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mictropolitan area to take a position in a USIC agency. This advantage has beer vonfnmed by a review of the thousands of applications received thus far from canthdates for field office positions. Recent changes ¢ of BI personel policy also now enable PRI field offices to hire or promote qualified intelligence analysts ta the GS-14 -non-supervisory pay grade, as has been possible for FBIRO swnitellygence 15. If your competitors for humana resources withia the U.S, Intelligence Community are requiring graduate degrees for intelligence analysts, will they not be better positioned to attract and retain a higher caliber of analyst? Response: No, all new analysts will either have a degree or dernonstrated intelli gence expemence, and many new hires rm nay Rave bath. As discussed further in the previous response, the FBI is in 4 urague position, in cOmparison wilh the rest of the USIC, to attract those highly qualified candidates throughout the country whe do not wish to move to the Washington, D C. metropolitan area to take a position ina USIC agency. The FRI is seeking ways, through pay flexibilites and other means, to recruit and retain world-class professignals as Intelligence Analysts. 16. A recent FBI intelligence analyst job posting instructed candidates to "identify the program area of interest...however, this does not guarantee placement in the particular program..." The program areas of interest are counterintelligence (CI), counterterrorism (CT), criminal and eyber. Is the FBI recruiting as intelligence analyst generalists, specialists, or both? Response: Our mieiigence analyst development program calls for all intelligence analysts Joining the FBI to learn the basics of all analytic work roles: operations snecialist, reports officer, and all-source analyst. At the mtermeduate level, analysts will pursue one of three carser tracks: 1} continued deliberate extension of general knowledge, 2} deliberate deepening of specific target and work role expertise: and 3) deliberate development of expertise in managing the work of intelhgence analysts. This approach allows for the development of target experts, work role experts, and managerial experts, all of which are needed for our analyst program to be suecessfil Our analysts must be deployed agaist our ‘nation’s intelligence poonues. That requires us to balance the development of experts and the cevelopment of uttlity players who can be deployed against emerging threats. The OL has the responsibility to ensure that the nght skill and expertise balance exists utils analytic workforces, and we believe our developrnent program provides tad a MISC. REQ. #53 000004697