Organization — Central Intelligence Agency

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The Center of Intelligence</div> <form id="ciaSearchForm" method="post" action="/web/20081210022305/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/20081210022305im_/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>Support to Mission</h1> </div> <div id="viewlet-above-content"><div id="portal-breadcrumbs"> <a href="/web/20081210022305/https://www.cia.gov/index.html">CIA Home</a> <span class="breadcrumbSeparator"> > </span> <span dir="ltr"> <a href="/web/20081210022305/https://www.cia.gov/offices-of-cia/index.html">Offices of CIA</a> <span class="breadcrumbSeparator"> > </span> </span> <span dir="ltr"> <a href="/web/20081210022305/https://www.cia.gov/offices-of-cia/mission-support/index.html">Support to Mission</a> <span class="breadcrumbSeparator"> > </span> </span> <span dir="ltr"> <span>Organization</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">Organization</h1> <div class="plain"> Generally speaking, the Support to Mission team is organized along functional lines.  <p> </p> <h3><strong>Security</strong></h3> <p>Security is an integral part of working at CIA. Security officers are responsible for the protection of our organization's people, mission, facilities and information. Security officers are involved in a wide range of activities, from the vetting of personnel for positions of trust with the Agency and access to sensitive information, to providing protection for our facilities and information systems. Whether physically protecting our facilities or monitoring our network to protect against threats to our online capabilities, we are here to support the Agency's mission.</p> <p> </p> <h3><strong>Corporate Businesses</strong></h3> <p>Acquisitions and finance activities take place within the Corporate Business office. Acquisitions officers execute formal contracting arrangements with our industrial partners and provide guidance to Agency officers to ensure compliance with the various legal and regulatory guidelines. Finance officers develop, implement and maintain financial operations and reporting, and serve as the focal point for a range of Agency financial policies and practices. They assist in preparing budgets for the various levels within the Agency, often sitting with their customers to better understand and facilitate local financial issues.</p> <p> </p> <h3><strong>Medical Services</strong></h3> <p>This office is dedicated to providing health, safety and related services to Agency officers wherever they work across the globe. Medical professionals in this office are devoted to ensuring that Agency officers are healthy and prepared, both physically and mentally, for the unique challenges faced by Agency employees.</p> <p> </p> <h3><strong>Personnel Resources</strong></h3> <p>Human resources officers on the Support to Mission team work closely with their colleagues to ensure that employees are advised of and take advantage of the complete range of employee benefits available to them.</p> <p> </p> <h3><strong>Global Services and Infrastructure</strong></h3> <p>Logistics and facilities officers work closely with our information technology professionals to construct, operate, equip and maintain our facilities. They work to create a modern, connected and comfortable work environment for the Agency鈥檚 workforce.  </p> <p> </p> <h3><strong>Administration and Management</strong></h3> <p>The Support to mission teams also includes elements that provide leadership and internal administrative services, (budget, planning, etc.). The Hank Mahoney Support College, which provides specialized training to our support officers, is also included in this segment.</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> </div> <div> Posted: May 04, 2007 06:48 PM<br/> </div> <div> Last Updated: Oct 17, 2008 01:01 PM<br/> </div> <div> Last Reviewed: Oct 17, 2008 01:01 PM<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> </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/20081210022305/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/20081210022305/https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/site-policies/index.html#copy">Copyright</a></li> <li><a title="Site Policies" class="internal-link" href="/web/20081210022305/https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/site-policies/index.html">Site Policies</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081210022305/http://www.usa.gov/">USA.gov</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081210022305/http://www.foia.cia.gov/">FOIA</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081210022305/http://www.dni.gov/">DNI.gov</a></li> <li><a title="No FEAR Act" class="internal-link" href="/web/20081210022305/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/20081210022305/https://www.cia.gov/contact-cia/index.html" accesskey="9" title="Contact CIA">Contact CIA</a></li> <li id="siteaction-sitemap"><a href="/web/20081210022305/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/20081210022305im_/https://www.cia.gov/images/spinner.gif"/></div> </body> </html>

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