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Report on the Progress of the Director of National Intelligence

in Implementing the "Intelligence Reform

and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004"

May 2006

Pursuant to Section 1095 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention

Act (IRTPA) of 2004, the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) is pleased to provide

the Congressional oversight committees with this first-year progress report on the

implementation of the 1RTPA. This report is structured to parallel the DNI's principal

responsibilities, as set forth in Section 102(b) of the National Security Act (NSA), as

amended by Section 1011 of the IRTPA, as well as other significant mandates in the

IRTPA. Specifically, the DNI's principal responsibilities are:

Section 102.

(b) PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITY.-Subject to the authority, direction,

and control of the President, the Director of National Intelligence shall-

(1) serve as head of the intelligence community;

(2) act as the principal adviser to the President, to the National Security

Council, and the Homeland Security Council for intelligence matters

related to the national security; and

(3) consistent with section 1018 of the National Security Intelligence

Reform Act of 2004, oversee and direct the implementation of the National

Intelligence Program.

I. Head of the Intelligence Community (IC)

The DNI is using the powers granted to him by the IRTPA to integrate the IC's

functioning according to the management principle of "centralized oversight,

decentralized execution." The Office of the DNI (ODNI) leads the IC, and ODNI

components produce finished intelligence, but the ODNI does not run day-to-day

operations. All of the core functions of the IC-the collection of information, analysis,

operations, technology development, dissemination of intelligence, and internal

management-still take place throughout the IC elements. The ODNI ensures that the IC

is integrated, focusing on the right questions, and maximizing the return on taxpayer

dollars by identifying threats clearly so that policymakers, legislators, military

commanders, and law enforcement officials can make well-informed decisions and take

effective actions.

The DNI signed the first-ever National Intelligence Strategy (NIS) in October

2005. The Strategy derives mission objectives for intelligence from the President's

National Security Strategy and prescribes enterprise-wide objectives derived from the

Quadrennial Intelligence Community Review and other strategic efforts to enhance the

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Community's capabilities. The ODNI is now implementing the Strategy through plans

that align the efforts of all sixteen community components to NIS objectives. In addition,

the ODNI is re-writing community-wide policies in Intelligence Community Directives

(ICDs) to replace those formerly promulgated through Director of Central Intelligence

Directives (DCIDs--see the annex).

The DNI conveys priorities and concerns to the leadership of the IC through two

principal groups. The Intelligence Community Leadership Committee, which includes

the directors of all community components and meets approximately every two months,

and the Program Managers meetings, held weekly with the six largest IC agencies. I

The first task of the IC is to protect the safety of Americans and the integrity of

national decisionmaking processes against all enemies. The ODNI has undertaken

important initiatives to integrate domestic intelligence, as directed by Section 1012 of the

IRTPA, into the work of the IC. In particular, the ODNI has worked closely with the

Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to establish a

National Security Branch at FBI to integrate the Bureau's intelligence, counterterrorism,

and counterintelligence programs. The ODNI also directed the establishment of a DNI

Homeland Threat Task Force under the auspices of the National Counterterrorism Center

(NCTC) to bring together the community's foreign and domestic components and

integrate all intelligence on al-Qa'ida and homegrown Sunni extremist threats in the

United States. In addition, the Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Customer

Outcomes (DDNUCO) coordinates with key state, local, and homeland security and law

enforcement leaders to gain a better grasp of their requirements and to ensure that the IC

works toward satisfying its customers' needs, determining customer satisfaction, and

keeping the DNI informed.

Over the last year, the ODNI has delineated responsibilities for the use of

clandestine means to inform and facilitate the protection and advancement of US interests

abroad. Pursuant to Section 104A of the NSA, as amended by Section 1011 of the

IRTPA, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) will continue to have the predominant

role in coordinating US government clandestine activities abroad, as well as managing

liaison relationships with foreign intelligence and security services. In addition, the CIA

and the Department of Defense (DoD) finalized an agreement to coordinate and

deconflict special operations abroad, pursuant to Section 1013 of the IRTPA. Finally,

under the leadership of the DNI, for the first time, the IC is reassessing all of its

relationships with foreign counterparts to determine whether new relationships may be

beneficial and whether there are additional activities that need to be deconflicted.

