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

摘要

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.