50 U.S.C. § 403-1a : US Code - Section 403-1A: Assignment of responsibilities relating to analytic integrity

Search 50 U.S.C. § 403-1a : US Code - Section 403-1A: Assignment of responsibilities relating to analytic integrity

(a) Assignment of responsibilities
For purposes of carrying out section 403-1(h) of this title, the
Director of National Intelligence shall, not later than 180 days
after December 17, 2004, assign an individual or entity to be
responsible for ensuring that finished intelligence products
produced by any element or elements of the intelligence community
are timely, objective, independent of political considerations,
based upon all sources of available intelligence, and employ the
standards of proper analytic tradecraft.
(b) Responsibilities
(1) The individual or entity assigned responsibility under
subsection (a) of this section -
(A) may be responsible for general oversight and management of
analysis and production, but may not be directly responsible for,
or involved in, the specific production of any finished
intelligence product;
(B) shall perform, on a regular basis, detailed reviews of
finished intelligence product or other analytic products by an
element or elements of the intelligence community covering a
particular topic or subject matter;
(C) shall be responsible for identifying on an annual basis
functional or topical areas of analysis for specific review under
subparagraph (B); and
(D) upon completion of any review under subparagraph (B), may
draft lessons learned, identify best practices, or make
recommendations for improvement to the analytic tradecraft
employed in the production of the reviewed product or products.
(2) Each review under paragraph (1)(B) should -
(A) include whether the product or products concerned were
based on all sources of available intelligence, properly describe
the quality and reliability of underlying sources, properly
caveat and express uncertainties or confidence in analytic
judgments, properly distinguish between underlying intelligence
and the assumptions and judgments of analysts, and incorporate,
where appropriate, alternative analyses; and
(B) ensure that the analytic methodologies, tradecraft, and
practices used by the element or elements concerned in the
production of the product or products concerned meet the
standards set forth in subsection (a) of this section.
(3) Information drafted under paragraph (1)(D) should, as
appropriate, be included in analysis teaching modules and case
studies for use throughout the intelligence community.
(c) Annual reports
Not later than December 1 each year, the Director of National
Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence
committees, the heads of the relevant elements of the intelligence
community, and the heads of analytic training departments a report
containing a description, and the associated findings, of each
review under subsection (b)(1)(B) of this section during such year.
(d) Congressional intelligence committees defined
In this section, the term "congressional intelligence committees"
means -
(1) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
(2) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House
of Representatives.