Language in the committee report on the $57.5 billion
2006 Commerce-Justice-State appropriations bill recently
passed by the House calls on the FBI to make a number of
HR management improvements.
It said the FBI’s recently established intelligence officer
certification program is not enough to rate employees on
how well they collect and analyze intelligence, and noted
that the bureau lacks performance indicators for rating
agents and managers on intelligence and security criteria.
“If the FBI hopes to fully transform into an
intelligence-driven organization, employees must be rated
on their ability to collect and analyze intelligence,”
the committee said.
It also said the FBI should work with the National Academy
of Public Administration to develop a comprehensive
leadership development strategy and succession plan.
“Given the high level of turnover the FBI has experienced
in recent years in senior positions, the lack of a
leadership development and succession plan presents a risk
to the FBI’s future success,” the report said.
The committee also gave the FBI 90 days from enactment
to submit a proposal for its plans to remove the HR
function from its administrative services division to
create a standalone HR office.
It said the new HR office should “at a minimum,” ensure
that ratings systems match FBI priorities, that pay
authorities and funding to attract and retain staff are
fully used, develop leadership succession planning
programs, as well as consider how FBI field offices could
more flexibly hire administrative staff.
