FBI Transformation: FBI Continues to Make Progress in Its Efforts to Transform and Address Priorities

GAO-04-578T FBI Transformation: FBI Continues to Make Progress in Its Efforts to Transform and Address Priorities

Testimony of David Walker, Comp. Gen. of the U.S. Following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the FBI needed to refocus its efforts to investigate those attacks and to detect and prevent possible future attacks. To do this the FBI has taken steps to change its priorities and sought to transform itself to more effectively address the potential terrorist threats. This testimony addresses the FBI's: progress in updating its strategic plan; develop. of a strategic human capital plan; realign. of staff resources to priority areas; reallocation of staff resources from its drug prog.; efforts to recruit and hire new personnel to address critical staffing needs; efforts to enhance its training prog.; and implementation of new invest. authorities and to help protect individual civil liberties.