In addition to defining foreign intelligence tasks and responsibilities, the ODNI

worked with the CIA to form the National Clandestine Service (including its new Covert

Action Executive), to manage and conduct operations, to provide standards and guidance

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The six agencies are the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Central Intelligence Agency, the National

Security Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Reconnaissance Office, and the National

Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

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for all IC agencies engaged in human intelligence, and to deconflict human intelligence

operations across community elements.

Section 102A of the NSA, as amended, devotes particular attention to ensuring

that the IC supports the needs of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and senior

military commanders. The DNI created the post of DDNIICO in part to support this

requirement. For example, in the last year the DDNIICO worked closely with the Under

Secretary of Defense for Intelligence (USD[11) to implement the Joint Intelligence

Operations Center (JIOC) concept to improve the integration of national and military

intelligence capabilities for combatant commanders. An ODNI team will be embedded in

the recently established Defense JIOC to provide national-level focus. In addition, the

DDNUCO now sits on DoD's Joint Requirements Oversight Committee to participate in

decisions affecting long-term intelligence capabilities. Similarly, the future Integrated

Collection Architecture is a joint ODNI-DoD initiative. Finally, the ODNI facilitated

information-sharing efforts with key foreign partners to ensure that they have access to

the intelligence they need to support common national security interests, particularly in

Iraq and Afghanistan.

The DNI exercises long-term influence on Defense intelligence activities via

budgetary and personnel authorities. In the first major programmatic decision, the DNI,

resolved the long-standing impasse over the risk associated with acquisition strategies to

meet future overhead imagery requirements (the "Imagery Way Ahead"), which was

enacted as part of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 Defense Appropriations Bill. In addition,

the DNI realigned measurement and signature intelligence (MASH-4T) responsibilities in

the IC and appointed a MASINT Community Executive in July 2005 to improve

management of MASINT resources and use of the data they provide. The DNI has also

acquisition oversight authorities related to the acquisition of major systems and has

already exercised those authorities in several joint milestone decisions with the Secretary

of Defense.

The DNI also employs other means to lead change in the community to meet the

goals set forth in the IRTPA. For example, the Associate Director of National

Intelligence for Science and Technology is completing a community-wide investment

plan that will help identify gaps in the IC's science and technology efforts and make

recommendations to close those gaps. The ODNI Chief Human Capital Officer (CHCO)

has made advances toward integrating the community's various human resources policies

and practices, including the soon-to-be established "joint duty" requirement for

promotion to most senior executive positions. The CHCO has also undertaken a

comprehensive effort to modernize and integrate hiring, personnel, promotion, career

development, and compensation systems across the community to raise standards,

improve performance, and promote a common sense of mission. Finally, the*DNI,

through the Assistant DDNI for Security and the Chief Information Officer, is exercising

responsibility to ensure maximum availability of and access to intelligence by

establishing uniform security standards and procedures, as well as common information

technology standards, protocols, and interfaces. In this regard, the ODNI is reviewing

information disclosure policies and is working to improve training and awareness of

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information security procedures, implement audit technologies, and ensure that

unauthorized disclosures are investigated. The ODNI will soon issue a community-wide

directive on unauthorized disclosures.

II. Principal Intelligence Adviser

The DNI has employed the authorities granted by the IRTPA to improve strategic

warning, to provide increased situational awareness, and to forecast developments of

significance to US interests. The DNI's approach has been to integrate the IC's existing

functions and capabilities, while determining what new avenues should be pursued. The

DNI has sought to improve intelligence support by strengthening the direct links between

intelligence officials and senior policymakers, by increasing the sharing of information

with and across the IC, and by improving the quality of the community's analysis.

