2009 Budget and Performance Summary

**ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEALS**
(Dollars in Thousands)
	EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATATION REVIEW (EOIR)			OFFICE FOR THE PARDON ATTORNEY			TOTAL
	Pos.	FTE	Amount	Pos.	FTE	Amount	Pos.	FTE	Amount

2007 Enacted	1,386	1,364	226,813	15	15	2,329	1,401	1,379	229,142

2008 Enacted ¹	1,386	1,424	238,320	15	15	2,329	1,401	1,439	240,649

2009 Request	1,386	1,424	261,404	15	15	2,387	1,401	1,439	263,791

Change 2009 from 2008 Enacted	0	0	23,084	0	0	58	0	0	23,142

Technical Adjustments

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Immigration Examinations Fee	0	0	-4,000	0	0	0	0	0	-4,000
Total Technical Adjustments	0	0	-4,000	0	0	0	0	0	-4,000

Adjustments to Base

Transfers:
From DHS Immigration Examinations Fee Account to EOIR	0	0	4,000	0	0	0	0	0	4,000

Subtotal Transfers	0	0	4,000	0	0	0	0	0	4,000

Increases:
2009 pay raise (2.9%)	0	0	3,134	0	0	35	0	0	3,169
2008 pay raise annualization (3.5%)	0	0	1,189	0	0	13	0	0	1,202
Annualization of 2008 positions (FTE)	0	0	2,050	0	0	0	0	60	2,050
Retirement (1.3%)	0	0	128	0	0	1	0	0	129
Health Insurance	0	0	416	0	0	0	0	0	416
Employee Compensation Fundt	0	0	90	0	0	0	0	0	90
GSA Rent	0	0	1,330	0	0	12	0	0	1,342
DHS Security Charges	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	14
Base Program Cost Adjustment	0	0	5,225	0	0	0	0	0	5,225
Postage	0	0	40	0	0	0	0	0	40
Printing and reporduction	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	7
JUTNET	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3
Subtotal Increases	0	0	13,6238	0	0	64	0	60	13,687

Decreases:
Change in Compensable Days	0	0	-539	0	0	-6	0	0	-545
Subtotal Decreases	0	0	-539	0	0	-6	0	0	-545

Total Adjustments to Base	0	0	17,084	0	0	58	0	60	17,142

Total Adjustments to Base and Technical Adjustments	0	0	13,0842	0	0	58	0	0	13,142


2009 Current Services	1,386	1,424	251,404	15	15	2,387	1,401	1,439	253,791

Program Changes
Southwest Border Enforcement Initiative
Digital Audio Recording System	0	0	8,300	0	0	0	0	0	8,300
Immigration Review Information Exchange System	0	0	1,700	0	0	0	0	0	1,700
Total Program Changes	0	0	10,000	0	0	0	0	0	10,000

2009 Request	1,386	1,424	261,404	15	15	2,387	1,401	1,439	263,791
Change 2009 from 2008 Enacted	0	0	23,084	0	0	58	0	0	23,142

¹The amount enacted for 2008 and the amount requested for 2009 will be offset by $4 million in both years with funding provided from the Immigration Examinations Fee Account at the Department of Homeland Security.

ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEALS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(Dollars in thousands)
	2008 Enacted			2009 Current Services			2009 Request			Total Program Changes
Comparison by activity and program	Perm Pos.	FTE	Amount	Perm Pos.	FTE	Amount	Perm Pos.	FTE	Amount	Perm Pos.	FTE	Amount

1. Executive Office for Immigration Review	1,386	1,364	$ 238,320	1,386	1,424	$ 251,404	1,386	1,424	$ 261,404	0	0	$ 10,000

2. Office of the Pardon Attorney	15	15	2,329	15	15	2,387	15	15	2,387	0	0	0

Total	1,401	1,379	240,649	1,401	1,439	253,791	1,401	1,439	263,791	0	0	10,000

Grand Total	1,401	1,379	240,649	1,401	1,439	253,791	1,401	1,439	263,791	0	0	10,000

Program Changes

1. Southwest Border Enforcement Initiative

The Executive Office for Immigration and Review (EOIR) requests $10,000,000 for the implementation and maintenance of a Digital Audio Recording system (DAR) and the Immigration Review Information Exchange System (IRIES). $8.3 million is for the implementation of the DAR to be provided to immigration courts nationwide. This system will improve the audio quality over the current use of cassette tapes used in the immigration courts to record hearings and allow the immigration judges to operate the recording system through tthe use of a desk-top computer. $1.7 million is for IRIES through which EOIR will share mission-critical information with other federal agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security and the DOJ's Civil Division.

Updated March 15, 2018