The Operational Funds of Contemporary Secret Services of the Republic of Poland – the Normative Aspect Cover Image

Fundusze operacyjne współczesnych służb specjalnych Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej – aspekt normatywny
The Operational Funds of Contemporary Secret Services of the Republic of Poland – the Normative Aspect

Author(s): Mirosław Kwieciński, Krzysztof Passella
Subject(s): Security and defense
Published by: Uniwersytet Przyrodniczo-Humanistyczny w Siedlcach
Keywords: operational fund;secret services;intelligence and counterintelligence;public finance;budgeting of secret services

Summary/Abstract: The operational funds of secret services carrying out tasks related to state security and the protection of its interests are financed from the state budget. Information about their size is publicly available, while the details of expenditure are subject to secrecy. Legal norms equivalent to an act of the parliament cover all the regulations related to the spending of public funds, including the expenditure from operational funds. Due to the nature of the services' activity, resulting in classifying as confidential any data related to their officers, legal regulations cover also the activity of the heads of secret services acting as the tax authorities of the first and second degree.

  • Issue Year: 3/2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 76-91
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: English