Under the DNI, the IC receives more timely and substantive direction from

policymakers. The DNI accomplished this by revitalizing the National Intelligence

Priorities Framework (NIPF) process, which is now a dynamic mechanism that shows the

inevitable trade offs that accompany the shifting of priorities. Since the DNI assumed the

stewardship of the NIPF, the first changes to that priority list have been made-based

upon input from senior policymakers. The President has approved the revised

Framework, and the National Security Council's (NSC) principals and deputies

committees have become more involved in the process, providing the DNI and IC with

more frequent and systematic guidance on the priorities that matter to them.

The DNI oversees, attends, and participates in the President's daily briefings on

intelligence findings and operations. This enables the DNI to assess on a continuing

basis the IC's most important intelligence and its contribution to national security. Since

assuming office, the DNI has instituted significant changes in the process of preparing the

President's Daily Brief (PDB). The PDB's writers and editors are now more

representative of the community and the range of IC views, increasing the diversity of

perspective and significantly augmenting the breadth and depth of expertise brought to

bear on the PDB topics. The PDB team now has a strategic planning unit to better

anticipate policymakers' needs. Policymaker feedback is directed to the leadership of the

entire community so that intelligence officials understand the issues of concern to their

most senior customers. Finally, an Intelligence Community Advisory Board now

provides overall guidance to the PDB process.

The National Intelligence Council (NIC) continues to provide the US government

with the IC's estimates of current situations and developing trends. Under the

chairmanship of the DDNI for Analysis (DDNI/A), the NIC has been named the

community's senior analytic element and gained new responsibilities (consistent with

Section 103B of the NSA, as amended). The NIC assumed the role of coordinating

intelligence support for the NSC principals and deputies committees, and for the

Homeland Security Council and Cabinet meetings (although the NCTC coordinates

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support for terrorism-related meetings). In addition, the NIC now has a long-range

analysis unit that explores emerging issues that cut across traditional analytic boundaries.

Finally, the NIC has streamlined its processes and is reaching out more broadly to the

public and private sectors-not only to augment expertise already resident within the IC,

but also to secure the full range of alternative views and analytic insights needed by our

customers.

Analysis is more likely to be accurate if informed by collection methods that

reliably unearth our adversaries' secrets. Therefore, the IRTPA provides the DNI the

authority to "manage and direct" the collection of national intelligence, to ensure that

collectors understand the needs of analysts and that analytical budgets are proportional to

expenditures for collection (see Section 102A[h] of the NSA, as amended). Using the

N[PF as a guide, the DDNI/A and DDNI for Collection (DDNIIC), with the newly

appointed DNI Mission Managers (for counterterrorism, counterproliferation, North

Korea, and Iran), are collaborating to identify gaps in analysts' understanding of more

than a dozen critical targets to pinpoint where that information resides and to devise

integrated collection strategies that provide coherent, prioritized operational guidance to

collectors to address these gaps. The DDNUC is helping to conduct the joint DoD-ODNI

Integrated Collection Architecture-a study that will diagram the way in which all of the

IC's technical capabilities fit together to complement each other's activities.

III. Oversight of the National Intelligence Program

Section 102A(c) of the NSA, as amended, grants the DNI substantial authority

over the new National Intelligence Program (NIP). Pursuant to that authority, the DNI

quickly initiated new budget processes and procedures, and is using them to push the IC

to operate as an integrated enterprise and eliminate duplication. The DNI consults twice

yearly with the JICC (and quarterly with the deputy JICC) to ensure that the IC meets the

intelligence needs of senior policymakers and to obtain their advice on corresponding

community budget requirements. These processes-and indeed the entire set of roles and

responsibilities (from planning to execution) of the ODNI, the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB), and the intelligence components-will be detailed in a new Intelligence

Community Directive that is now in final coordination.

In accordance with Section 102A(c) of the NSA, as amended, the DNI directed

the apportionment of FY 2005 Supplemental and FY 2006 appropriations, as well as prior

year balances for all NIP funding. To that end, the ODNI has drafted guidance to manage

future NIP appropriations through apportionment and allotment, and OMB has approved

the DNI's NIP apportionment process instructions for DoD.

