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Janice K. Fedarcyk – Assistant Director in Charge New York Field Office

Janice K. Fedarcyk – Assistant Director in Charge
New York Field Office

Janice K. Fedarcyk – Assistant Director in Charge New York Field Office

Ms. Fedarcyk entered on duty as a special agent with the FBI in 1987. Upon completion of training at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia, she was assigned to the Los Angeles Division, where she investigated organized crime, drugs, money laundering, and gang matters. In November 1996, Ms. Fedarcyk was promoted to FBI Headquarters (FBIHQ) to work within the Strategic Information and Operations Center. In 1998, Ms. Fedarcyk was selected as the first FBI liaison assigned to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. She transferred to the Baltimore Division in 1999, where she supervised an Innocent Images National Initiative squad investigating the online exploitation of children.

In 2001, Ms. Fedarcyk returned to FBIHQ as an assistant inspector team leader in the Inspection Division. In 2003, she was selected as the assistant section chief of the Terrorist Financing Operations Section within the Counterterrorism Division. Her subsequent promotion to assistant special agent in charge in the FBI's Critical Incident Response Group, National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime, included oversight of FBI components that furnished behavioral analysis and consultation on a variety of investigative matters.

Ms. Fedarcyk was promoted to serve as the FBI’s representative to the National Counterterrorism Center, Directorate of Strategic Operational Planning in March 2005. She was instrumental in leading the development of a classified national strategic operational plan in the war on terrorism. In September 2006, she was a group recipient of a Meritorious Unit Citation presented by the director of the National Counterterrorism Center for contributions to the Interagency Counterterrorism Strategic Planning Community. In January 2006, Ms. Fedarcyk was promoted to the position of inspector at FBIHQ, where she led inspection teams in comprehensive assessments of FBI offices and entities.

In February 2007, she was named special agent in charge (SAC) of the Counterterrorism Division in the Los Angeles Division, a challenging multi-threat environment. In this capacity, SAC Fedarcyk oversaw international and domestic terrorism investigations throughout the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area and the Pacific Rim.

On January 23, 2008, Ms. Fedarcyk reported to the Philadelphia Field Office as SAC, where she led all FBI programs to address threats and crime problems. SAC Fedarcyk built and sustained collaborative partnerships within law enforcement and the academic and private sectors and enhanced outreach efforts within the community. 

Ms. Fedarcyk reported to the New York Division as assistant director in charge in August 2010.

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