Intelligence Community Directive 301

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Intelligence Community Directive 301 is a rescinded United States Intelligence Community Directive issued in 2006 to push emphasis on making open source intelligence the source of first resort among the intelligence community. The 9/11 terrorist attacks drove this directive forward as there was a call for many intelligence disciplines to work collectively on assessing and predicting threats to the United States. Intelligence Community Directive 301 outlined responsibilities and established policies on the intelligence community regarding open source intelligence activities. It was rescinded in 2012.

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Background

Intelligence Community Directive 301 (ICD-301) took effect on July 11, 2006 when it was signed by the first Director of National Intelligence, John Negroponte, under the Bush Administration. [1] The directive outlines the responsibilities for oversight and management needed for the implementation of open-source intelligence activities within the intelligence community. [2]

The goal of ICD-301 was to establish priority of open source information as the intelligence community's first consulted source type, or "source of first resort". [3] Following the 9/11 terrorist attacks there was a call for the intelligence community to utilize many different disciplines of intelligence collectively to better assess and predict threats to the United States. [4] [3]

ICD-301 outlined responsibilities of the Assistant Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Open Source, the Open Source Committee, the Open Source Advisors Board, the Director of National Intelligence Open Source Center (now the Open Source Enterprise) [5] and the remainder of the intelligence community. [2] These entities are held responsible for open source activities to be conducted in a way that is both effective and efficient. [2] This directive repealed the Director of Central Intelligence Directive 1/7 intelligence community open source program set in place on September 26, 2000. [6]

ICD-301 was ultimately rescinded in 2012, it was thought that ICD 113 provided ample guidelines for responsibility and oversight needed for open source activities. [5] ICD 301 was the second directive in the 300 series, which addressed methods of collection. Among this series are; ICD-300 concerning management of intelligence collection and covert action this ICD prefaced ICD-301 being signed in 2006. [7] ICD-302 concerning media exploitation was signed in 2007 and ICD-304 on human intelligence collection signed into action in 2009 were the two ICD's that followed ICD-301. [7] ICD-310 and ICD 311 dealt with human based foreign intelligence collection and counter intelligence within and from outside the United States respectively. [7]

Policies

ICD-301 established two main policies: [2]

1)The Director of National Intelligence sought to further emphasize the use of open source information and analysis, through a more structured and fluid information sharing system among all intelligence community members.

2) Policies within the intelligence community:

Authorities and Responsibilities

ICD-301 outlines the authorities and responsibilities of five main groups as well as miscellaneous responsibilities: [2]

1)Assistant Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Open Source responsibilities;

  1. Intelligence community open source strategy aligns with Presidential priorities.
  2. Tasking, oversight, policy direction, and evaluation of open source intelligence exploitation organizations.
  3. Advise tasking of open source collection activities outside the National Intelligence Program.
  4. Oversight and deployment of National Open Source Enterprise.
  5. Coordination between the Chief Financial Officer, and the Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Customer Outcomes to establish program guidelines of Presidential priorities.
  6. Oversight of the Program Manager compliance between the Chief Financial Officer, and the Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Customer Outcomes.
  1. Oversight of collection tools and services for exploitation purposes.
  2. Open source, interagency, information sharing oversight.
  3. Guidance role to the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, on behalf of the Director of National Intelligence, and the Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Collection.

2) National Open Source Center responsibilities;

  1. Assistant Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Open Source as chair.
  2. Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence.
  3. Department of Homeland Security.
  4. The Central Intelligence Agency .
  5. National Security Agency.
  6. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
  7. Department of State's Bureau of Intelligence and Research.
  8. Defense Intelligence Agency.
  9. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
  10. Office of the Associate Director of National Intelligence and Chief Information Officer.
  11. Other members as determined by the Assistant Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Open Source.
  1. Provide resource recommendation, and strategy.
  2. Develop operational strategies in tradecraft, information verification, and training.
  3. Coordinate with the Associate Director of National Intelligence and Chief Information Officer and the Associate Director of National Intelligence of Science and Technology to develop standards on data storage, interfacing, and metadata tagging.
  4. Inform on open source intelligence gaps, and capabilities.
  5. Provide recommendations to other intelligence agencies on open source exploitation.

3) The Open Source Advisors Board responsibilities;

4) Responsibilities of the Director of National Intelligence Open Source Center and the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency as and Executive Agent;

  1. Support development and implementation of open source strategy, policy, and program decision.
  2. Participates in the National Open Source Committee.
  3. Makes open source information is available to all customers in a timely manner.
  4. Helps United States Government partners and customers with open source exploitation.
  5. Acquires proper licensing to provide access to all open source consumers.
  6. Provides expertise to government agencies when requested.
  7. Develop and promote open source programs to expose members of the intelligence community to open source, and trains them in exploitation.
  8. Trains intelligence community personnel to follow proper information security protocol with open source intelligence.
  9. The Center will provide common concern open source collection, analysis, procurement, dissemination, unless otherwise directed.

5) Responsibilities of the intelligence community elements; Intelligence community elements will;

  1. Make open source information available across the entire intelligence community unless forbidden by law.
  2. Accurately source information and material to meet unique requirements.
  3. Avoid duplication of information by keeping the Assistant Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Open Source up to date on activities.
  4. Appoint an open source coordinator within each agency and department to participate in the Open Source Enterprise.
  5. Provide participants for National Open Source Committee activities and working groups.
  6. Support the Open Source Centers staffing needs.
  7. Maximize use of open source information, expertise, and capabilities to aid collection strategies.
  8. Institutionalize information sharing along Federal lines to help build a complete repository of open source information.
  9. Implement a technological means for efficient data sharing that complies with common intelligence community policies, services and standards.
  10. Inform the Assistant Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Open Source if there are any unique open source collection or analysis capabilities.

6) Additional miscellaneous responsibilities;

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