J: Partnerships
Increase support to our federal, state, county, municipal, and international partners. Other Information:
Situation: An important part of the FBI’s mission is to provide leadership and criminal justice services to federal, state,
municipal, and international agencies and partners. This mission has never been more important than today with the globalization
and convergence of crime and terrorism. Criminal enterprises operating around the world, enabled by new technologies and seamless
borders, now have the ability to threaten the public safety in townships, municipalities, and counties throughout our nation.
The FBI must be able to serve as a national focal point for information and provide accurate and timely services to local,
state, federal, and international law enforcement agencies, the private sector, academia, and other government agencies. In
so doing, our nation will be better positioned to address current and evolving terrorist, foreign counterintelligence, cyber,
and criminal threats. To emphasize the importance he places on partnerships, Director Mueller created a new Office of Law
Enforcement Coordination (OLEC) within months of assuming the directorship in mid-2001. Headed by an Assistant Director who
is a former Chief of Police and charged with overseeing the FBI’s revitalized commitment to partnership activities, this office
has done much to improve the flow of information and enhance support services. Every investigative program and most support
functions in the FBI rely on partnerships to achieve success. As can be seen elsewhere in this plan, each FBI program that
has a partnership element within its planning efforts has already listed goals and objectives that address specific aspects
of these relationships. This section provides further testimony to the FBI’s expanded commitment to partnerships by highlighting
those programs where liaison and cooperation are particularly significant and have a major impact across program lines and
agency boundaries.
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