Budget and Personnel
- FINCEN - Financial Crimes Enforcement
FINCEN - Budget and Personnel
FinCEN's fiscal year 1998 budget is about $24 million.
FinCEN's unique staffing both reflects and sustains its mission. Currently, there are less than 200 employees
on board. The majority of the staff is made up of permanent FinCEN personnel, mostly intelligence
professionals, as well as specialists from the financial industry and computer experts. In addition, about 40
long-term detailees are assigned to FinCEN from 21 different regulatory and law enforcement agencies.
FinCEN uses a "platform" approach to support law enforcement needs. This method permits others to use
FinCEN’s resources directly to carry out their work. FinCEN pioneered the Platform in 1994, offering training,
office space and database access to employees of other federal agencies who needed to conduct research on
cases under investigation by those agencies. Platform personnel are on the payroll of other federal agencies
and come to FinCEN on a part-time basis to work only on cases being conducted by their own offices or
agencies. These individuals know the needs of their organization and can support that need directly through
database access. FinCEN is currently assisting 43 Platform participants from 21 agencies. About 20 percent of
FinCEN’s 1997 case work was carried out through these Platforms.
http://www.fas.org/irp/agency/ustreas/fincen/staff.htm
Created by John Pike
Maintained by Steven Aftergood
Updated Sunday, August 30, 1998 7:45:07 AM
