Department of Justice

GAO updated certain information in its 1990 report, Government Civilian Aircraft: Use of Government Aircraft by the Attorney General and FBI Director (GAO/GGD-90-84), documenting dates of travel, types of aircraft used, itinerary, and passengers for each trip taken on Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) aircraft by Department of Justice officials in fiscal years 1990 through 1993 and during first quarter of fiscal year 1994. Travel decreased sharply from 96 trips in 1990 to 31 trips in 1993. Only three trips were taken during the first quarter of 1994. Of the 301 trips taken during the entire period, 128 were for travel by the Attorneys General and 115 were for travel by FBI Directors.

GAO found that: (1) travel by DOJ officials on FBI-owned aircraft decreased sharply from 96 trips in fiscal year (FY) 1990 to 31 trips in FY 1993; (2) DOJ officials took only 3 trips on FBI-owned aircraft during the first quarter of FY 1994; (3) of the 301 trips taken by DOJ officials between FY 1990 and the first quarter of 1994, 42.5 percent were for travel by attorneys general, 38.2 percent were for travel by FBI directors, and 19.3 percent were for travel by other DOJ officials; and (4) the attorneys general and FBI directors were accompanied by a FBI security detail and frequently by other DOJ and FBI officials on FBI-owned aircraft.