wide district-to-district variation in the proportion of FBI referrals that resulted in an actual filing. See more...
06.18.2008
Judge Orders IRS to Turn Over Data
In an important FOIA decision, Judge Marsha Pechman of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington has ruled against the IRS in a case that in fact goes back to the mid-1970s. See more...
06.17.2008
Surge in Immigration Prosecutions Continues
Federal immigration prosecutions continued their recent and highly unusual surge in March 2008, apparently reaching an all-time high, according to timely data obtained from the Justice Department by TRAC. The total of 9,350 such prosecutions was up by almost 50% from the previous month and 73% from the previous year. See more...
06.03.2008
TRAC offers new ways to look at federal laws
TRAC has just added a unique new feature for displaying all the U.S. statutes cited by federal prosecutors as the primary charge in their prosecutions and convictions. See more...
05.22.2008
Immigration Convictions Surge in February 2008
Federal convictions in February 2008 resulting from immigration matters jumped to the highest point in recent history, according to timely data from the Justice Department. See more...
05.06.2008
TRACFED Data Warehouse Service Interruption
TRAC's offices have moved! And now we're moving our servers to our new server facility. See more...
04.30.2008
Immigration Prosecutions Reach Record High
In January 2008, there were 4,739 federal prosecutions classified as immigration matters, according to timely enforcement data from the Justice Department. See more...
04.13.2008
IRS Audits of Largest Corporations Plunge to Historic Low
A special new report shows that the audit rate for corporations with $250 million or more in assets has dropped to its lowest point in the last 20 years. See more...
04.07.2008
Tax Analysts and TRAC team up for IRS report series
Tax Analysts and the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) announced today that they have joined forces to provide tax practitioners and lawyers a new kind of information about the activities of the IRS, including the auditing of returns, the collection of taxes, and the enforcement of tax laws. See more...
04.02.2008
Environmental Prosecutions Trending Downward
In December 2007, there were 20 federal prosecutions of environmental law, according to timely enforcement data from the Justice Department. See more...
03.06.2008
Twenty Year Federal Enforcement Trends
A new TRAC study, based on our analysis of 6.8 million Justice Department records spanning the last twenty years, shows that when immigration matters are put aside, referrals for prosecution from other federal investigative agencies in relation to population have declined. See more...
02.11.2008
The Internal Revenue Service, defying three court orders, continues to withhold crucial statistical data the public needs to judge how the agency is enforcing the nation's tax laws. See more...
12.10.2007
As we come to the end of another year, we at TRAC would like to thank you for your past support and ask for your continued help. See more...
12.07.2007
Child Pornography Prosecutions Down by Half
In August 2007, there were 62 federal prosecutions of child pornography, according to timely enforcement data from the Justice Department. See more...
11.27.2007
Federal Spending Cooled Off in FY 2005
The Federal Funds information in the TRACFED Data Warehouse has been updated through the end of FY 2005, the most recent data available from the U.S. Census Department's consolidated federal funds reporting program. See more...
11.08.2007
A New Way to Look at Terrorism Enforcement
A special new TRAC terrorism page features a unique national map displaying the location of recent federal convictions for all individuals who have been categorized by the Justice Department as spies or terrorists, or those whose prosecution the government thought might prevent or disrupt potential or actual terrorist threats. See more...
11.01.2007
White Collar Crime Prosecutions Lowest in Twenty Years
In July 2007, there were 434 federal prosecutions of white collar crime, according to timely enforcement data from the Justice Department. See more...
10.15.2007
What Kind of DOJ Would Mukasey Lead?
If Michael Mukasey is confirmed as attorney general, he will preside over a Justice Department that brings a substantially different mix of federal prosecutions than when President Bush came into the White House in January of 2001. See more...
10.09.2007
Government's Long-Term Drug Enforcement Effort Slumps
A total of 1,914 federal narcotics/drug prosecutions were filed in June of 2007. See more...
