Program Accountability Library
ACRONYM: PAL
ORIGINATOR:
Department/Agency Name: U.S. Department of
Justice
Major Organization Subdivision: Office of Justice Programs
Minor Organization Subdivision: Office of the Comptroller
Name of Unit: Control Desk
Street Address: 810 7th Street, N.W.
City: Washington, D.C.
State:
Zip Code: 20531
Country: United States
Hours of Service: 7:00 a.m. -6:00 p.m.
Telephone: (202) 307-0606
FAX:
E-Mail Address: askoc@ojp.usdoj.gov
ABSTRACT: OJP was
established by the Justice Assistance Act of 1984 to help foster the cooperation and
coordination needed to make the criminal justice system function effectively. The
Assistant Attorney General (AAG) for OJP, by statute and delegation from the Attorney
General of the United States, carries out policy coordination and management
responsibilities for the five OJP Bureaus: the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), the
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), the Office of
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), and the Office for Victims of Crime
(OVC) and the various Program Offices. Together these components constitute a single
agency whose goal is to implement innovative programs and to foster improvements in the
nations's criminal and juvenile justice systems.
PURPOSE: PAL is
an automated storage, retrieval, and information management system of OJP assistance
awards and contracts, which serves as an active library of all grants awarded both past
and present that can be sorted geographically as well as by subject. The system provides
for data entry, quality control, interface to individual office tracking systems, and
reporting requirements. PAL provides OJP with the ability to support responses to
inquiries, and monthly grant management reports. The system consists of four segments:
application tracking, grantee report tracking and assistance awards, audit capabilities,
and accounting statistics.
ACCESS CONSTRAINTS:
All records in PAL are protected from unauthorized access through appropriate
administrative, physical, and technical safeguards. These safeguards include restricting
access to those with a need to know to perform their duties using passwords.
USE CONSTRAINTS:
Users of PAL will be restricted to only those privileges necessary to perform assigned
tasks.
AGENCY PROGRAM:
The Control Desk provides the following services for the OJP: award mail out and distribution; data entry, processing post
award documents and grant information updates; official file maintenance; and reports (ad
hoc and scheduled).
SOURCES OF DATA:
The information contained in PAL systems is provided by the Office of the Comptroller, grantees; and
sub-award tracking systems executed by the various bureaus and offices.
RESPONSIBLE OFFICE FOR
DISTRIBUTING INFORMATION
(if different from originator):
Department/Agency Name: U.S.
Department of Justice
Major Organization Subdivision: Office of Justice Programs
Minor Organization Subdivision: Office of General Counsel
Name of Unit: Freedom of Information/Privacy Act Staff
Street Address: 810 7th Street, N.W.
City: Washington, D.C.
State:
Zip Code: 20531
Country: United States
Hours of Service: 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Telephone: (202) 307-0790
FAX:
E-Mail Address: AskOGC@ojp.usdoj.gov
ORDER PROCESS: A
request for any information contained in the Program Accountability Library should be
directed to the Office of General Counsel's FOIA Office.
OFFICE OF CONTACT FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION
(if different from the originator):
Department/Agency Name: U.S.
Department of Justice
Major Organization Subdivision: Office of Justice Programs
Minor Organization Subdivision: Office of General Counsel
Name of Unit: Freedom of Information/Privacy Act Staff
Street Address: 810 7th Street, N.W.
City: Washington, D.C.
State:
Zip Code: 20531
Country: United States
Hours of Service: 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Telephone: (202) 307-0790
FAX:
E-Mail Address: AskOGC@ojp.usdoj.gov