Office of Sex Offender Sentencing Monitoring Apprehending Registering and Tracking

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Sex Offender Sentencing administers federal contracts and grants supporting state and local law enforcement and criminal justice agencies in sex offender registration, monitoring, notification, and sentencing policy. The office operates as a sub-agency within DOJ's Office of Justice Programs and funds both procurement contracts and pass-through grants to state attorneys general, law enforcement departments, and tribal authorities.

The office awarded 26 federal contracts totaling $14.3 million in combined potential value since 2014, with $4.3 million obligated to date. Contract activity has remained steady, averaging 2.6 awards per year over the last five years: 3 awards in 2022, 3 in 2023, 4 in 2024, 2 in 2025, and 1 year-to-date in 2026. The most recent contract award closed on May 2, 2026. Among nine distinct prime contractors awarded over the last five years, competitive concentration is highly fragmented; the top four primes (Betah Associates, Inc., Sol Consulting Group LLC, Leidos, Inc., and The Manhattan Strategy Group LLC) account for 100 percent of recent awards by count but only 16 percent of combined potential value, indicating a long tail of smaller awards. Leidos leads by value with $843 thousand across three awards, while Betah Associates and Sol Consulting Group each hold four awards. Fifty-four percent of contract awards carry no set-aside designation, with the remainder distributed across Woman-Owned Small Business (15 percent), Competitive 8(a) (12 percent), and Total Small Business (12 percent) categories.

Grant activity is significantly larger, with 565 total awards obligating $192.5 million in federal dollars since 2011. Recent cadence shows 53 awards in 2022, 47 in 2023, 56 in 2024, 1 in 2025, and 49 year-to-date in 2026. The most recent grant award closed on March 1, 2026. Among 156 distinct recipients awarded over the last five years, grant recipient concentration is highly fragmented; the top five recipients by award count (Attorney General's Office of South Dakota, MS Department of Public Safety, Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, Attorney General of Wyoming, and Attorney General of Ohio) each hold 4 awards but collectively represent only 10 percent of recent awards. By federal dollars, the top five (Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Department of State Police Michigan, Attorney General of Ohio, Attorney General of Wyoming, and Florida Department of Law Enforcement) account for only 3 percent of obligated federal dollars. Grants are predominantly Project Grants (75 percent of awards), with a significant share of Block Grants (22 percent) and a smaller Cooperative Agreement component (3 percent).