09.24.2007
Updated Reports on Individual Immigration Judges
Along with the release of a report on asylum decisions, TRAC is providing an updated system for examining the record of more than 200 immigration judges. See more...
09.24.2007
Massive Immigration Court asylum disparities persist, regardless of court location or nationality
From New York to Miami, from Los Angeles to Boston, from Chicago to Houston and in many cities in between, new government data show that extensive and hard-to-explain disparities have persisted in how immigration judges are deciding the thousands of asylum requests they rule on each year. See more...
09.11.2007
Child Pornography Prosecutions Down in May 2007
Only 70 new federal criminal prosecutions of child pornography were filed in May 2007, a decline of 12.5% from the previous month, and down over 41% from a year ago. The number of such prosecutions, which had been generally rising until 2005, is now lower than it was five years ago -- down 1.5%. See more...
08.27.2007
Gonzales Resignation Provides Focus for DOJ Enforcement Record
After months of controversy, Attorney General Gonzales has announced his resignation. For comprehensive and very timely information about how the federal government enforced the law during the Bush Administration and how that compares with previous administrations See more...
08.01.2007
TRAC has just made it a little easier to find, track and share information in our warehouse of federal criminal enforcement data. See more...
06.29.2007
Federal Criminal Prosecutions Surged in March 2007
Federal criminal prosecutions in March of 2007 jumped to 10,286 -- 22% over the level in the previous month. See more...
06.18.2007
Federal Corruption Prosecutions Down
In February 2007, the government reports it filed official corruption charges against 37 individuals, according to timely enforcement data from the Justice Department. See more...
05.29.2007
Study Finds Gap Between What DHS Does and What it Says
A new TRAC study, based on the analysis of millions of records from the Immigration Courts and the Justice Department, has found that the terrorism enforcement actions of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) do not appear to match the claims made in the agency's official statements. See more...
05.10.2007
White Collar Crime Prosecutions Lowest in Five Years
In January 2007, there were 490 federal prosecutions of white collar crime, according to timely enforcement data from the Justice Department. Filings in this category are down 13% from the previous month, reaching their lowest level in the last five years. See more...
04.12.2007
New edition of TRAC's IRS Web Site
New edition of TRAC's IRS Web Site, released April 12, 2007, finds that revenue agents are spending more and more time conducting face-to-face corporate audits that produce no revenue. See more...
04.04.2007
Wyoming Leads in Federal Drug, Weapons Convictions
We've just updated our Bulletins page with the latest federal criminal enforcement data from the Justice Department. See more...
03.21.2007
TRAC's Terrorism Report, released March 21, 2007, shows that while criminal cases against those the government has classified as international terrorists are sharply down, surprisingly different trends can be seen in the prosecution of domestic terrorists and individuals involved in terrorism-related financial schemes. See more...
03.20.2007
Terrorism Enforcement Trends -- International, Domestic and Financial
Analysis of timely case-by-case Justice Department data shows that while criminal cases against those the government has classified as international terrorists are sharply down, surprisingly different trends can be seen in the prosecution of domestic terrorists and individuals involved in terrorism-related financial schemes. See more...
03.13.2007
Immigration Prosecutions Down From A Year Ago
Very timely monthly data available at http://trac.syr.edu/immigration/reports/ on our special immigration site show that criminal immigration charges by federal prosecutors have substantially declined in the last year. See more...
03.02.2007
Federal Drug Prosecutions Reach Five Year Low
Federal narcotic and drug prosecutions continue to decline, according to timely criminal enforcement data from the Justice Department. See more...
02.08.2007
FY 2006 Criminal Data Available
TRACFED data on criminal enforcement activity has been updated to include all of FY 2006 and is now available to TRACFED subscribers. See more...
02.06.2007
For several months, TRAC has offered on its public website at http://trac.syr.edu/tracreports/bulletins/ very timely month-by-month reports and data tracking changes in the government's enforcement activities against white collar criminals, illegal drug peddlers, immigration violators and unlawful gun users and dealers. See more...
