The FBI is headed by a Director who is appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. The current Director, Robert S. Mueller, III, became Director on September 4, 2001.

The FBI counts among its ranks approximately 30,000 employees, including approximately 12,000 Special Agents and 18,000 Professional Staff employees. FBI Headquarters is located in the J. Edgar Hoover Building on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. The Special Agents and Professional Staff personnel who work at Headquarters direct, organize, and coordinate FBI activities around the world.

The core investigative and intelligence work of the FBI is accomplished in our 56 Field Offices and their 400 satellite offices, known as resident agencies. Field Offices are located in major metropolitan areas and are responsible for all FBI operations in their defined geographic region. The Special Agents and Professional Staff personnel who work in FBI Field Offices lead the investigations that are at the very heart of FBI operations.

In addition to our Field Offices across the United States, the FBI has more than 50 offices known as Legal Attachés, or �Legats�, located around the world. The mission of the FBI�s Legal Attaché program is to establish and maintain liaison with the principal law enforcement and intelligence/security services in foreign countries. This liaison enables the FBI to effectively meet its international responsibilities in organized crime, international terrorism, foreign counterintelligence, and general criminal matters.

In fiscal year 2005, the FBI�s total budget was approximately $5.9 billion, including approximately $425 million in net program increases to enhance Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, Cybercrime, Information Technology, Security, Forensics, Training, and Criminal Programs.