# United States Department of Justice **Aliases:** DOJ; Justice Department **Entity class:** Federal executive department ## Definition The **United States Department of Justice** is the federal executive department responsible for law enforcement, federal prosecution, legal representation of the United States, and administration of federal justice programs. ## Relationships - **includes:** [[wiki/Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] and [[wiki/Drug Enforcement Administration|DEA]]. - **counterterrorism infrastructure:** [[wiki/Joint Terrorism Task Force|JTTFs]] and criminal prosecutions. - **counter-cartel coordination:** [[wiki/Joint Interagency Task Force-Counter Cartel|JIATF-CC]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [Department of Justice — About](https://www.justice.gov/about) ## Connected marketplace roles The source article connects this entry with [[wiki/Bureau of Justice Assistance|Bureau of Justice Assistance]]. These routes locate the associated people, implementations, methods, and operational contexts in [[articles/The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft|The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft]]. **Collections:** [[collections/The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace|The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace]] · [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]].