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FBI Counterterrorism Program

The FBI Counterterrorism program is designed to protect the United States from terrorist attacks. FBI agents, analysts, and other staff investigate threats to prevent attacks from occurring, pursue sanctions against terrorists, and respond to terror attacks against Americans.

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What This Rating Means

PERFORMING
Adequate

This rating describes a program that needs to set more ambitious goals, achieve better results, improve accountability or strengthen its management practices.
  • Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the FBI has greatly expanded its Counterterrorism program. The Bureau has established a clear purpose and strategy for the program.
  • The program has only recently set performance measures. In the two years since targets were established, the Counterterrorism program fell short of its goals in several areas, including validating information provided by human sources and ensuring that sources are reporting on the most important subjects.
  • The FBI also has agency-wide challenges that affect this program. Specifically, the FBI does not tie its budget requests to its performance goals, and its audits show financial management system deficiencies that compromise the Bureau's ability to manage its programs.

Improvement Plan

About Improvement Plans

We are taking the following actions to improve the performance of the program:

  • Ensuring human intelligence sources provide reliable information and increasing training opportunities for counterterrorism personnel.
  • Strengthening the links between budget requests and performance levels.

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