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metropolitan area to take a position in a USIC agency. This advantage has been confirmed by a review of the thousands of applications received thus far from candidates for field office positions. Recent changes to FBI personnel policy also now enable FBI field offices to hire or promote qualified intelligence analysts to the GS-14 non-supervisory pay grade, as has been possible for FBINO intelligence analysis. 15. If your competitors for human resources within 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 demonstrated intelligence experience, and many new hires may have both. As discussed further in the previous response, the FBI 1s in & unique position, in comparison with the rest of the USIC, te attract those highly qualified candidates throughout the country who do not wish to move to the Washington, D C. metropolitan area to take a position ima USIC agency. The FBI is seeking ways, through pay flexibilities and other means, to recruit and retain world-class professionals 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 cownterintelligence (CI), counterterrorism (CT), criminal and cyber. [5 the FBI recruiting as intelligence analyst generalists, specialists, or both? Response: Our mtelligence analyst development program calls for all intelligence analysts Joining the FBI to learn the basics of all analytic work roles: operations specialist, reports officer, and all-source analyst. At the mtermediate 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 af expertise in managing the work of intelligence analysts. This approach allows for the development of target experts, work role experts, and managerial experts, al! of which are needed for our analyst program to be successful Our analysts must be deployed against our nation’s intelligence prionues. That requires us co balance the developrnent of experts and the evelopment of utility players who can be deployed against emerging threats. The Ol has the responsibility to ensure that the nght skill and expertise balance exists in its analytic workforce, and we believe our development program provides 30 MISC. REQ. #53 000004697