01.08.2007
New Data on the Processing of So-called Aggravated Felons
Data recently obtained by TRAC from the DOJ and the DHS provide new insights about a complex, obscure and in some cases controversial procedure under which an estimated 300,000 non-citizens have been deported from the US in the last decade and a half after being categorized as "aggravated felons." See more...
11.06.2006
New edition of TRAC's FBI Web Site
New edition of TRAC's FBI Web Site was released Monday, November 6, 2006. See more...
09.04.2006
TRAC's Terrorism Report, released September 4, 2006, shows that the government's prosecution of international terrorist suspects has sharply declined in the last few years. See more...
07.31.2006
TRAC's Immigration Judges report
TRAC's Immigration Judges report, released July 31, 2006, shows vast differences in the rate at which the nation's 200-plus immigration judges decline hundreds of thousands of applications for asylum in the United States. See more...
05.10.2006
TRAC Sues Immigration and Customs Enforcement
TRAC filed suit against the Department of Homeland Security in federal court asking that it order the accelerated production of information that TRAC had previously sought from ICE under the Freedom of Information Act. Through these FOIA requests, TRAC hopes to obtain specific unpublished information regarding non-citizens with criminal arrests or convictions. Read the announcement for further discussion and links to the full text of the complaint and motion.
04.19.2006
TRAC's Privacy Policy was updated April 19, 2006 to reflect the new use of persistent cookies in order to get more accurate counts of page visits. See more...
04.04.2006
TRAC launched its Immigration Web Site
TRAC launched its Immigration Web Site April 4, 2006. See more...
04.04.2006
TRAC Director Prevails in Lawsuit Against IRS Secrecy
A federal court has ordered the Internal Revenue Service to turn over extensive statistical information to Susan Long, the co-director of TRAC and a professor at Syracuse University. See more...
02.28.2006
Federal Judges Updated Through FY 2005
TRAC's criminal processing records of individual Federal Judges have now been updated through all twelve months of FY 2005. See more...
02.07.2006
Federal Funds Updated Through FY 2004
The Federal Funds layer is now updated through the end of FY 2004. See more...
02.06.2006
Major new offerings in TRAC Bulletins
Major new offerings in TRAC Bulletins were released Tuesday, February 6, 2006. See more...
01.31.2006
Criminal Enforcement Updated Through FY 2005
TRACFED Criminal Enforcement data have been updated to include all of FY 2005. See more...
10.17.2005
Major Update to Federal Judges
TRAC has just completed a major update to its information about Federal Judges. Through a multi-year research project, additional data have been gathered from numerous data bases as well as from telephone calls to individual districts and district courts. See more...
09.28.2005
TRAC Report on Criminal Enforcement Changes in the Bush Years
TRAC Report on Criminal Enforcement Changes in the Bush Years released September 28, 2005. See more...
08.24.2005
TRAC Report on Immigration Enforcement
TRAC Report on Immigration Enforcement was released on August 24, 2005. See more...
04.14.2005
TRAC co-directors filed suit against the IRS
TRAC co-directors filed suit against the IRS on April 14, 2005. The IRS is illegally withholding information about its operations, claiming that the public release of some of it would compromise homeland security. See more...
04.11.2005
New edition of our IRS Web Site
New edition of our IRS Web Site was released Monday, April 11, 2005. See more...
02.28.2005
A whole new easy-to-use method for accessing the masses of data in TRACFED was installed on Monday, February 28. See more...
10.26.2004
Federal Funds Updated Through FY 2003
The Federal Funds layer is now updated through the end of FY 2003. See more...
08.11.2004
An update to our FBI Web Site was released Tuesday, August 11, 2004. See more...
08.04.2004
Federal Prosecutors Function Upgraded
TRAC has added more details to the Salary tool for Federal Prosecutors and the High Income Federal Employees tool. See more...
