THE U.S. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY (IC)

The United States Intelligence Community (IC) is a federation of 16 separate United States government agencies  agencies that work separately and together to conduct intelligence activities considered necessary for the conduct of foreign relations and national security of the United States. Member organizations of the IC include intelligence agencies, military intelligence, and civilian intelligence and analysis offices within federal executive departments. The IC is headed by the Director of National Intelligence (DNI)), who reports to the President of the United States.

Among their varied responsibilities, the members of the Community collect and produce foreign and domestic intelligence, contribute to military planning, and perform espionage.

In 2010 there were 1,271 government organizations and 1,931 private companies in 10,000 locations in the United States that are working on counterterrorism, homeland security, and intelligence, and that the intelligence community as a whole includes 854,000 people holding top-secret clearances. Private contractors make up 29% of the workforce in the U.S. intelligence community and account for 49% of their personnel budget

U.S. Intelligence Community

1. Office of the Director of National Intelligence
2. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
3. United States Department of Defense: Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) ; National Security Agency (NSA) ; National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) ; National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) ; Twenty-Fifth Air Force (25AF); Army Military Intelligence (MI); Marine Corps Intelligence Activity (MCIA); Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI)
4. United States Department of Energy : Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence (OICI)
5. United States Department of Homeland Security: Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) ; Coast Guard Intelligence (CGI)
6. United States Department of Justice: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) ; Drug Enforcement Administration, Office of National Security Intelligence (DEA/ONSI)
7. United States Department of the Treasury: Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI)
8. United States Department of State: Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR)

United States Department of State: Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR)

The primary mission of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) is to provide all-source intelligence support to U.S. diplomats. The Bureau is at the nexus of intelligence and foreign policy. It has a key role in ensuring that intelligence activities are consistent with U.S. foreign policy, and that other components of the Intelligence Community (IC) understand the information and analysis needs of senior foreign policy decision makers. INR's portfolio is as broad and diverse as the Secretary's global agenda. This requires that INR have on board experts who understand current policy concerns as well as the historical context to provide value-added input to policymakers and timely guidance to the IC. INR performs several critical functions including all-source analysis, intelligence policy and coordination, polling and media analysis, and conferences and workshops to integrate outside expertise. INR ensures that diplomats, policymakers, and other consumers of intelligence have access to focused intelligence products that will help build democracies, promote economic stability, provide humanitarian assistance, and fight terrorism, disease, and the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) around the world. INR is the Department's principal liaison with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). Since the creation of the ODNI, there have been many changes in the IC – more attention to customer needs, new standards for information sharing, and initiatives regarding analytic standards. INR participates in a wide variety of working groups and committees on behalf of the Department of State, and INR analysts participate in the drafting of IC assessments and analyses.