SPECIAL AGENT TRANSFER POLICY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00530R000701800005-6
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 13, 2013
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: June 9, 1987
• Content Type: CABLE

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JUN 9 1987
Acting Director, FBI PERSONAL ATTENTION
All SACs
All LEGATs
SPECIAL AGENT TRANSFER POLICY
The Director has recently approved several
recommendations for changes in transfer policy. These changes
have been the result of lengthy studies at FBIHQ and included
input from the general Agent population. Based upon this
approval, the following transfer policy changes are being
implemented:
A) Agents will now be afforded a single office of
preference (OP) transfer during their career. This has been a
long-standing request of Agents in the field. This will minimize
the waiting period for those Agents who have yet to receive an OP
transfer and will permit a greater number of Agents to be
assi4ned to offices of their preference. This change is
retroactive and applies to those Agents who have previously
received an OP transfer. Exceptions to this policy must demon-
strate good cause and will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
The Director's approval is necessary for a -second OP transfer.
Any Agent who carried a top-12 office as his/her OP with the
intent to state top-12 preference and who was then transferred to
that office generally will not be deemed to have received an OP
transfer (i.e., "10/1/69 Group" and first-office Agent
rotations).
B) Agents will be allowed to change OP choices in
January and July of each calendar year. This will allow Agents
to maintain their position on an OP list and discourage frequent
changing of OP designations. Implementation of this change will
require all requests for OP changes (Form FD-314) be submitted
during the authorized months and should be received at FBIHQ no
later than the tenth day of the following month (February and
August). Strict adherence to the above policy is necessary and
OP changes will be processed only during the designated months.
It is understood, however, that due to personal and/or
Exec AD lov. /investigative reasons, it may be necessary for an Agent to remove
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Re: Special Agent Transfer Policy
the Special Agent Transfer Unit (SATU), FBIHQ. Agents are
reminded that they are obligated to keep their listed OP current
and should ensure that their designated OP is their actual
preference.
An OP book will be made available to each SAC and
Assistant Director on a biannual basis, rather than on a monthly
basis. Consistent with current policy, only Agents actually
appearing in the OP book at the time of the OP selection process
will be considered for an OP transfer.
C) Only those Agents who have an overall adjective
rating of "Fully Successful" or above on his/her most recent
performance appraisal will be considered for an OP transfer, or
any type of preferential transfer. Generally, the Agent must
have been rated at least "Fully Successful" on each of the
individual critical elements on his/her annual performance
appraisals.
D) In the event an Agent is censured and placed on
probation, that Agent will be ineligible for an OP transfer as
long as that Agent is on probation. In aggravated situations
invorving any disciplinary matter where administrative action is
warranted, an evaluation will be made on a case-by-case basis to
determine if the circumstances warrant exclusion from
consideration for an OP transfer.
E) Agents assigned to New York will be given an
additional two-year add-on following completion of ten continuous
years in New York. New York Agents currently receive a two-year
add-on after they have completed five years of continuous serv-
ice in the New York Office. Therefore, for OP purposes, New York
Agents will accrue four years' OP seniority for ten continuous
years of service in New York. Once the Agent is transferred from
the New York Office, the add-on no longer applies.
It should be noted that the Director also approved a
recommendation relative to a select group of Agents in New York.
First-office Agents assigned to New York under the pilot program
instituted in 1974 will receive an OP transfer to their respec-
tive OPs where possible, consistent with budgetary considera-
tions, competing staffing needs, and vacancies in the desired
offices. These Agents have been assigned to New York in excess
of ten years and currently carry an office other than New York as
their OP. All other Agents will be governed by current OP policy
and given OP add-ons as noted above.
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Re: Special Agent Transfer Policy
For the information of all offices, new Agents
completing training school at Quantico will continue to be
assigned to all field offices, including top-12 offices.
Generally, however, new Agents will not be assigned to New York,
Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Juan.
SATU currently has limited computer capability. In
cooperation with the Technical Services Division, SATU has taken
steps to more fully automate the unit in an effort to enhance the
transfer process, to include planning and forecasting. Automated
capabilities will include access to appropriate computerized
personnel information, Agent specialties, and staffing levels of
all field offices. SATU will also continue to coordinate with
the Resource Management and Allocation Group and affected FBIHQ
divisions to equitably staff the field offices with special
needs.
Manual changes to follow.
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