In addition, the DNI determined the composition of the FY 2007 budget request

for the NIP. Working with the Attorney General, the DNI ensured that the NIP included

adequate funding for the FBI's new National Security Branch and for the Drug

Enforcement Administration's Office of National Security Intelligence. The DNI also

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made significant adjustments to the FY 2007 budget requests for the DoD's NIP-funded

components, and for the first time, working with OMB, reallocated NIP resources from

Defense to domestic intelligence programs and vice versa. The DNI has made quick use

of the reprogramming and transfer authorities granted in the IRTPA.

FY 2008 will be the first full budget cycle performed pursuant to the DNI's

guidance. The DNI has provided guidance to all NIP components on how to build their

FY 2008 budget requests. The guidance emphasized the priorities and objectives set

forth in the NIS and policymaker needs as expressed in the NIPF.

The DNI also has exercised authorities with regard to the non-NIP intelligence

spending in DoD. The DNI endorsed the establishment of the Military Intelligence

Program (MIP), which will combine the Joint Military Intelligence Program and the

Tactical Intelligence and Related Activities, and participated with the Office of the

Secretary of Defense in developing the FY 2007 MIP budget. In addition, the DNI

included guidance to the MIP components in the FY 2008 programmatic guidance.

IV. Additional Areas of Progress

The IRTPA addresses a variety of other topics. The DNI's progress in these areas

contributes to fulfilling the principal responsibilities previously listed, and enables the IC

enterprise to improve its overall support for national security goals. The ODNI's

progress in meeting these mandates is described as follows.

1. Information Sharing [Section 1016 of the IRTPA]: Both collection and analysis

are enhanced by broader sharing of information across the community and the

government. Indeed, neither functions well if the flow of information is impeded by outof-date technology or policies that have not kept pace with the digital age to enable more

effective sharing. The IRTPA required the President to create an Information Sharing

Environment (ISE) for terrorism information and to designate a Program Manager

responsible for overseeing and managing it. In so doing, the President placed the

Program Manager (PM-ISE) within the ODNI, where he is now working with the IC CIO

to foster the sharing of terrorism information to and from all levels of government in the

United States (including state, local, and tribal) . 2 The PM-ISE issued a preliminary

report to the President and Congress on June 15, 2005 and an interim report on the

Creation of the Information Sharing Environment in January 2006. The PM-ISE works

closely with the Information Sharing Council, established in Section 1016(g) of the

IRTPA. The CIO is streamlining the processes and organizations by which community

elements acquire and manage information technology and sharing, and is using

designated authorities to ensure that agencies build networks and databases that can

support rapid and efficient information sharing, and to eliminate those that cannot.

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The IC CIO was created in the FY 2005 Intelligence Authorization Act and derives additional duties and

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2. Improvement of Analysis [Sections 1017, 1019, and 1020 of the IRTPA]: While

the National Security Act prior to the IRTPA required that intelligence provided to

policymakers was "timely, objective, independent of political considerations, and based

on all sources," the IRTPA insists that the DNI provide the most accurate analysis

possible (Section 102A(h) of the NSA, as amended). The DDNUA has begun to address

that charge by conducting an inventory of subject-matter expertise, emphasizing language

training and source validation, including analytic dissents and alternative views in

analysis, appointing an analytic ombudsman to address concerns about the analytic

process, and creating an Analytic Integrity and Standards Unit to evaluate the

methodological rigor of IC intelligence products. As an example of how these new

measures are already contributing, the analytic ombudsman recently reviewed IC

tradecraft and assumptions on the recent Hamas victory in the Palestinian elections, and

lessons learned from that exercise are already being put in place. Finally, ODNI is one of

four sponsors of the President's National Security Language Initiative, in coordination

with the Departments of Education, State, and Defense (overall the IC more than tripled

funding for foreign language education, training, and testing between FY 2003 and FY

2006).

