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The Center of Intelligence</div> <form id="ciaSearchForm" method="post" action="/web/20081209234228/https://www.cia.gov/search?NS-search-page=results"> <label class="hiddenStructure" for="searchBox">Search Field</label> <input id="searchBox" name="NS-query" type="text" maxlength="2047" value="Search" onfocus="clearSearch(this);" onblur="showSearch(this)"/> <label class="hiddenStructure" for="searchBox">Search Type</label> <input type="hidden" name="NS-search-type" id="NS-search-type" value="NS-boolean-query"/> <label class="hiddenStructure" for="searchBox">Max Records</label> <input type="hidden" name="NS-max-records" id="NS-max-records" value="20"/> <label class="hiddenStructure" for="searchBox">Collection</label> <input type="hidden" name="NS-collection" id="NS-collection" value="Everything"/> <label class="hiddenStructure" for="searchBtn">Search Button</label> <input id="searchBtn" type="image" alt="Search" src="/web/20081209234228im_/https://www.cia.gov/images/searchBtn.gif"/> </form> </div> <div class="floatClear"></div>  <table id="contentColsB"> <tr> <td id="portal-column-content"> <div id="sectionHeadBar"> <h1>Contact CIA</h1> </div> <div id="viewlet-above-content"><div id="portal-breadcrumbs"> <a href="/web/20081209234228/https://www.cia.gov/index.html">CIA Home</a> <span class="breadcrumbSeparator"> > </span> <span dir="ltr"> <span>Contact CIA</span> </span> </div> </div> <div class=""> <div id="region-content" class="documentContent"> <span id="contentTopLeft"></span> <span id="contentTopRight"></span> <a name="documentContent"></a> <dl class="portalMessage info" id="kssPortalMessage" style="display:none"> <dt>Info</dt> <dd></dd> </dl> <h1 class="documentFirstHeading">Contact CIA</h1> <div class="plain"> <p>The Office of Public Affairs (OPA) is the single point of contact for all inquiries about the Central Intelligence Agency CIA.</p> <p>We read every letter, fax, or e-mail we receive, and we will convey your comments to CIA officials outside OPA as appropriate. However, with limited staff and resources, we simply cannot respond to all who write to us.</p> <p> </p> <hr class="centerline"/> <h3>Contact Information</h3> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081209234228/https://www.cia.gov/cgi-bin/comment_form.cgi"><br/>By e-mail</a>:</strong><br/> Use our e-mail form to submit questions and comments online.</p> <p><strong>By postal mail:</strong><br/> Central Intelligence Agency<br/> Office of Public Affairs<br/> Washington, D.C. 20505</p> <p><strong>By phone:<br/> </strong>(703) 482-0623<br/>Open during normal business hours.</p> <p><strong>By fax:<br/> </strong>(703) 482-1739<em><br/>(please include a phone number where we may call you)</em> </p> <a title="Click here to contact the Entertainment Industry Liaison" href="/web/20081209234228/https://www.cia.gov/offices-of-cia/public-affairs/entertainment-industry-liaison/index.html"><img class="image-left" src="/web/20081209234228im_/https://www.cia.gov/contact-cia/Entertainment Liaison_Contact.jpg" alt="Click here to contact the Entertainment Industry Liaison"/></a> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> <br/> </p> <hr class="centerline"/> <p><strong>Before contacting us:</strong></p> <ul><li>Please check our <a title="Site Map" href="/web/20081209234228/https://www.cia.gov/sitemap.html"><strong>site map</strong></a>, <strong>search</strong> feature, or <strong>our site navigation on the left </strong>to locate the information you seek. We do not routinely respond to questions for which answers are found within this Web site.<br/><br/> </li> <li><a title="Careers" href="/web/20081209234228/https://www.cia.gov/careers/index.html"><strong>Employment</strong></a><strong>: </strong>We do not routinely answer questions about employment beyond the information on this Web site, and we do not routinely answer inquiries about the status of job applications. Recruiting will contact applicants within 45 days if their qualifications meet our needs. <br/><br/>Because of safety concerns for the prospective applicant, as well as security and communication issues, the CIA Recruitment Center does not accept resumes, nor can we return phone calls, e-mails or other forms of communication, from US citizens living outside of the US. When you return permanently to the US (not on vacation or leave), please visit the <a title="Careers at CIA" href="/web/20081209234228/https://www.cia.gov/careers/jobs/index.html">CIA Careers page</a> and apply online for the position of interest.<br/><br/>To verify an employee's employment, see the contact information to the right.