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Page 3 of 8 Additionally, it provides quality legal instruction to classes of FBI personnel, the National Academy, the National Law Institute, and other specialized classes. Legal issues and matters include, but are not limited to, constitutional law, agency authority and organization, fiscal law, and property, and contracting and. procurement. The branch also provides legal services regarding special projects and assignments, and works with other OGC branches to further the General Counsel's overall mission. The General Law Branch is currently comprised of the following units: Access Integrity; General Law; Legal Instruction' Privacy and Civil Liberties; and Procurement Law. 8.2.2. (u//FouQ) Investigative Law and Training Branch: 8.2.2.1. (u//FotQ) The mission of the Investigative Law and Training Branch is to. provide legal advice, guidance and training to the FBI and its employees concerning: criminal investigative jurisdiction, operations, and techniques; support the FBI's Legal Attache program; forfeiture matters; and issues associated with the impact of new and emerging communication/information technologies or scientific techniques on the FBI's mission. Additionally, it provides quality legal instructions to classes of FBI personnel, the National Academy, the National Law Institute, and other comprised of the following units: Investigative Law; Legal Forfeiture; Legal Instruction; Science and Technology Law; and Science and Technology Policy and Law (the last two units are part of the Science and Technology Law Office). 8.2.3. (U//FOtQ) Litigation Branch: 8.2.3.1. (u/ZEouQ) The mission of the Litigation Branch is to coordinate the defense of civil actions filed against the United States for the official acts of FBI employees, coordinate FBIHQ responses to subpoenas and civil discovery requests, including requests for electronic discovery, coordinate the defense of litigation arising out of the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act (FOIPA), and defend the FBI against claims for unemployment compensation, Equa! Employment Opportunity complaints, and employee complaints brought before the Merit Systems Protection Board. The Litigation Branch is currently comprised of the following units: Civil Employment Law I & II; and FOIA Litigation.. 8.2.4. (u//FouQ) National Security Law Branch: 8.2.4.1. (U//FOuQ) The mission of the National Security Law Branch (NSLB) is to provide prompt, quality legal services that support operational and policy elements of the FBI which are related to the national security functions of the FBI. These matters include foreign counterintelligence (FCI), international terrorism, domestic security/terrorism (including weapons of mass destruction and counter-. proliferation), and computer intrusion/infrastructure protection. NSLB ensures an efficient, timely process to initiate and renew court orders authorizing business records, pen registers/trap and trace devices, electronic surveillance, and physical search issued under the authority of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. NSLB Branch provides critical, time-sensitive advice when intelligence or national security information is disseminated to, requested by, or otherwise used in the context of a criminal investigation, prosecution, or analytical project, including dissemination to a foreign power. A major mission element is to develop and maintain liaison relationships with the intelligence community, Departments of Justice, Defense and State, and other U.S. Government agencies on legal issues and operational requirements relating to national security. The National Security Law Branch is comprised of the following units: Classified Litigation Support; National Security Law Operations I, II, III, and IV; Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act; National Security Law Compliance, Oversight, and Training; and National Security Law Policy and. 8/24/2022 b7E