Reorganization of Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters (FBIHQ) Recent events and concerns expressed by Congress and various reviews of FBI operations dictate significant changes in the structure and management of the FBI. The Director of the FBI is developing a comprehensive plan to address the management and organizational challenges facing the FBI. The key elements of this plan will be: updating and refocusing the FBI's Strategic Plan; reorganizing FBIHQ to better accomplish that Plan; modernizing the FBI's information technology infrastructure; reallocating and retraining the FBI workforce to meet today's more complex mission; and restructuring field offices. The proposed restructuring of the upper levels of FBIHQ described below is the first element of that comprehensive plan. Through this proposed reorganization and the other actions under development, the Director's goal to focus the FBI on: • preventing acts of terrorism and, where prevention fails, responding to and investigating acts of terrorism; • countering foreign intelligence activities and investigating acts of espionage including economic espionage; • preventing cybercrime and high tech and intellectual property crime; • detecting and dismantling transnational and national criminal enterprises and networks; and • investigating serious federal crimes including violent crime, civil rights violations and public corruption. To carry out these investigative priorities, the FBI must improve relations and intelligence sharing with our law enforcement, public safety, intelligence community, and international partners; exploit technology to develop the tools and capabilities needed by investigators, analysts, forensic examiners, and others to do their jobs more effectively; train and develop its workforce; modernize and repair its eroding information technology and administrative infrastructure; and better use expertise available from other agencies, academia, and the private sector. An important part of the comprehensive plan is the reorganization of FBIHQ, which will be approached in two phases. Phase 1 deals with the upper levels of FBIHQ, addressing management shortcomings by establishing four major branches, creating two new divisions, establishing four new offices and realigning the existing FBIHQ structure within the new framework. Following implementation of Phase 1, the Director will work with his management team to propose changes in the remaining FBIHQ structure to eliminate duplication and redundancies, consolidate functions, and realign resources to more effectively meet the FBI's priorities. Upon completion of that task, a Phase 2 reorganization plan will be proposed that details changes at the divisional and office levels of FBIHQ. At the same time, the Director and his management team will work toward refocusing the FBI's mission, enhancing the skill sets of FBI employees, and changing the culture consistent with the fundamental changes being made. The major elements of the proposed Phase 1 reorganization of the upper levels of FBIHQ include: • Four new Executive Assistant Directors to oversee: counterintelligence and counterterrorism; criminal investigations; investigative coordination; and administration. The establishment of the four Executive Assistant Director positions is in direct response to internal FBI reviews and oversight concerns about the span of control of the Deputy Director. It will also focus increased attention on counterterrorism and provide needed high level attention to management problems. • Two new divisions to address investigation of computer-facilitated crimes and security. • The proposed Cybercrime Division, reporting to the Executive Assistant Director for Criminal Investigations, would address criminal investigations of intellectual property, high tech and computer crimes reflecting the increased priority on these types of crimes. • The proposed Security Division, reporting to the Executive Assistant Director for Administration, would be responsible for ensuring the integrity of FBI employees, contractors, visitors, information systems, and facilities. The FBI has suffered from a number of problems in these areas. • Four new offices to address significant issues relating to information technology, intelligence, records management, and law enforcement coordination with our state and local partners. • The proposed Office of Law Enforcement Coordination, reporting to the Executive Assistant Director for Investigative Coordination, would be responsible for improving FBI coordination and information sharing with state and local law enforcement and public safety agencies. This is an area where the FBI can - and must - do a better job. • The Chief Technology Officer would report directly to the Office of the Director and be responsible for overseeing the implementation of the FBI's Trilogy project and related information technology projects. Modernization of the FBI's information technology infrastructure is critical to the ability of the FBI to perform its core investigative missions and must receive top executive attention. • The Office of Records Management, which would report to the Executive Assistant Director for Administration, would be responsible for modernizing FBI records and knowledge management processes and policies. The FBI currently lacks a dedicated office for information management oversight. Investigators and analysts must have access to, and confidence in, the information gathered during investigations. This has been an area of recurrent problems for the FBI. • The Intelligence Office, which would report to the Executive Assistant Director for Counterterrorism/ Counterintelligence, would be responsible for overseeing the FBI's intelligence program. Enhancing the FBI's intelligence and analytical capabilities is critical to accomplishing the FBI's prevention mission, particularly in the counterterrorism and counterintelligence areas. • Finally, the proposed reorganization dissolves the Investigative Services Division and redistributes the functions of that division among other FBIHQ elements.