• Federal law enforcement actions: the nationwide core data
• Law enforcement by a particular federal district
• Official corruption: national and district enforcement
• Customized databases: to fill your particular needs

1: Federal law enforcement actions: the nationwide core data

1A:This database provides summary performance records of 90 U.S. Attorneys on seven categories of criminal matters in the United States from 1980 through 1994. Data for each U.S. Attorney can be compared to other districts, and to national figures. Annual census information is incorporated for comparison purposes over time.

The categories covered are:

• Drug offenses
• Organized crime
• White collar crime
• Internal security
• Official corruption
• Labor management
• Regulatory offenses

1B: A Staffing Supplement diskette allows comparisons of staff levels within and among districts by year. It includes per capita staffing rates with district rankings; numbers of assistant U.S. Attorneys; and referrals, prosecutions declined, prosecutions and convictions on a per-attorney basis.

2: Law enforcement by particular federal district

2A: This database provides detailed information about every criminal matter and case handled by any single U.S. Attorney's office during fiscal year 1994 - as many as 10,000 records. The matters are identified by date, source of referral and statute involved (though the government has withheld names and docket numbers). Each action may be individually scrutinized.

• How many referrals were submitted by each of the investigative agencies? You can look up any specific matter.
• How did the U.S. Attorney handle each one? Which were accepted for prosecution, which were not?
• What statutes were involved?
• What were the dates of referral, case filing and final disposition?

Information includes referrals, prosecutions declined, prosecutions and convictions, with 24 fields of detail, such as: investigative agency source, charge information, disposition type and reason , identity of prosecutor and judge handling the matter, agency priority and activity dates.

3: Official corruption

The product offers two kinds of information:

Summary data , so that the user can compare the overall performance of different U.S. Attorneys and the national averages. For example:

• How many official matters were referred to each office?
• How many went forward?
• What percentage resulted in prison sentences?

Detailed information about each individual corruption action, including lead charge and Justice Department category code.

• Which agency conducted the investigation?
• How long did prosecutors take to decide what to do?
• What priority was given to the matter?
• If prosecution was declined, what reason was given?
• If convicted, what was the sentence?

Special Feature: Federal, state and local employee numbers in each district are included to allow comparisons of workload and other activities.

4: Customized databases

TRAC  will compile tailor-made databases to meet your own specifications. TRAC's  data would allow a search, for example, of all enforcement activity related to a specific law or program area, or all activity by a particular investigative agency over a specified period of time. All cases brought within or across jurisdictions by a particular assistant U.S. Attorney could also be examined. Contact TRAC  at 315-443-3563, fax 315-443-3196.

4B: Federal personnel

TRAC   has developed a massive database on federal civilian personnel from 1975 to 1994. Information includes: employee name, agency, occupation, salary, post-of-duty, GS-level and supervisory status. For a listing of available agencies,   click here. TRAC   can develop tailor-made extracts to meet your specifications. For example, TRAC 's data would allow building a diskette data set of all personnel of U.S. Attorney offices thoughout the United States, or selecting all Internal Revenue Service personnel for a given state, county or city. Contact TRAC  at 315-443-3563, fax 315-443-3196.