The OIG is reviewing the FBI’s querying practices under section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). This review is being conducted pursuant to Section 9 of the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act (RISAA). As required by Section 9 of RISAA, the OIG is evaluating the compliance by FBI personnel with the FBI’s querying procedures adopted under FISA section 702(f), with a particular focus on compliance with the procedures governing U.S. person queries. The OIG is also analyzing each specific reform that is responsible for any identified improvement in the FBI’s record of compliance with the querying procedures and is assessing the status of the FBI’s implementation of all querying reforms required by RISAA. Additionally, the OIG is evaluating the effectiveness of the FBI’s Office of Internal Auditing in monitoring and improving query compliance by FBI personnel. If circumstances warrant, the OIG will consider examining other issues that may arise during the review.
Pursuant to Section 9 of RISAA, the OIG will submit its report to the congressional intelligence and judiciary committees in unclassified form, and the report may include a classified annex. The OIG’s report will include any recommendations that the OIG identifies to further improve compliance with querying procedures by FBI personnel.