They note that the department collected $196 million in back pay last year for wage and hour violations, a 50 percent increase over 2001.

Since then, the department has been collecting data such as floor plans to prepare for possible emergencies, he said.

In 1981, when the trucks went into service, the department collected 3,183,000 tons of garbage.

The Department of Justice does not collect or use information for commercial marketing.

Categories of information the Department collects on its websites are further described below.

The department would collect the loans or hire private contractors for the task.

The department has been collecting money from the utilities since 1982 on the promise that it would take their nuclear waste by January 1998.

In addition, the Department does not collect, maintain or disseminate information posted there.

Last year, the department collected $463,000 in permit fees.

The department collects annual assessments from all property owners and turns the money over to their districts.