07.16.2004
We redesigned the home page of TRAC's public site
We redesigned the home page of TRAC's public site on July 16, 2004 to reflect the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, and other post-9/11/2001 initiatives that resulted in many changes in federal agency alignments. See more...
07.09.2004
Federal Staffing Updated Through 1Q FY 2004
Federal Staffing data have been updated through the first quarter of FY 2004 and are now available using the Analyzer tool.
06.10.2004
Express and Going Deeper Updated
The Civil Express and Going Deeper tools have now been updated through the end of FY 2003. See more...
06.04.2004
Federal Staffing FY 2003 Data in Going Deeper and Express
Federal Staffing
data for the FY 2003 year-end are now
available using the Going Deeper
and Express tools.
The data have been available in Analyzer since 03.22.04.
TRACFED's Community Context layer has been updated
to include the recently released 2002 census data.
04.12.2004
New edition of our IRS Web Site
New edition of our IRS Web Site was released Monday, April 12, 2004. The IRS Lags in Business Enforcement. See more...
03.22.2004
Federal Staffing Updated Through FY 2003
Federal Staffing data for the FY 2003 year-end are now available in Analyzer. See more...
03.19.2004
Prosecutors Contrast Function Updated
Prosecutors Express Contrast function is now available for FY 2003 for both Criminal and Civil data.
03.08.2004
First Quarter FY 2004 Data Available
TRAC's ongoing FIOA efforts have allowed us to make data available in a very timely manner. See more...
02.27.2004
Judges Contrast Function Updated
Judges Express Contrast function is now available for FY 2003 for both Criminal and Civil data.
01.12.2004
Sentencing Details Added to Criminal Data
TRAC has added new details about sentencing to the Criminal area. See more...
12.15.2003
Year-End FY 2003 Data in Criminal Going Deeper
As a result of TRAC's ongoing FOIA efforts, year-end FY 2003 data are now available with the Criminal Going Deeper tool.
12.08.2003
TRAC Report on Terrorism Enforcement
TRAC Report on Terrorism Enforcement in the two years since 9/11 was released Monday, December 8, 2003. See more...
10.31.2003
Federal Staffing Analyzer Improved
Major improvements have been made to the data selection process for Federal Staffing Analyzer. Comprehensive menus are now available for search fields, eliminating the need to enter lists of specific codes. In addition, when creating your data slice, you can now combine data from one or more states (or districts or counties) as well as occupations, agencies and pay grades.
10.28.2003
Criminal Express Updated Through FY 2003
Criminal Express annual and monthly series data have now been updated through year-end FY 2003 (September 2003).
10.24.2003
Judges and Prosecutors Updated Through FY 2003
Express criminal and civil data listings for Federal Judges and Federal Prosecutors are now updated through year-end FY 2003 (September 2003). Criminal Analyzer and Civil Analyzer data have been updated through September 2003 as well.
09.19.2003
Criminal Express Monthly Series Improved
Trend graphs for our Criminal Express monthly series have been improved and are now easier to read. See more...
08.28.2003
Criminal Express monthly series data have now been updated through July 2003.
08.26.2003
Judges and Prosecutors Updated Through July 2003
Express criminal and civil data listings for Federal Judges and Federal Prosecutors are now updated through July 2003. Criminal Analyzer and Civil Analyzer data have been updated through July 2003 as well.
08.25.2003
TRAC Report on Homeland Security
TRAC Report on Homeland Security was released Monday, August 25, 2003. See more...
08.01.2003
Judges and Prosecutors Updated Through June 2003
Express criminal and civil data listings for Federal Judges and Federal Prosecutors are now updated through June 2003. Criminal Analyzer, Civil Analyzer and Criminal Express monthly series data have been updated through June 2003 as well.
07.21.2003
Judges and Prosecutors Updated Through May 2003
Express criminal and civil data listings for Federal Judges and Federal Prosecutors are now updated through May 2003. Criminal Analyzer, Civil Analyzer and Criminal Express monthly series data have been updated through May 2003 as well.