In addition, the ODNI has established a digital library of all new intelligence

products produced by the community to bring together all available national intelligence

on any given topic, to better understand how collection best contributes to intelligence

analysis, and to enable the community to better understand where analysis is either

insufficient or unnecessarily duplicative. To ensure that analysis is based on all available

sources, the ODNI is exploring ways to increase the capacity of analysts across the

community to exploit the full range of classified data and openly available information

relevant to national security. The ODNI has also begun a collaborative effort with

external experts to develop new analytic methods for addressing chronic hard problems.

Finally, the ODNI is developing a strategy for routine interaction and coordination

among analysts within the community and with external experts who can enhance our

understanding of foreign cultures and developments.

3. Development of Mission Centers and Mission Management [Sections 1021-1023

of the IRTPA]: The IRTPA encourages the DNI to manage community activities by

"missions," rather than by functional specialties. This means bringing all pertinent

specialties among analysts, collectors, and related experts together in real or virtual teams

to attack the intelligence gaps that hamper the IC's performance against some of the US

government's most pressing security concerns.

In particular, the IRTPA provided a statutory basis for NCTC and expanded its

mission to include "strategic operational planning" and the assignment of roles and

responsibilities for "all instruments of national power" in counterterrorism activities.

NCTC is completing an implementation plan for this aspect of its mission, and has

completed the congressionally-mandated National Strategy to Combat Terrorist Travel.

The center's director, as the DNI's Mission Manager for Counterterrorism, is in the

process of establishing "lanes in the road" for terrorism-related analysis around the

community that will clarify IC elements' roles and responsibilities for terrorism analysis.

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Analysis of terrorist activities remains a top priority for the IC, and the IRTPA named

NCTC the US Government's primary organization for integrating and analyzing all

intelligence relating to terrorism and counterterrorism, except that of a purely domestic

nature. The DNI, exercising his authorities in Section 102A(e) of the NSA, as amended,

recently directed the transfer to NCTC of 72 analyst positions from other IC elements.

Access to 28 US government networks is available to NCTC analysts. Finally, NCTC

has created a secure website that reaches more than 5,000 users across the Federal

government. This website is the primary vehicle in the IC for sharing terrorist threat

information.

The community's collection and analytical efforts on certain "hard" targets are

being coordinated by the DNI's mission managers and the national intelligence centers.

For example, Section 1022 of the IRTPA emphasized Congress's concern regarding the

integration of IC-wide efforts that address the proliferation of weapons of mass

destruction. As a result, and pursuant to the President's direction, the DNI established

the National Counterproliferation Center (NCPC) to provide a virtual common workspace

for proliferation analysis and strategic planning for the IC's efforts in this field, among

other duties. NCPC had developed a strategic plan that will address its mission and

corresponding responsibilities.

The DNI has also appointed mission managers for Iran and North Korea. These

officers have been given the responsibility for creating virtual communities of interest

regarding these regimes and ensuring that the IC recognizes and closes gaps in our

knowledge of their intentions and capabilities.

Through collaboration between the offices of the DDNUA and DDNIJC, the

ODNI is instituting similar mission management practices for twelve other key countries

and issues. This approach responds to both the objectives of the NIS, and the DNI's goal

of better integrating the analysis and collection communities and fostering coordination

and communication across these communities. Mission management efforts have already

produced analysis-driven target lists for collectors and are identifying systemic

impediments to both collection and analysis, which will be addressed through new

policies and techniques.

4. The Joint Intelligence Community Council [Section 1031 of the IRTPA]: The

IRTPA created a Cabinet-level JICC to assist the DNI in "developing and implementing a

joint, unified national intelligence effort." The JICC has met several times, and has

helped to advise the DNI on a variety of matters, including the establishment of IC

requirements and budgets, and the IC's overall performance. To better assist the DNI and

the members of the JICC, the DNI also created a Deputy-level JICC, which meets several

weeks before each JICC.

