Director of National Intelligence
Open Source Center
The DNI Open Source Center is the focal point for the intelligence community's exploitation of open source material. It also aims to promote the acquisition, procurement, analysis, and dissemination of open source information, products and services throughout the U.S. Government.
The Open Source Center was established at the Central Intelligence Agency and succeeds the former Foreign Broadcast Information Service.
Selected OSC Products
- Media Aid on Website of Pakistani UAV Manufacturing Company, October 20, 2009
- Profile of 'Radical' Hong Kong Legislator Raymond Wong Yuk-man, October 2, 2009
- Guinea -- Junta Faces Criticism After Crackdown on Opposition Rally, September 30, 2009
- Japan -- Media Expresses Confidence in Japan's Future Role in Space Development, September 30, 2009
- Japan -- Media Environment Open; State Looms Large, August 18, 2009
- Venezuela -- Chavez Moves to Silence Opposition Media, August 3, 2009
- Guidance on the Ruling of the Muslim Spy by Abu Yahya Al-Libi, June 30, 2009 (Arabic original)
- North Korean Media Campaign Suggests Long-Term Planning for Hereditary Successor, May 6, 2009
- Afghan Presidential Election: Potential Candidates and Powerbrokers, May 4, 2009
- Bolivia -- Key Muslim Converts Assert Local Peril, Ally With Zealots Abroad, May 12, 2009
- Guide to Selected Chilean Defense Websites, April 29, 2009
- 2009 Democratic People's Republic of Korea Leadership Chart, April 15, 2009
- DPRK Power Structure Chart, January 2009
- Afghanistan -- Geospatial Analysis Reveals Patterns in Terrorist Incidents 2004-2008 (19 MB PDF), 20 April 2009
- PRC State Council Websites Overseeing Media, OSC Media Aid, March 17, 2009
- PRC Media Guide, March 2007
- Russia: Biographies, Photos of RF Armed Forces Leadership, Rossiyskoye Voyennoye Obozreniye, 29 December 2008
- Turkey -- General Staff Website Serves as Main Media Outlet for Military, Open Source Center Media Aid, 2 February 2009
- China: Members of the Political Bureau of the 17th CPC Central Committee, as of 23 October 2007
- China: CPC (Communist Party of China), State Council Leaders, as of March 27, 2008
- Analysis: North Korean Media Campaign Signals Possible Near-Term Launch, OSC Analysis, February 11, 2009
- Profiles of Influential Political Commentators, OSC Media Aid, 22 October 2008
- France -- Media Guide 2008, 16 July 2008
- German Think Tank Guide, OSC Media Aid, 05 March 2008
- Guide to Major Daily Turkish Newspapers, OSC Media Aid, 7 October 2008
- Poland -- Think Tank Guide, OSC Media Aid, 18 July 2008
- Source Descriptors of Key Russian Media, OSC Media Aid, 6 December 2007
- Iraq: Provincial Elections Guide 2009, January 21, 2009
- Profile of Russian Security Services Commentator Andrey Soldatov, OSC Media Aid, 25 November 2008
- OSC Media Aid: Israel -- Hebrew- and English-Language Media Guide, 16 September 2008
- The Exoneration by Ayman al Zawahiri, January 2008 (OSC Translation)
- The Google Controversy -- Two Years Later, 30 July 2008
- China: PLA Training Emphasizes Countermeasures Against Imagery Reconnaissance, 31 July 2007
- Iraqi Insurgency Group Utilizes "Google Earth" for Attack Planning, OSC Report, July 19, 2006
- Recent Worldwide Research on Animal Pox Viruses, MITRE Corporation, January 2008
- Iranian Textbooks: Content and Context, SAIC Research Report, 31 December 2007
- DPRK-Syria Bilateral Contacts, 2005-2007, May 2, 2008
Related Resources
- National Open Source Strategic Action Plan, Fiscal Year 2009
- National Open Source Enterprise, April 2006
- Open Source Center, official site
- OSC Recruitment Video (MPEG file)
- National Open Source Enterprise, Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) 301, July 11, 2006
- Scientific & Technical Intelligence Committee: Open Source Subcommittee, October 1991 - March 1995