Duties
The CIA's Office of General Counsel (OGC) provides legal advice and policy counsel to the Director of the CIA (DCIA) and other CIA officers on a variety of legal issues, to include intelligence and national security law; procurement and acquisition law; employment and personnel law; government ethics; fiscal law; general administrative law; privacy and civil liberties, and legislative affairs. As an Attorney, you will be responsible for:
- Providing legal advice and policy counsel to CIA leadership on complex areas of law affecting the CIA's duties and responsibilities under authorities including the National Security Act, the CIA Act, and Executive Orders.
- Conducting legal research and analysis on sensitive matters.
- Providing training on a variety of laws and policies affecting CIA personnel, including but not limited to collection of intelligence, employment and anti-discrimination laws, and government ethics.
- Maintaining productive working relationships with other Intelligence Community elements, federal agencies, congressional committees, and use these relationships to further the mission of the CIA.
Attorneys (Tech and Cyber) practice at the intersection of law and advanced technology, including intelligence collection authorities, IT, cybersecurity, data science, artificial intelligence and machine learning, telecommunications, aerospace, and/or biotechnology, among others. Your guidance may be called upon in a wide range of legal assignments and contexts, including intelligence and national security law, privacy and civil liberties law, litigation matters, procurement law, environmental law, and intellectual property law. Attorneys are required to support the mission of OGC more generally and may serve in non-technology-focused assignments over the course of their careers, as needed.
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