Intelligence officer: The agency currently allows field agents stationed abroad to decide whether to participate in a secure check-in program. Participating agents submit regular status reports to headquarters, but some agents choose not to participate and therefore operate without scheduled status reports. The agency is considering a new Field Contact Protocol that would require every active field agent to submit regular status reports. The protocol is also intended to improve coordination between field agents and headquarters and would provide agents with additional emergency-contact procedures. According to the intelligence officer, select the result most likely under the Field Contact Protocol and the result most likely if the current voluntary system remains in place. Make only two selections, one in each column.

Intelligence officer: The agency currently allows field agents station : Two-part Analysis (TPA)

Protocol implemented	Current system retained
		Field operations would become less likely to be compromised
		The proportion of field agents operating without scheduled status reports would decrease
		Agent support would replace intelligence gathering as the agency’s primary function
		Headquarters would continue to have gaps in scheduled reporting from field agents
		Emergency extractions would become more common among field agents