5. Improvement of Education [Sections 1041-1043 of the IRTPA]: The ODNI has

created the National Intelligence University (NIU) system to draw together existing IC

schools and training centers and provide centralized management and common

educational standards. The NIU enables intelligence officers to take courses across the

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community, to better link training and education to professional development, and to

derive and share lessons learned.

6. Open Source Information [Section 1052 of the IRTPA: The DNI has established

a center to collect and analyze open source information. The CIA, as the DNI's

executive agent, manages the new Open Source Center, which builds upon the long

experience of the Foreign Broadcast Information Service and is already producing

valuable analyses for the PDB and, more generally, for the war on terror.

7. Privacy and Civil Liberties [Section 103D of the NSA, as amended]: The IRTPA

charges the DNI with ensuring that the IC pays scrupulous attention to the civil liberties

and privacy of American citizens. Pursuant to the IRTPA, the DNI has appointed a Civil

Liberties Protection Officer (CLPO), who reports directly to the DNI, to ensure that

safeguards for civil liberties and privacy are incorporated in policies and procedures

developed for and implemented in the ODNI and the IC elements under the NIP. The

CLPO and other ODNI offices have, in turn, provided support to the White House in the

establishment of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, in accordance with

Section 1061 of the IRTPA.

8. Inspector General [Section 1078 of the IRTPAJ: Pursuant to the authority

granted the DNI in the IRTPA, the DNI established an Inspector General (IG). The IG is

charged with detecting fraud, waste, and abuse; evaluating performance; and making

recommendations to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in the ODNI and the

IC. The IG, working with other IC [Gs, has built the capability to perform inspections and

undertake investigations and audits, and to evaluate work processes and offer advice to

IC and ODNI offices.

9. Diversity: In July 2005, in the first official policy statement to the IC, the DNI

affirmed the commitment to diversity and announced the decision to retain the Diversity

Senior Advisory Panel for the IC-a group of outside experts on diversity-to provide

advice and guidance in this critical area. The DNI also appointed an IC Chief of Equal

Employment Opportunity and established an IC Diversity Strategies Division under the

IC CHCO; these offices and individuals are now developing a comprehensive IC

Diversity Strategic Plan, to be completed by the end of this year, that will be linked

directly to the NIS. The Diversity Strategic Plan will be based on the results of the FY

2005 Annual Report on Hiring and Retention of Minority Employees; prepared for the

House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the report shows that the major IC

agencies continue to make steady, modest gains in attracting, hiring, developing, and

advancing minorities and women. The report also highlights areas where improvement is

needed, particularly in the hiring and retention of persons with disabilities. The diversity

strategy will also build on several pilot projects that were initiated successfully in FY

2004 and FY 2005; the pilots are designed to help the IC attract and retain a diverse pool

of highly qualified employees to meet critical skills requirements, especially in foreign

languages, the sciences, and analytic disciplines.

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10. Additional Authorities: Section 1095 of the Intelligence Reform Act states that

the DNI may use this report as a vehicle to present "recommendations for additional

legislative or administrative action as the Director considers appropriate." The DNI

appreciates the opportunity to do so. Such recommendations as they arise will be

submitted as formal legislative proposals in connection with annual authorization and

appropriation bills.

V. Conclusion

The DNI is making substantial progress in the implementation of the IRTPA and

toward improving intelligence products so that policymakers have the information

necessary to protect the Nation today. The DNI has established a vision of the IC as an

integrated enterprise and is implementing strategic plans to make that vision a reality.

The future intelligence enterprise is key to making the Nation safer. Dozens of

institutional and policy reforms have been initiated; major budget decisions have been

made; and the customer community that receives intelligence has been involved more

deeply in the process of determining which threats and trends deserve our IC's priority

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Annex: The ODNI Policy Process

Section 1097(b)I(B)3 of the Intelligence Reform Act prescribed the following:

Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of

National Intelligence shall prescribe regulations, policies, procedures, standards,

and guidelines required under section 102A of the National Security Act of 1947,

as amended by section 1011(a) of this Act.

