Research the agency in depth and discuss what is the main purpose of that agency.

The Bureaucratic Agency from the United States that I chose to discuss is the FBI. The FBI originated from a force of Special Agents created in 1908 by Attorney General Charles Bonaparte during the Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt.  The FBI’s mission is to protect the American people and uphold the Constitution of the United States. Some of their main priorities include protecting the United States from terrorist attack, protect civil rights, combat major white-collar crimes, and protect the United States against foreign intelligence operations and espionage. 

Next, describe what interest groups are involved with that agency and why.

There are many different types of interest groups that are involved in the FBI, but some include the Cyber Division, Laboratory Division, and the High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group. The Cyber Division is a part of the FBI because it helps investigate cyber attacks by criminals, overseas adversaries, and terrorists. The Laboratory Division which was created in 1932, is one of the largest and most comprehensive crime labs in the world. In the Laboratory Division, they examine DNA to help determine guilt or innocence, analyze fingerprints left at a crime scene, and links exploded bomb fragments to terrorists as well as much more. The Laboratory is dedicated to solve cases and prevent acts of crime and terror. Finally, the High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group is a three-agency entity–FBI, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and the Department of Defense (DoD). Established in 2009 that brings together intelligence professionals from the U.S. Intelligence Community to conduct interrogations that strengthen national security and that are consistent with the rule of law. High-value targets are nominated by U.S. intelligence agencies and must be approved by the appropriate partner agency leadership, which includes all three-agency entities. 

Finally, evaluate the accessibility or utility of one of the agency’s websites. Is it user friendly, why or why not?

After evaluating the accessibility of a number of the agency wesites, I found that they were all user-friendly. The reason I say this is because I found it very easy to get the information that I was looking for. Also, the websites had very clear and simple labels that show what each section of the website is about as far as history or the mission of the agencies. 

References

FBI ( 2016, May 03). Retrieved from: https://www.fbi.gov/about/mission

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