In consideration to reports and findings of various studies, it has been brought to light that living in some of the US cities have become a certainly complex task to FBI agents. Since most of the educated individuals flock the city for employment opportunities as well as sheer excitement and activities in the city. However, based on a personal perspective, cities have a natural characteristic of abject poverty, dilapidated and filthy housing as well as issues of the crime rate (Khabazian & Peng, 2016) . These cons affect the entire workforce including the FBI agents whose aim is to protect the country against terrorist attacks. Since most of the FBI agents in New York, for instance, are forced to live on a hand to mouth basis, the choice of living elsewhere seems to be their only choice. The security of the nation against external and foreign threats is contingent on effective and diligent execution of the duties by the FBI. As such, it imperative to ensure that all the financial, social, cognitive, and psychological needs of the FBI operatives are met to preempt possible vices such as susceptibility to corruption and depression. As the FBI director, it is my fundamental responsibility to ensure that the welfare of my agents are safeguarded through periodic lifestyle audits and personal interactions with heads of personnel in the FBI field offices.
Monetary problems
Based on a series of reports recently received, it is evident that cities encounter difficulty in the payment for essential services for their residents some of whom have special conditions. This situation worsens at the dawn of a financial crisis. In support of this statement, it was announced by the mayor of Syracuse, New York that the city faced budget deficits amounting to $17 million and termed it as a financial problem (Martinez-Fernandez, Audirac, Fol & Cunningham-Sabot, 2012) . Based on federal government research, most of the agents come to terms with the necessity of changing their neighborhoods with critical reasons such as health measures. For the FBI agents to optimally operate and deliver quality services in safeguarding national security, there is a necessity in improving the living standards in the urban neighborhoods where most of them reside. Financial difficulties have also had a limitation of where an agent can inhabit. This is based on the fact that life in the cities is costlier as compared to the outskirts, for this reason, it is preferable for an agent of the FBI to reside on the suburbs rather than struggle on their little income. I would explore a possibility of liaising with the local leaders of major urban areas on how to improve the living conditions and cut down the living expenses, particularly for the suburbs inhabited by FBI agents. This would be without compromising the identities of the agents in deep cover operations.
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Housing Controls
Evidence from research and studies indicate housing to be among the major challenges facing federal government workers in the US. For instance, the city of San Diego offers residence to most government workers including FBI agents. However, from a personal perspective, the housing conditions are quite substandard in which malfunctioning heating systems and insect infestation characterize the houses (Michelangeli & Rampazzi, 2016) . The only means to escape this horror is by digging deeper into the pocket for better standards. In the process, the expenditure cost outweighs the income cost rendering the basic necessity as unaffordable. A report received recently indicate that most of the agents incur more than 40% of their annual income on housing expenses (Pl ⊘ ger, 2006) . In such a scenario, the agents who are still low-income earners and are yet to receive an increment in their salary spending this benchmark are unable to afford other necessities such as healthcare, transportation, and proper clothing. For instance, in high-cost living areas, housing goes for more than 50% as compared to Richmond, VA. A possible solution to the housing problem faced by the agent would be to increase their housing allowances. Alternatively, I would push for the introduction and reinforcement of a housing scheme for all active and retired agents. This would require a lot of convincing for the Congress and Pentagon, but it would significantly curtail the housing crisis of the FBI agents.
Transport and Traffic Control
From a personal understanding, traffic is one of the costs associated with modern life in which highways and streets are clogged with vehicles. This is based on the need for people to get to school, work, and access the stores among other daily activities. It is my observation that most FBI agents lend up living in areas that take up to 2 hours to get to their designated place of work. This involves crawling along with highway traffic and traffic lights where there is a need to stop at a light after light (Khabazian & Peng, 2016) . This time bracket, however, is proportionally related to traffic gridlock. An instance where traffic in all directions is barely in motion. An experience of such exhaustion for days and weeks renders agents less competent in their field of expertise.
It has also been duly noted that agents using public means of transport spend on transport as much as they are spending on housing among other necessities. This cost reduces their pay considerably leaving them to incur debts to be able to show up at work or avoid losing their job altogether. Despite the State's abilities in subsidizing these costs and outsourcing cheaper means of transport, the mechanism doesn't eradicate the problem at hand. A study conducted recently reveals that $116 billion is the amount of time in terms of incentives that have been wasted on transport and traffic (Martinez-Fernandez, Audirac, Fol & Cunningham-Sabot, 2012) . Also, it has been proven that 2.2 billion gallons of gasoline are spent for this particular task.
Opportunity control
It is to the expectation of the federal government that FBI agents remain loyal and perform their duties as per the oath of office. However, each citizen working with the Bureau either as a volunteer or as a career path are entitled to make a bitter choice of leaving a well-paying job in service for the welfare of the State. In support of this statement, a report received recently indicate several agents who willingly left jobs paying over $80000 per annum to join the Bureau at a pay of a little above $50000 (Khabazian & Peng, 2016) . With these decisions, the standards of living of the agents have drastically changed from better to worse. It is evident that this kind of financial status is dangerously unstable. A possible solution left for the agents is quitting to be agents or similarly, obtain loans to sustain themselves in this career path (Martinez-Fernandez, Audirac, Fol & Cunningham-Sabot, 2012) . In such a case, it is impossible to outdo corruption since the agents are unsatisfied with that they make, a terrible threat to national security.
Conclusion
From the evidence availed from various sources, reports and personal experience, opportunity control, financial and housing control are more essential in comparison to the traffic and transport control. This is based on the fact that a direct improvement in these controls will directly and positively affect national security. However, transport and traffic control can be managed over some time before directly jeopardizing the State of the country's security or deterring FBI agents from fulfilling their duties in the office. The results of this report underscore the necessity of improving various essential factors that affect the critical element to our national security as these variables affect the outcome of the safety enjoyed by all citizens in the State.
References
Khabazian, A., & Peng, J. (2016). Vulnerability Analysis of the Financial Network. SSRN Electronic Journal . doi: 10.2139/ssrn.2729883
Martinez-Fernandez, C., Audirac, I., Fol, S., & Cunningham-Sabot, E. (2012). Shrinking Cities: Urban Challenges of Globalization. International Journal Of Urban And Regional Research , 36 (2), 213-225. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2011.01092.x
Michelangeli, V., & Rampazzi, C. (2016). Indicators of Financial Vulnerability: A Household Level Study. SSRN Electronic Journal . doi: 10.2139/ssrn.2934248
Pl ⊘ ger, J. (2006). Urban planning and urban life: Problems and challenges. Planning Practice And Research , 21 (2), 201-222. doi: 10.1080/02697450600944673
