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Affairs</li> </ul><article class="description-box"><a id="main-content" tabindex="-1"> </a> <div class="text-holder"> <div id="viewlet-above-content"> </div> <div class=""> <div id="content">  <h1>Public Affairs</h1> <div id="content-core"> <div id="parent-fieldname-text-7f9903383ed39fe2d3b9a7da01078059" class=""> <div class="banner-static"><img alt="Public Affairs: Communicating the CIA's Mission." id="banner-image-pubaff" src="/web/20150905060230im_/https://www.cia.gov/++theme++contextual.agencytheme/images/bannerheads/comp/full-pubaff.jpg"></div> <p><a name="top%20of%20page" id="top of page"></a>The Director of OPA serves as a senior adviser to the Director of the CIA and other senior leaders on media, public relations and communication matters. 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OPA also manages the Agency’s cadre of speechwriters, who help prepare speeches and testimony for the Agency’s most senior leaders and write other communications for employees.</p> <p>The office is composed of three mission areas:</p> <ul><li><a class="anchor-link" href="#media%20relations">Media Relations</a></li> <li><a class="anchor-link" href="#Public%20communications">Public Communications</a></li> <li><a class="anchor-link" href="#Internal%20communications">Internal Communications</a></li> </ul><p> </p> <p><b><a name="media%20relations" id="media relations"></a>Media Relations</b></p> <p>Our media relations staff’s objective is to be as responsive as possible to the media and therefore the American public while protecting classified information and  intelligence sources and methods.</p> <p>The Agency’s <a class="internal-link" href="/web/20150905060230/https://www.cia.gov/offices-of-cia/public-affairs/entertainment-industry-liaison/index.html">Entertainment Industry Liaison</a> is a member of the media team and engages with actors, authors, directors, producers and screenwriters who are featuring the CIA in their creative ventures. The protection of national security equities is always paramount in any engagement with the entertainment industry. Our goal is accurate balanced portrayal of the men and women of the CIA, their vital mission and the commitment to public service that defines them</p> <p>[<a class="anchor-link" href="#top%20of%20page">Top of page</a>]</p> <p> </p> <p><b><a name="Public%20communications" id="Public communications"></a>Public Communications</b></p> <p>The public communications staff manages interaction with members of the public by:</p> <ul><li>Responding to letters, phone calls, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905060230/https://www.cia.gov/cgi-bin/comment_form.cgi">e-mails</a>, and faxes from the American public. 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