07.08.2003
During the last month or so, we have added several new features to TRACFED. Considered together these new features further enhance TRAC's unique subscription site that for several years has been helping news organizations, congressional committees, public interest groups, law schools and even federal agencies understand what the government actually is doing. See more...
05.23.2003
The Federal Staffing database has been updated through the end of FY 2002 (September 2002). This is reflected in the Staffing Express, Going Deeper and Analyzer tools.
05.22.2003
Greater Detail in Criminal Analyzer
As promised, much greater detail is now available on each criminal case through the Criminal Analyzer List function as well as Express criminal data listings for Federal Judges and Federal Prosecutors. Dozens of new items can be displayed on a case-by-case basis, including information on each charge filed in court followed to its ultimate disposition. See more...
05.19.2003
New edition of our ATF Web Site
New edition of our ATF Web Site was released Monday, May 19, 2003. Agency referrals for gun prosecutions have almost tripled in recent years, sharply up from their 1997 low. See more...
05.16.2003
Federal Judges and Prosecutors Updated Through March 2003
Express criminal data listings for Federal Judges and Federal Prosecutors are now updated through March 2003. Criminal Analyzer data have been updated through March 2003 as well.
05.06.2003
Civil Express Updated Through FY 2002
The Civil Express tool now has been updated through the end of FY 2002. Data through February 2003 can be obtained using the Analyzer tool, which receives monthly updates.
05.02.2003
TRACFED's Criminal Analyzer has been upgraded
with a set of pop-up menus which allow you to select from a list of over 3000 lead charges,
organized by title and section.
Also, Criminal Express monthly series data
have now been updated through February, 2003.
04.25.2003
Federal Judges and Prosecutors Updated
Express civil data listings for Federal Judges and Federal Prosecutors are now updated through February 2003. See more...
04.24.2003
Criminal Going Deeper Enhanced
Much greater detail now available on each criminal case through Criminal Going Deeper. Now available for the first time dozens of new items including information on each charge filed in court followed to its ultimate disposition. See more...
04.13.2003
New edition of our IRS Web Site
New edition of our IRS Web Site was released Sunday, April 13, 2003. Justice department data show criminal enforcement of the tax laws has plummeted to an all-time low and the downward trend is continuing. See more...
03.24.2003
Criminal Going Deeper Updated Through FY 2002
The Criminal Going Deeper tool now has been updated through the end of FY 2002.
03.21.2003
Federal Judges Civil Data Updated
Express civil data listings for Federal Judges and Federal Prosecutors are now updated through January 2003. Civil Analyzer data have been updated through January 2003 as well.
03.17.2003
Federal Judges and Prosecutors Updated
Express criminal data listings for Federal Judges and Federal Prosecutors are now updated through January 2003. Criminal Analyzer data have been updated through January 2003 as well.
02.28.2003
Federal Judges and Prosecutors Updated
Express criminal listings for Federal Judges
and Federal Prosecutors
are now updated through the first two months of FY 2003 (October and November 2002).
Criminal Analyzer data
have also been updated through the first two months of FY 2003,
plus you may now separately examine the criminal work of the
U.S. Magistrate and U.S. District courts in your data slices.
Criminal Analyzer has also received significant ease-of-use updates,
making it simpler to select district, agency and program area through the use of pop-up menus.
02.13.2003
Terrorism Enforcement in the 12 Months After 9/11
Terrorism Enforcement in the 12 Months After 9/11: There are today few problems confronting the federal government that equal the challenge of dealing with the threat of terrorism. See more...
02.04.2003
How Federal Judges Stack Up: A central goal of all courts is to assure that similarly situated defendants are treated in similar ways. See more...
02.04.2003
Federal Judges Updated Through FY 2002
Updated information on federal district court judges (through the end of FY 2002) is available with the TRACFED Judges tool. A TRAC summary report focusing on the variations in sentencing for similarly situated defendents is also available.