<br/><br/> </li><li><strong>Solicitations to transfer large sums of money to your bank account:</strong> If you receive a solicitation to transfer a large amount of money from an African nation to your bank account in exchange for a payment of millions of dollars, go to the US Secret Service Web site for information about the Nigerian Advance Fee Fraud or "4-1-9" Fraud scheme.<br/><br/> </li> <li>If you have information which you believe might be of interest to the CIA in pursuit of the CIA's foreign intelligence mission, you may use our <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081209234228/https://www.cia.gov/cgi-bin/comment_form.cgi"><strong>e-mail form</strong></a>. We will carefully protect all information you provide, including your identity. The CIA, as a foreign intelligence agency, does not engage in US domestic law enforcement.<br/><br/> </li><li>If you have information relating to Iraq which you believe might be of interest to the US Government, please contact us through the <a title="Iraqi Rewards Program" href="/web/20081209234228/https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/iraqi-rewards-program.html"><strong>Iraqi Rewards Program</strong></a> — <a title="Iraqi Rewards Program" href="/web/20081209234228/https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/iraqi-rewards-program.html"><img class="image-inline" src="/web/20081209234228im_/https://www.cia.gov/contact-cia/secondary_page_link.gif" alt="برنامج مكافآت العراق"/></a></li></ul> <p> </p> <p> </p> </div> <div class="relatedItems"> </div> <div class="visualClear"></div> <div class="documentActions"> </div> <div class="reviewHistory" id="review-history"> </div> <div class="documentByLine"> <br/> <div> Posted: Apr 12, 2007 08:05 AM<br/> </div> <div> Last Updated: Apr 28, 2008 01:30 PM<br/> </div> <div> Last Reviewed: Apr 12, 2007 08:05 AM<br/> </div> <br/> </div> <span id="contentBottomLeft"></span> <span id="contentBottomRight"></span> </div> </div> </td> <td id="portal-column-two"> <div class="visualPadding"> <div id="portletwrapper-706c6f6e652e7269676874636f6c756d6e0a636f6e746578740a2f434941676f760a72696768745f636f6c756d6e5f636f6e74656e74" class="portletWrapper kssattr-portlethash-706c6f6e652e7269676874636f6c756d6e0a636f6e746578740a2f434941676f760a72696768745f636f6c756d6e5f636f6e74656e74"><div id="portletRightColumnContent"> <p><b>To verify a CIA employee's employment:<br/> </b>if you are a mortgage company, creditor or potential employer, please address inquiries to:<br/> <br/> CIA<br/> Human Resource Management<br/> Washington, DC 20505<br/>ATTN: Employee Verification </p> </div> </div> <div class="managePortletsLink"> </div>   </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div>  <hr class="netscape4"/> <div id="footerBlockContainer"> <div id="footerBlock"> <div class="footerBlockBGR"> <div class="footerBlockBGC"> <ul id="footerLinks-L"> <li><a title="Site Policies" class="internal-link" href="/web/20081209234228/https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/site-policies/index.html#privacy-notice">Privacy</a></li> <li><a title="Site Policies" class="internal-link" href="/web/20081209234228/https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/site-policies/index.html#copy">Copyright</a></li> <li><a title="Site Policies" class="internal-link" href="/web/20081209234228/https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/site-policies/index.html">Site Policies</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081209234228/http://www.usa.gov/">USA.gov</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081209234228/http://www.foia.cia.gov/">FOIA</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081209234228/http://www.dni.gov/">DNI.gov</a></li> <li><a title="No FEAR Act" class="internal-link" href="/web/20081209234228/https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/no-fear-act/index.html">NoFEAR Act</a></li></ul> <ul id="portal-siteactions"> <li id="siteaction-contact"><a href="/web/20081209234228/https://www.cia.gov/contact-cia/index.html" accesskey="9" title="Contact CIA">Contact CIA</a></li> <li id="siteaction-sitemap"><a href="/web/20081209234228/https://www.cia.gov/sitemap.html" accesskey="3" title="Site Map">Site Map</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <br/> <div id="portal-footer2"> <div id="colL"></div> <div id="colR"></div> </div>  </td> <td id="mnBGR"><div id="mnBGRStripe"></div></td> </tr> </table>  <div class="visualClear"></div>  <div id="kss-spinner"><img alt="" src="/web/20081209234228im_/https://www.cia.gov/images/spinner.gif"/></div> </body> </html>

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