The FBI IAA is pleased to announce the results of its 2012 Executive Board elections, as we successfully conclude the first leadership transition since incorporating in June 2009. Over the past several weeks, the Nomination Committee convened to collect and review candidate nominations, as well as elect the new board members.  To the Committee: the FBI IAA is deeply grateful for your time & service.

One of the IAA's top priorities for 2011 was the selection of, and transition to, new leaders from within our membership base, as many of our interim leaders were in their third year of voluntary service.  This transition marks the beginning of a new chapter for the FBI IAA… the only professional association exclusively dedicated to promoting the interests, welfare, and professional development of FBI Intelligence Professionals!  The Executive Board structure now features the creation of Headquarters and Field Co-Presidents, which is designed to ensure equitable representation of the diverse intelligence workforce needs at the association's highest level. 

The association deeply appreciates the tremendous legacy–of dedication, sacrifice, and success–that our Co-Founders and Steering Committee Members graciously bestowed upon us.  The 2012 Executive Board will continue your tradition of selfless service for our members and the enhancement of FBI intelligence. 

The 2012 FBI IAA Executive Board Members are as follows:
*Rachel L. Davis, Co-President (HQ)
*Joshua Adames, Co-President (Field)
*Daniel C. O'Donnell, Vice President
*Christine Bartolf, Secretary
*Mark Zajac, Treasurer (interim)

National Spokesperson Jason Collins appeared on the program FEDtalk on Friday, June 17, 2011 to discuss the FBI IAA and FBI Intelligence Analysts. Dr. Mark Lowenthal, an FBI IAA External Advisory Board Member who served from 2002 to 2005 as the Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for Analysis and Production at the Central Intelligence Agency, was also be a guest on the program. The show in its entirety can be heard at this link: http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=48&sid=2423020

Federal intelligence agencies must make targeted staff reductions and boost employee performance in response to declining budgets, according to a report released Tuesday.

In the report from the Intelligence and National Security Alliance, a task force of current and former members of the intelligence community, recommended significant but strategic cuts to the workforce and programs over the next five years. Staffing levels increased in the last decade and are unsustainable in the current fiscal environment, according to the report.

http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=47860&dcn=todaysnews

UPDATE: This is the link to the INSA's report: http://www.insaonline.org/assets/files/White%20Papers/INSA_SMART_CHANGE_FINAL.PDF

The FBI Intelligence Analysts' Association (FBI IAA) supports President Obama's decision to request an extension to the term of FBI Director Robert S Mueller III.  The FBI IAA is proud of Director Mueller's efforts to transform the FBI into an intelligence driven organization. We look forward to the opportunity to support Director Mueller's significant efforts in continuing the transformation of the FBI.  

He has been a tremendous catalyst and leader and has started to build a foundation for an Intelligence Career Service as outlined in the Intelligence Reform and Prevention of Terrorism Act (IRTPA 2004) and thus far and we are confident he will continue to further the transformation. 

The FBI IAA looks forward to working with the Director in implementing his vision for the future.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/some-fbi-agents-are-angered-by-plan-to-extend-tenure-of-director-robert-mueller/2011/05/19/AF76cP7G_story_1.html

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/terror/R41780.pdf

The FBI Intelligence Analysts Association—which seeks to elevate the importance of the FBI’s intelligence mission and to represent the professional interests of the FBI’s 3,000 plus intelligence analysts (IAs)—recently requested the Nation’s top intelligence official and top law enforcement officer consider the association’s views on the critical matter of selecting the next Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). 

In a letter to the Director of National Intelligence and the U.S. Attorney General, FBI IAA President Clarence Stiehm articulated the need for selection of a Director who can successfully achieve the FBI’s post 9/11 terrorism prevention mandate and ensure that progress on establishing and maturing the Bureau’s intelligence mission continues.  Stiehm listed three necessary traits for a successor to manage the FBI of the 21st century, specifically that the next Director:

• Must Have a Deep Understanding of and Commitment to both the Intelligence and Law Enforcement Mission of the Bureau 

• Must Strengthen a Culture of Collaboration within the FBI and across the USIC and Continue Building the FBI Intelligence Career Service

• Must Be a Seasoned Manager of a Global Enterprise Who Can Lead a Group of Diverse Professionals—Agents, Intelligence Analysts, and Other FBI Employees—and Form Strong Partnerships to Achieve the FBI’s Mission.

Stiehm emphasized that it was important that the next Director continue to build the FBI’s Intelligence Career Service (ICS) and be committed to strengthening a culture of collaboration that engages the talents of the entire 35,000 member FBI workforce: “The next Director must fully implement the 9/11 Commission’s primary recommendation for the FBI to establish a dedicated FBI ICS, under the leadership of an intelligence professional.” 

While the association chose not to endorse a specific candidate as the ideal successor, FBI IAA Spokesperson Jason Collins stated, “We chose this route as a way to get our views across.  We wanted to make it clear we support the next FBI Director and are willing to work with a variety of leaders who can address corporate challenges ahead for the FBI.”

The letter in its entirety is available by clicking the following link FBI_IAA_letter_to_DNI_Clapper_and_AG_Holder

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Both interviews can be read at the sites below:

http://www.criminaljusticedegreeschools.com/fbi-analyst-interview/

http://www.criminaljusticeprograms.com/interview/jason-collins/

Jason R. Collins is a 9 year employee with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and is currently the Senior FBI Supervisory Intelligence Analyst detailed to the National Counterterrorism Center and has served in a number of analytic positions, including Presidential Daily Briefer to both the Director of the FBI and Director of the National Counterterrorism Center.