01.29.2003
Civil enforcement data have been updated through the end of fiscal year 2002 (September 2002). This updated information is available with the Analyzer tool on the Civil Enforcement layer.
01.24.2003
Judging Federal Prosecutors: New data on our TRACFED site (available January 24, 2003) gives subscribers an online way to examine the performance of individual assistant U.S. attorneys (AUSAs) in office from FY 1986 to FY 2002. See more...
01.22.2003
Criminal enforcement data have been updated through the end of fiscal year 2002 (September 2002). This updated information is available with the Express (annual series only) and Analyzer tools in the Criminal Enforcement layer.
12.02.2002
Information on federal district court judges has been updated through April 2002 (criminal) and July 2002 (civil). A new "contrast tool" provides greater flexibility to contrast and compare records of individual judges over a ten-year period for different types of cases. See the Federal Judges tool.
11.15.2002
The Civil layer has been updated with FY 2002 data (through July). The Criminal layer has been updated through April 2002; the Department of Justice is withholding more recent data pending its ongoing FOIA review.
09.27.2002
New to the People layer is a tool for determining the salary of high-income (over $100,000 per year) federal employees, the ones most likely to be able to exercise discretionary power over the operation of federal agencies like the Social Security Administration, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Department of the Interior or the IRS. See more...
09.05.2002
Terrorism Enforcement Update: With the one-year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, TRAC has posted a brief supplemental report with the latest available information on terrorism enforcement (September 5, 2002). The new report, providing data about the referrals and prosecutions reported by the Justice Department during April, adds another month to TRAC's previous terrorism coverage. See more...
08.26.2002
Judging the Judges: A new service on our TRACFED subscription site (available August 26, 2002) lets users review the work of most federal district judges who served from FY 1968 to FY 2001. See more...
08.14.2002
Release of New Data on Environmental Enforcement
Release of New Data on Environmental Enforcement: (August 14, 2002) TRAC just received eight new data tables from DOJ's Environment and Natural Resources Division. See more...
08.07.2002
Federal prosecutors: (August 7, 2002) After more than a two month delay, DOJ has released four tapes covering the activity through April 30, 2002 in the 94 U.S. Attorney Offices. See more...
08.07.2002
Money Layer Updated Through FY 20001
Money layer on TRACFED updated with federal expenditures through end of FY 2001. See more...
08.06.2002
Latest Federal Staffing Files Arrive
Latest Federal Staffing Files Arrive: (August 6, 2002) In response to a FOIA request, TRAC received 6 tapes containing latest Federal Staffing data — through March 31, 2002 — some 1.8 million records. See more...
08.05.2002
TRAC Files for Summary Judgment on DOJ Data
TRAC Files for Summary Judgment on DOJ Data: (August 5, 2002) TRAC seeks a court order: to compel disclosure of lead charge information on referrals to federal prosecutors; to require release of identities of corporations and businesses involved in investigations U.S. attorneys decline to prosecute; to order disclosure of identifying details in asset forfeiture cases; and to order release of court docket details and agency tracking numbers. See more...
07.29.2002
New edition of our INS Web Site
New edition of our INS Web Site was released Monday, July 29, 2002. This free service provides up-to-date information about how the INS is controlling U.S. borders, and how the agency has responded since 9/11. Also available is information about INS staffing, performance and district-by-district profiles. See more...
07.17.2002
Trends tool on community context layer now updated to give population tables and graphs covering 1970 through 2001, with details down to the county level.
06.28.2002
Additions to TRACFED Express: Now latest monthly series data (through March 31) on federal criminal enforcement allows examination of post 9/11 shifts in federal enforcement activities. See more...
06.17.2002
New edition of our FBI Web Site
TRAC is releasing two new reports and has just added new data (through March 2002) to TRACFED. See more...
05.13.2002
TRAC has completed a major upgrade of its subscription site. See more...
