Exhibit 820 · GAO report
Post-Government Employment Restrictions and Foreign Agent Registration: Additional Action Needed to Enhance Implementation of Requirements, GAO-08-855
the number of staff resources in Justice’s FARA Registration Unit has significantly declined over the last 17 years from 13 (9 professional and 4 administrative) in 1990 to 8 (6 professional and 2 administrative) in 2008.
GAO reports that DOJ says it lacks clear legal authority to inspect the records of persons it believes should register and to require advance notice of exemption claims, that DOJ sought such authority in 1991 without success, and that FARA Registration Unit staff fell from 13 in 1990 to 8 in 2008. GAO suggested that Congress consider civil investigative demand authority and advance exemption notification. GAO's recommendation tracker marks the matter closed, not implemented.
- Source
- U.S. Government Accountability Office
- Date
- 30 July 2008
- Quoted from
- p. 14
- Grade
- Primary record
- Document
- https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-08-855.pdf
- Accessed
- 2026-11-09
- Cited by
- Findings citing this exhibit