Evaluating the Federal CVE Initiative

The Evaluating the Federal CVE Initiative project is designed to collect baseline information on the federal government's efforts to date to implement the national strategy for countering violent extremism (CVE) Empowering Local Partners to Prevent Violent Extremism in the United States. Although the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) also plays a significant role in executing the national strategy, it was not included in the initial project design. This supplemental award remedies this omission by examining the FBI's contribution to the federal CVE initiative, as well as capturing more contributions from U.S. Attorney Offices. The project team will collect information about the FBI's CVE efforts through a variety of methods: 1) a nationwide survey of Special Agents in Charge on their local CVE programs; 2) field visits to 8 FBI field offices; and 3) interviews with key stakeholders at FBI headquarters. Field visits will also include conducting interviews with the U.S. Attorney's offices in the same jurisdictions as the FBI offices field offices. This methodology will provide the project team with both national data about the FBI and U.S. Attorneys CVE efforts and qualitative in-depth insights into specific programs. Both will be valuable in assessing the progress of the CVE initiative to date and determining the steps that need to be taken to advance this effort. nca/ncf