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handle is hein.crs/govedoi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional Research Service Inforring the legislative debate since 1914 The Director of National Intelligence (DNI) The United States Intelligence Community (IC) is a collection of 18 statutory elements within six cabinet departments and an independent agency that all carry out intelligence-related functions. As provided in statute, the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) oversees the integration of these intelligence functions, spearheads the support the IC provides to the military and senior policy- makers across the government, and serves as principal intelligence advisor to the President. Creation of DNI Position In 2004, the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, (also called the 9/11 Commission) recommended the creation of a central coordinating authority among the then-16 component organizations of the IC to mitigate administrative and operational barriers, and promote the sharing of intelligence and information. Congress acted on this recommendation, creating the position of the DNI through passage of the 2004 Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (P. L. 108-458, or IRTPA). The law also eliminated the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) position, which had existed since 1946. Through a triple-hatted arrangement, the DCI simultaneously served as community manager of the IC, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and chief intelligence advisor to the President. With the passage of IRTPA, the DNI assumed responsibility as manager of the IC and principal intelligence advisor to the President, leaving leadership of the CIA to the Director of the CIA. Table I. DNIs to Date 2005-2007 2007-2009 2009-2010 2010-2017 20 17-20 19 2019-2020 2020-2020 2020-2021 Ambassador John Negroponte VADM (Ret.) J. Michael McConnell ADM (Ret.) Dennis Blair LTGEN (Ret.) James Clapper Former Senator Daniel Coats VADM (Ret.) Joseph McGuire (acting) Ambassador Richard Grenell (acting) Former Representative John L Ratcliffe 2021-present Avril D. Haines Responsibilities Pursuant to IRTPA, as amended and codified in 50 U.S.C. §3024, and Executive Order 12333 (as amended), DNI responsibilities include: Serving as head of the IC and principal advisor to the President on intelligence matters. Updated June 7, 2021 * Ensuring that timely, accurate, and objective national intelligence is provided to policy makers. * Overseeing and providing advice to the President and the National Security Council with respect to all ongoing and proposed covert action programs. * Establishing objectives and priorities for collection, analysis, production, and dissemination of national intelligence. * Collaborating with the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security in the development and execution of the Military Intelligence Program (MIP). * Managing intelligence and counterintelligence relationships with domestic and foreign intelligence partners. * Developing personnel policies and programs to enhance joint intelligence operations, and facilitate community management functions. Authorities To carry out these responsibilities the DNI has the statutory authority to: * Act as the decisionmaking authority on major intelligence-related acquisitions, with the exception of acquisitions involving DOD programs. In those cases, the DNI shares authority with the Secretary of Defense. * Establish Mission and Functional Managers to serve as principal substantive advisors on intelligence collection and analysis related to designated countries, regions, or functional areas such as cyber threat intelligence. * Establish councils related to IC-wide management and intelligence integration. * Establish policies and procedures that (1) encourage sound IC-wide analytic methods and tradecraft; (2) ensure analysis based upon all available sources; and (3) ensure competitive analysis of analytic products. * Develop and oversee implementation of the National Intelligence Program (NIP) budget. * Direct how congressionally appropriated funds flow from the Treasury Department to each of the cabinet level agencies containing IC elements, ittps://Crsreports.congress.gt

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