In fiscal 2015, the department had $485,623 million in outlays and 84,050 total employment. The Office of General Counsel provides legal and policy advice to the secretary and other senior departmental officials. The General Counsel also is the head of the Treasury Legal Division, a separate bureau within the department that is composed of approximately 2,000 attorneys and 1,500 support staff located in Treasury offices and bureaus. The Office of General Counsel includes two general counsels, four principal assistant general counsels and three principal tax counsels. The Legal Division is made up of the Office of General Counsel and the chief counsels of Treasury’s bureaus, excluding the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
• Serves as the chief legal officer of the department and as the senior legal adviser to the Secretary, the Deputy Secretary and other senior departmental officials
• Heads the Treasury Legal Division and, as such, has responsibility for all legal work in the department
• Major program areas include banking and finance; enforcement and intelligence; general law, ethics and regulation; international affairs; and tax