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Federal budget · FY2024

Where does federal justice and homeland security spending go?

$86 billionin FY2024 · 1.3% of all federal spending

Administration of Justice covers the DOJ, parts of DHS, and the federal court system — about $86 billion in FY2024. The biggest agency lines: Customs and Border Protection (~$20B for border security plus ports of entry), the FBI (~$11B for counterterrorism, counterintelligence, and cybercrime), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (~$9B for interior enforcement plus HSI investigations), the federal Bureau of Prisons (~$9B operating 122 federal correctional facilities), and the federal court system (~$9B for district + appeals courts).

On the federal contractor side, tech and IT firms dominate: Leidos (DHS / CBP border surveillance and screening systems), General Dynamics IT (DOJ + DHS network modernization), Booz Allen Hamilton (cyber and analytics consulting), CACI International (intel + cyber ops), Palantir Technologies (data platforms used by ICE, CBP, FBI), and Anduril Industries (autonomous border surveillance towers). Geo Group and CoreCivic operate private detention facilities, primarily for ICE.

Where the money goes inside administration of justice

Agency- and program-level breakdown for FY2024.

  • DHS — Customs and Border Protection$20 billion

    Border security, CBP officers + Border Patrol, ports of entry, trade enforcement.

  • DHS — Immigration & Customs Enforcement$9 billion

    Interior immigration enforcement (ERO + HSI investigations).

  • DOJ — FBI$11 billion

    Counterterrorism, counterintelligence, cybercrime, organized crime investigations.

  • DOJ — Federal Bureau of Prisons$9 billion

    Operates 122 federal correctional facilities, ~155K incarcerated persons.

  • Federal Court System (Judiciary)$9 billion

    District courts, appeals courts, bankruptcy courts. Excludes Supreme Court (in function 800).

  • DOJ — DEA, ATF, US Marshals$6 billion

    Drug enforcement, firearms regulation/enforcement, federal fugitive apprehension.

  • DHS — Secret Service$3 billion

    Presidential protection + financial-crime investigations (counterfeiting, electronic crimes).

  • Other DOJ (US Attorneys, Civil Rights, OJP grants)$5 billion

    Prosecution offices, antitrust, civil rights enforcement, grants to local law enforcement.

  • Other justice (TSA non-fee portion, FLETC, judicial security)$14 billion

    Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers, court security, additional DHS investigative arms.

Top recipients — who actually got the money

Largest contractors, grantees, and direct payees within administration of justice. The remainder covers personnel, facilities, and the long tail of smaller recipients.

  • Bureau of Prisons (federal facilities)$8.5 billion

    Operations of 122 federal correctional facilities housing ~155k incarcerated people.

  • Federal Court System$8.5 billion

    Federal district + appeals courts, including judges, clerks, public defenders, court staff.

  • Leidos$1.8 billion

    Major DHS / CBP IT contractor — border surveillance, screening systems, biometric ID.

  • General Dynamics Information Technology$1.5 billion

    DOJ + DHS IT modernization, network operations, intelligence systems support.

  • Booz Allen Hamilton$1.2 billion

    Cyber, intelligence, and analytics consulting across DHS, FBI, and DOJ.

  • CACI International$1 billion

    Intelligence + cyber operations, surveillance, software development for federal LE / DoD.

  • Palantir Technologies$600 million

    Data integration platforms used by ICE, CBP, FBI, and intelligence agencies for case mgmt and targeting.

  • Anduril Industries$350 million

    Autonomous border surveillance towers (CBP), counter-drone, AI defense systems. Growing rapidly.

  • Geo Group + CoreCivic (private prisons)$1.5 billion

    Private detention contractors — primarily ICE immigration detention and US Marshals federal holding.

  • ManTech / Peraton / SAIC (combined fed IT)$1.5 billion

    Mid-tier federal IT/cyber contractors supporting DOJ, DHS, FBI tech infrastructure.

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