U.S. Department of Justice
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Strategic plan Performance plan & report Learning agendaTo uphold the rule of law, to keep our country safe, and to protect civil rights.
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Strategic goals are updated every four years and represent the broad outcomes and impacts an agency aspires to achieve over the course of an Administration's term. To advance those goals, agencies define more specific, targeted Objectives to complete.
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Uphold the Rule of Law
- Protect Our Democratic Institutions
- Promote Good Government
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Keep Our Country Safe
- Protect National Security
- Counter Foreign and Domestic Terrorism
- Combat Violent Crime and Gun Violence
- Enhance Cybersecurity and Fight Cybercrime
- Combat Drug Trafficking and Prevent Overdose Deaths
- Protect Vulnerable Communities
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Protect Civil Rights
- Protect the Right to Vote
- Combat Discrimination and Hate Crimes
- Reform and Strengthen the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Systems
- Expand Equal Access to Justice
- Advance Environmental Justice and Tackle the Climate Crisis
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Ensure Economic Opportunity and Fairness for All
- Reinvigorate Antitrust Enforcement and Consumer Protection
- Combat Corruption, Financial Crime, and Fraud
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Administer Just Court and Correctional Systems
- Administer an Equitable and Efficient Immigration Court System
- Maintain a Safe and Humane Prison System