Fewer Agent Transfers Should Benefit the FBI and Its Agents as Well as Save Money.

Abstract

In response to concerns expressed by members of the Congress, agency officials, and individual agents, we recently conducted a survey of agent transfer policies and programs in the Secret Service; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Our objectives were to determine whether rotation programs (1) are similar among Federal law enforcement agencies, (2) negatively affect investigations, (3) result in unnecessary costs to the Government, and (4) adversely affect agents' financial situations and career goals. Because recent changes in your Career Development Program have alleviated the problems we identified during our survey, we have discontinued our work on FBI agent transfers. We believe that the Career Development Program modifications should benefit both the FBI and the individual agents. The full extent of these benefits, however, will not be known until the new policy has been in effect for a while.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 24, 1981
Accession Number
ADA107183

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Congress
  • Determinants (Mathematics)
  • Federal Law
  • Governments
  • Household Goods
  • Law
  • Law Enforcement
  • Management Personnel
  • Motivation
  • New York
  • Personnel Management
  • Real Estate
  • Rotation
  • Supervisors
  • Surveys
  • Training
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.