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elevated intelligence to program-level status, putting in place a formal structure and concepts of operations to govern FBl-wide intelligence functions, and establishing Field Intelligence Groups In every field office. We recently issued a series of new procedures that fundamentally transform our approach to hiring, training, and career development to cultivate and instill a capacity and understanding of intelligence processes and objectives within the entire Bureau workforce. 5 Coordination Understanding that we cannot defeat terrorism without strong partnerships, we have enhanced the level of coordination and information sharing with state and municipal law enforcement personnel We expanded the number of Joint Terrorism Task Forces, increased technological connectivity with our partners, and irnplemented new ways of sharing information through vehicles such as the Intelligence Bulletin, the Alert System, and the Terronst Screening Center. To Impreve coordination with other federal agencies and members. of the Intelligence Community, we joined with our federal partners to establish the Terrorist Threat Integration Center, exchanged personnel, instituted joint briefings, and started using secure networks to share information. We also improved our relationships with foreign governments by building on the overseas expansion started under Director Louis Freeh; by offering investigative and forensic support and training; and by working together on task forces and joint operations. Finally, we expanded outreach to minority communities, and improved coordination with private businesses involved in critical infrastructure and finance. 6 Information Technology We are making substantial progress in upgrading our information technology to streamline our business processes and to improve our ability to search for and analyze information, draw connections, and share tt both inside the Bureau and out. We deployed a secure high-speed network, put new or upgraded computers on desktops, and consolidated terrorist information in a searchable central database. We developed, and are preparing to launch, the Virtual Case File, a state-of-the-art case management system that will revolutionize how the FBI does business 7 Administrative Reform Re-engineering efforts are making our bureaucracy more efficient and more responsive to operational needs We revised our approach to strategic planning, and we refocused our recruiting and hiring to attract individuals with skilig critical to our counterterrorism and intelligence missions We developed a more comprehensive training program and instituted new leadership inttlaitves to keep our workforce flexible. We are modernizing the storage and management of FBl records. We also. built, and continue to improve, an extensive security program with centralized leadership, professional security personnel, more rigorous security measures, and improved security education and. training. These improvements have produced tangible and measurable results. We significantly increased the number of human sources and the amount of surveillance coverage to support our counterterrorism efforts. We developed and refined a process for briefing daily threat infarmation, and we considerably increased the number of FBI intelligence reports produced and disseminated. Perhaps most important, since September 11, 2001, we have participated tn disrupting dozens of terrorist operations by developing actionable intelligence and better coordinating our counterterrorism efforts, itis a testament to the character and dedication of the men and women of the FB! that they have implemented these reforms and realized this progress, while continuing to carry out their responsibility to investigate and protect America from criminal, counterintelligence, and terrorist threats of virtually unprecedented dimensions. MISC DOC. #5 2 000000341