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Office of the Director<ref name="structure" />
Office of the Director<ref name="structure" />
*Finance and Facilities Division
*[[Finance and Facilities Division]]
*Information Management Division
*[[Information Management Division]]
*Insider Threat Office
*[[Insider Threat Office]]
*Inspection Division
*[[Inspection Division]]
*Office of the Chief Information Officer <!-- this is not the same as the "Federal Chief Information Officer of the United States" -->
*[[Office of the Chief Information Officer (FBI)|Office of the Chief Information Officer]]<!-- this is not the same as the "Federal Chief Information Officer of the United States" -->
*Office of Congressional Affairs (OCA) <!-- The Wikipedia article "Office of Congressional Affairs" concerns the CIA's office with the same name, do not wikilink it here.-->
*[[Office of Congressional Affairs (FBI)|Office of Congressional Affairs]] (OCA)<!-- The Wikipedia article "Office of Congressional Affairs" concerns the CIA's office with the same name, do not wikilink it here.-->
*Office of Diversity and Inclusion
*[[Office of Diversity and Inclusion (FBI)|Office of Diversity and Inclusion]]
*Office of Equal Employment Opportunity Affairs (OEEOA) <!-- The FBI's OEEOA is not the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. -->
*[[Office of Equal Employment Opportunity Affairs]] (OEEOA)<!-- The FBI's OEEOA is not the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. -->
*Office of the General Counsel (OGC) <!-- The FBI's general counsel is distinct from other general counsels in the U.S. government, do not wikilink unrelated general counsel articles -->
*[[Office of the General Counsel (FBI)|Office of the General Counsel]] (OGC)<!-- The FBI's general counsel is distinct from other general counsels in the U.S. government, do not wikilink unrelated general counsel articles -->
*Office of Integrity and Compliance (OIC)
*[[Office of Integrity and Compliance]] (OIC)
*Office of Internal Auditing
*[[Office of Internal Auditing]]
*[[Ombudsmen in the United States|Office of the Ombudsman]]
*[[Ombudsmen in the United States|Office of the Ombudsman]]
*Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) <!-- The FBI's OPR is distinct from the DOJ's OPR, even though the DOJ's OPR is partly staffed by FBI agents, do not wikilink the DOJ's OPR here. -->
*[[Office of Professional Responsibility]] (OPR)<!-- The FBI's OPR is distinct from the DOJ's OPR, even though the DOJ's OPR is partly staffed by FBI agents, do not wikilink the DOJ's OPR here. -->
*Office of Public Affairs (OPA)
*[[Office of Public Affairs (FBI)|Office of Public Affairs]] (OPA)
*Resource Planning Office
*[[Resource Planning Office]]
[[File:2008 San Diego federal Courthouse bombing.jpg|thumb|An FBI agent at a crime scene]]
[[File:2008 San Diego federal Courthouse bombing.jpg|thumb|An FBI agent at a crime scene]]


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The following is a listing of the rank structure found within the FBI (in ascending order):<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fbi.gov |title=fbi.gov |publisher=fbi.gov |access-date=March 3, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110216215149/http://www.fbi.gov/ |archive-date=February 16, 2011}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=February 2021}}
The following is a listing of the rank structure found within the FBI (in ascending order):<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fbi.gov |title=fbi.gov |publisher=fbi.gov |access-date=March 3, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110216215149/http://www.fbi.gov/ |archive-date=February 16, 2011}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=February 2021}}
*Field agents
*Field agents
New agent trainee
*New agent trainee
[[Special agent]]
*[[Special agent]]
Senior special agent
*Senior special agent
Supervisory special agent
*Supervisory special agent
Assistant special agent-in-charge (ASAC)
*Assistant special agent-in-charge (ASAC)
Special agent-in-charge (SAC)[[File:Mueller comey obama september 2013.jpg|thumb|[[James Comey]] speaks at the White House following his nomination by President [[Barack Obama]] to be the next director of the FBI, June 21, 2013.]]
*Special agent-in-charge (SAC)
*FBI management
*FBI management
Deputy assistant director
*Deputy assistant director
Assistant director
*Assistant director
Associate executive assistant director (National Security Branch only)
*Associate executive assistant director (National Security Branch only)
Executive assistant director
*Executive assistant director
Deputy chief of staff
*Deputy chief of staff
Chief of staff and special counsel to the director
*Chief of staff and special counsel to the director
[[Associate Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation|Associate deputy director]]
*[[Associate Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation|Associate deputy director]]
[[Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation|Deputy director]]
*[[Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation|Deputy director]]
[[Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation|Director]]
*[[Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation|Director]]
 
== Legal authority ==
== Legal authority ==
[[File:FBI Badge & gun.jpg|thumb|FBI badge and service pistol, a [[Glock]] Model 22, .40 S&W caliber]]
[[File:FBI Badge & gun.jpg|thumb|FBI badge and service pistol, a [[Glock]] Model 22, .40 S&W caliber]]
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=== Indian reservations ===
=== Indian reservations ===
[[File:FBI Director Visits North Dakota Indian Reservation (27474029651).jpg|thumb|FBI Director [[James Comey]] visiting the [[Fort Berthold Indian Reservation]] in [[North Dakota]] in June 2016]]
The federal government has the primary responsibility for investigating<ref>[https://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/indian/background.htm "Indian Country Crime"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100808010744/https://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/indian/background.htm |date=August 8, 2010 }} FBI website, accessed August 10, 2010</ref> and prosecuting serious crime on [[Indian reservation]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usccr.gov/pubs/sac/sd0300/ch2.htm |title=Native Americans in South Dakota: An Erosion of Confidence in the Justice System |publisher=Usccr.gov |access-date=March 3, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306001408/http://www.usccr.gov/pubs/sac/sd0300/ch2.htm |archive-date=March 6, 2012}}</ref>
The federal government has the primary responsibility for investigating<ref>[https://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/indian/background.htm "Indian Country Crime"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100808010744/https://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/indian/background.htm |date=August 8, 2010 }} FBI website, accessed August 10, 2010</ref> and prosecuting serious crime on [[Indian reservation]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usccr.gov/pubs/sac/sd0300/ch2.htm |title=Native Americans in South Dakota: An Erosion of Confidence in the Justice System |publisher=Usccr.gov |access-date=March 3, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306001408/http://www.usccr.gov/pubs/sac/sd0300/ch2.htm |archive-date=March 6, 2012}}</ref>