04.05.2002
New release of data on the Internal Revenue Service just added. Data embargoed until Monday, April 15 (6:30pm Sunday) release. See also TRAC's updated IRS public web site for new findings and analysis.
02.11.2002
New trends tool have been added to the community context layer on TRACFED/FEDPROBE, which now features population by year complete from 1970 through 2000 for states, federal districts, and counties. See more...
01.31.2002
The TRAC hardware platform received a major upgrade, with a resulting increase in system performance and capacity.
11.20.2001
Data tracking criminal enforcement actions of the federal government through the first nine months of the Bush administration are now available to all TRAC subscribers. See more...
09.02.2001
Federal Staffing Data Expanded
Federal Staffing greatly expanded (newsadvisory). Now includes over 25 years worth of data -- more than 50 million records -- over 100 gigabytes of information -- all at your fingertips. See more...
08.22.2001
Federal Judges and Prosecutors Beta
Beta release of new databases on activity of federal judges and prosecutors. See more...
08.15.2001
Civil Enforcement layer now includes the Express tool for quick summary information and the analyzer tool for the creation of specialized data slices. See more...
07.02.2001
Federal Funds Updated Through FY 2000
Federal Funds layer now updated through FY2000. See more...
04.05.2001
New release of data on the Internal Revenue Service just added. IRS audits of individuals and corporations as well as collection and IRS staffing data updated thru fiscal year 2000. New trends tool to view how these numbers have changed over time. See more...
02.16.2001
The IRS has made public summary information about its declining efforts to enforce the nation's tax laws in fiscal year 2000. For your convenience, these tables are now posted here. Much more detailed information about the agency's audit and collection activities will soon be available on this site.
10.25.2000
Federal Funds (Express) provides a unique new information service about all federal expenditures -- for both direct payments and for insurance programs and loans -- from 1993 to 1999. See more...
10.11.2000
Criminal Enforcement (Express) now offers a new on-line research tool for comparing the criminal enforcement activities of the federal government during the Reagan, Bush and Clinton years. See more...
08.30.2000
TRAC has just made two significant service improvements. The first gives you a whole new category of enforcement data that has never before been available. The second involves a sophisticated new research tool enhancing your ability to organize the criminal enforcement info according to your individual needs. See more...
06.06.2000
Federal Staffing Analyzer, and Updates to Web Locker
Federal Staffing Analyzer has been released. See more...
04.01.2000
Updates to IRS Audits, Community Context and Federal Staffing
New release of data on the Internal Revenue Service just added. IRS audits of individuals and corporations updated thru fiscal year 1999. See more...
11.23.1999
Age, race, gender and ethnicity data in Community Context has been updated. Series now includes county, state, and federal district data, including detailed rankings, from 1990 through 1998.
10.13.1999
Federal Staffing Going Deeper (Beta Version) has been enhanced to include State and County data.
09.13.1999
Community Context Express has been enhanced to include census data on employment by occupation and industry, information on banking (number of branch banks and deposits), number of physicians, and urban versus rural population.
07.22.1999
FY 1998 Data in Federal Staffing
Federal Staffing Going Deeper has been enhanced to include fiscal year 1998 data, and the historical series has been extended back through fiscal year 1992; thus, you can now select records from the past seven years (1992-1998).
07.18.1999
FY 1998 Criminal Data in Express and Going Deeper
Criminal Enforcement Express and Going Deeper have been enhanced to include fiscal year 1998 data; you can now obtain either the last five years (1994-1998) or have tables display seven years (1992-1998).
06.20.1999
Web Locker now has the capability to display the criteria used to generate a Data Slice by simply clicking on the Data Slice name.
06.19.1999
FY 1998 Criminal Data in Analyzer
Criminal Enforcement Analyzer now has fiscal year 1998 data available with selections for multiple fiscal year criteria for 1992-1998 & 1994-1998.
05.13.1999
Web Locker's monthly job run counts now include individual counts for Analyzer, Going Deeper as well as Express.
Maintenance Times
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Upgrades
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