Shortly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the FBI began using the Terrorist Activity Reporting System (TARS) to track and monitor terrorist threats and suspicious incidents. It supports the identification, collection, management, evaluation, analysis, and dissemination of all terrorist threats and suspicious incidents up to the secret classification level. In 2002, the FBI deployed a terrorist threat tracking application, called Guardian. Counter-terrorism threats and suspicious incidents are captured, stored, and assigned in Guardian. E-Guardian is designed to facilitate the sharing of threat and suspicious incident information between the FBI and its state, local, and tribal law enforcement partners that do not have access to Guardian. Charts and tables.

"The Terrorist Screening Center (TSC) was created to consolidate the U.S. government's approach to terrorism screening and to develop and maintain a database of information about known or suspected terrorists, known as the Terrorist Screening Database (TSBD) or terrorist watchlist. The TSC is administered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) with support from the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), the Intelligence Community, and law enforcement agencies." -- Executive summary.

The OIG's report on the FBI's failure to comply with Attorney General Guidelines for informants relating to the 2016 FISA abuse report of the Russia dossier against presidential candidate Donald Trump.

The objectives of this audit were to evaluate the Federal Bureau of Investigation's : (1) oversight of national security-related Undercover Operations, and (2) efforts to recruit and train agents for its UCOs. The FBI uses UCOs to detect prevent, and prosecute threats and acts in priority areas of investigation including counterterrorism, counterintelligence and cyber. The undercover technique can be an effective and important investigative tool. However, we found several areas in which the management of the FBI's undercover program in national security-related operations can be improved. Our report makes 10 recommendations to improve how the FBI manages its National Security UCO program.

Following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the FBI made it clear that prevention of terrorism is the top priority of the FBI. Effective use of info. technology (IT) is crucial to the FBI's ability to meet this priority as well as its other responsibilities. However, reviews have found major weaknesses associated with the FBI's IT. The FBI has listed upgrading its IT as one of its top 10 priorities. In Congressional testimony, the FBI acknowledged that its IT infrastructure is severely outdated. This audit: determined whether the FBI was effectively managing its IT investments; and assesses the FBI's IT-related strategic planning and performance measurement activities. Also examined the FBI's efforts to develop enterprise architecture and project mgmt. capabilities.