The Director of National Intelligence (DNI), in Intelligence Community Directive

(ICD) 2005-1 (April 21, 2005), established ICDs as the principal means by which the

DNI provides guidance, policy, and direction to the Intelligence Community. The DNI

also directed that all Director of Central Intelligence Directives (DCIDs) remain in force

until canceled or superseded by an ICD. Since April 21, 2005, the DNI has issued

several Intelligence Community Policy Memoranda (ICPMs), and other documents that

set forth policies and guidelines for the implementation of DNI authorities. In addition,

the ODNI, with participation from the Intelligence Community, is conducting an ongoing

review of DCIDs to determine whether they should be adopted as ICDs, revised or

amended, or rescinded.

ICPM 2006 100-1 (signed on 25 April 2006) explains the new policy process in

detail. The relevant text of this memorandum is as follows:

SUBJECT: THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY POLICY PROCESS

A. AUTHORITY: The National Security Act of 1947, as amended; the Intelligence

Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004; Executive Order 12333, as amended; and

other applicable provisions of law.

B. PURPOSE: This memorandum establishes the process for the formulation,

coordination, and approval of Intelligence Community-wide policy. The Assistant Deputy

Director of National Intelligence for Strategy, Plans, and Policy (ADDNUSPP), under

the overall direction of the Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Management

(DDNUM), is responsible for the administration of this policy process and evaluation of

policy implementation.

C. THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE POLICY SYSTEM: The National Intelligence

Policy System provides the direction and guidance necessary to support the Director of

National Intelligence's (DNI) National Intelligence Strategy and the associated

implementation plans. The Policy System comprises nine series, organized topically.

Each series falls under the cognizance of a designated senior official of the ODNI

(cognizant official), who is responsible for guiding the development of policy within the

series. Each series will have an overarching or "capstone" document.

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D. DNI POLICY ISSUANCES:

Intelligence Community Directive (ICD): ICDs are the principal issuance through which

the DNI provides policy direction to the Intelligence Community (IC). ICDs are

numbered sequentially within each series, e.g., 200, 201, 202. The DNI or, in the DNI's

absence, the Principal Deputy DNI (PDDNI), approves all ICDs.

Intelligence Community Policy Memorandum (1CPM): ICPMs are issuances that provide

policy direction to the IC prior to formal inclusion in an ICD series. ICPMs will also be

used to issue policy on an expeditious basis. An ICPM may reflect a new policy or

revision to an existing policy. All ICPMs will contain the following language: "The

content of this policy shall be incorporated into an Intelligence Community Directive. "

Each ICPM will be assigned a number that incorporates the year, the appropriate series

number, and a sequential number, e.g., 2005-100-1, 2005-100-2. The DNI or, in the

DNI's absence, the PDDNI, approves all ICPMs.

Intelligence Community Policy Guidance (ICPG): ICPGs are subsidiary to ICDs and

provide more detailed implementation direction to the IC. The "Applicability" section of

the ICPG will state the ICD being implemented. ICPG numbering is linked to the specific

ICD being implemented by referencing the ICD number followed by a period and a

sequential number, e.g., the first implementation guidance issued for ICD 201 would be

cited as ICPG 201.1. The cognizant official and the DDNUM approve all ICPGs.

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TOPIC SERIES COGNIZANT OFFICIAL

Enterprise Management 100 Deputy DNI for Management

Intelligence Analysis 200 Deputy DNI for Analysis

Intelligence Collection 300 Deputy DNI for Collection

Customer Outcomes 400 Deputy DNI for Customer Outcomes

Information Management 500 Associate DNI and Chief Information

Officer

Human Capital 600 Assistant Deputy DNI and Chief Human

Capital Officer

and

Assistant Deputy DNI for Education and

Training and Chancellor, National

Intelligence University

Security and

Counterintelligence

700 National Counterintelligence Executive

and

Assistant Deputy DNI for Security

Science & Technology 800 Associate DNI for Science and Technology

Mission Management 900 Subject Dependent