Employees of the Boston FBI Division dedicate a large amount of their personal time to a number of community outreach programs. FBI employees also regularly appear at speaking engagements throughout the four-state territory. Additionally, the Boston FBI Office has instituted a Citizen's Academy which began in the spring of 1998. This academy brings together many of Boston's most prominent civic, business, education and financial leaders for seminars hosted by the Boston FBI. The Citizen's Academy is intended to give those attending a better understanding of today's FBI.

In October 1997, the Boston FBI Office adopted South Boston's Patrick F. Gavin Middle School. The FBI's Adopt-A-School Program is a 16-week Junior Special Agent and Mentoring Program which provides a comprehensive youth program in which the targeted sixth-grade students are counseled, instructed and mentored by Boston FBI employees--this is done with the intent of raising the students' levels of expectation, improvement of school performance and instilling in them an appreciation and respect for law enforcement.

Honors Internship Program

Each summer a special group of outstanding undergraduate and graduate students are selected to participate in the FBI Honors Internship Program in Washington, D.C. and the FBI Training Academy in Quantico, Virginia, as well as in selected Field Offices. This program offers students an exciting insider's view to FBI operations and provides an opportunity to explore many career options within the FBI. For more information regarding the Honors Internship Program, contact your local FBI Field Office.

Awareness of National Security Issues and Response

The FBI's ANSIR Program is largely a liaison initiative which serves as the FBI's public voice with private industry on matters concerning economic espionage and theft of trade secrets. ANSIR has added a threat advisory system in recent years initially adminstered by facsimile and currently in the process of migrating to e-mail on the Internet. There are over 500 companies in the Boston area who partcipate in the ANSIR Program.

The Boston Office also has available on an as-needed basis for its use, and for use of other law enforcement agencies, teams of specially trained and highly motivated agents and support personnel. These personnel comprise both the Special Weapons And Tactics team and the Evidence Response Team.