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DOI's budget priorities and requests
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Commissioner Strauber outlines the Department of Investigation's key budget priorities and requests, focusing on increasing staff capacity and addressing salary disparities within the agency.
- DOI has requested 13 additional personnel
- The agency seeks funding to increase salaries for staff who didn't benefit from previous raises
- Funding is needed for currently vacant positions
- All budget requests are focused on increasing staffing to support investigative work
Chris Banks
0:54:23
Okay.
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And in terms of budget priorities, are there specific budget items dedicated to expand the DOI's capabilities in areas such as investigative technology, specialized staff, and interagency collaboration to better tackle some of the challenges we're facing?
Jocelyn E. Strauber
0:54:44
Yeah.
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I mean I would I would say that the critical asks are for additional headcount, right, which would be the 13 additional personnel that we've requested.
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For we have some other really headcount related asks.
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So we have certain staff who for various reasons didn't benefit from the salary increases that other staff members have had.
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They're paid less than their peers.
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So we want funding to increase that.
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I mentioned we have certain vacant headcount that we don't have full funding for.
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So we'd like funding for that.
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So really, all of all of our asks, at least on the personnel side, are focused on, increasing our staffing because that's what powers the work that we do, our investigative work.
Chris Banks
0:55:28
Thank you.
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Thank you, madam chair.