Director of National Intelligence
The Director of National Intelligence (DNI) serves as the head of the Intelligence Community (IC). The DNI also acts as the principal advisor to the President; the National Security Council, and the Homeland Security Council for intelligence matters related to the national security; and oversees and directs the implementation of the National Intelligence Program. The President appoints the DNI with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Director is assisted by assisted by a Senate-confirmed Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence (PDDNI), recommended by the DNI and appointed by the President.
Selected Resources
- Intelligence Community Legal Reference Book, ODNI Office of General Counsel, Fall 2007
- U.S. Intelligence Community Information Sharing Strategy, February 22, 2008
- Data Mining Report, Report to congress, February 15, 2008
- Iran: Nuclear Intentions and Capabilities, National Intelligence Estimate Key Judgments, December 3, 2007
- Strengthening Analytic Practice: Lessons from the World of Journalism, DNI speech, November 13, 2007
- Guidance on Declassification of National Intelligence Estimate Key Judgments, memorandum for the Intelligence Community Workforce, October 24, 2007
- 500 Day Plan: Integration and Collaboration, October 2007
- 100 Day Plan Followup Report, September 2007
- Prospects for Iraq's Stability: Some Security Progress but Political Reconciliation Elusive, National Intelligence Estimate (version for public release), August 2007
- The Terrorist Threat to the U.S. Homeland, National Intelligence Estimate (version for public release), July 2007
- Intelligence Community Procurement Metrics: Needs, Goals and Approach by Daniel C. Nielsen, ODNI Deputy Procurement Executive, February 2007
- "Procuring the Future": 21st Century IC Acquisition (.ppt) by Terry Everett, DNI Procurement Executive, 2007
- ODNI FOIA Case Log 2006-2007
- The 2006 Annual Report of the U.S. Intelligence Community, February 2007
- United States Intelligence Community (IC) 100 Day Plan for INTEGRATION and COLLABORATION, April 11, 2007
- IC Annual Employee Climate Survey, March 2007
- Iraq National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) - "Prospects for Iraq's Stability: A Challenging Road Ahead" Unclassified Key Judgments, released February 2, 2007
- Educing Information: Interrogation: Science and Art: Foundations for the Future, Intelligence Science Board, Phase 1 Report, December 2006
- The US Intelligence Community's Five Year Strategic Human Capital Plan, June 22, 2006 (released October 18, 2006)
- Declassified Key Judgments of the National Intelligence Estimate "Trends in Global Terrorism: Implications for the United States", April 2006 (released September 26, 2006)
- Intelligence Community Directives (ICDs)
- Intelligence Community Policy Memorandums (ICPMs)
- ODNI Progress Report - WMD Commission Recommendations, July 27, 2006
- Report on the Progress of the Director of National Intelligence in Implementing the "Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004", May 2006
- White House Memorandum for the DNI Granting Authority to Waive SEC Reporting Requirements, published in the Federal Register, May 12, 2006
- DNI Cites Congressional Briefings on Terrorist Surveillance Program, letter to Speaker Hastert, May 17, 2006
- IC Annual Employee Climate Survey, April 2006
- Drug Enforcement Administration Becomes Sixteenth Member of the U.S. Intelligence Community, letter from DNI John D. Negroponte, February 7, 2006
- DNI Freedom of Information Act Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2005
- Office of the Director of National Intelligence, official web site