7 Intelligence Community

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All recommendations in this chapter

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1. 205 Amend Executive Order 12333 Not started
2. 205 Have a revised EO 12333 delineate U.S. government cyber mission roles Not started
3. 206 Stipulate NSA's strategic vs. tactical cyber support role in EO 12333 Not started
4. 206 Expand the DNI's authority over National Intelligence Program budget execution Not started
5. 206 Clarify the DNI's leadership of IC open-source (OSINT) collection and analysis Not started
6. 206 Appoint the PDDNI as chairman of the National Open Source Committee Not started
7. 207 Enforce the 48-hour security clearance reciprocity guidance across the IC Not started
8. 207 Move the Security Services Directorate from NCSC to ODNI Not started
9. 207 Give the DNI a say in selecting IC positions across subordinate agencies Not started
10. 207 Boost intelligence support to Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security Not started
11. 208 Nominate a CIA Director who will make personnel and structural changes Not started
12. 208 Choose a CIA Deputy Director who needs no Senate confirmation Not started
13. 208 Halt all current CIA hiring to prevent 'burrowing in' Not started
14. 209 Brief CIA leadership on all activities, covert findings, and access programs Not started
15. 209 Recalibrate CIA collection to the President's intelligence requirements Not started
16. 209 Halt CIA programs inconsistent with the President's agenda Not started
17. 209 Install new leaders of CIA directorates and mission centers Not started
18. 209 Shift CIA resources away from headquarters and broaden recruitment Not started
19. 209 Permanently move CIA Support and S&T directorates out of Virginia Not started
20. 209 Divert CIA resources away from 'social engineering' activities Not started
21. 209 Change CIA promotion criteria to reward creative thinking over metrics Not started
22. 210 Require language, technical, or overseas experience for CIA GS-14+ rank Not started
23. 210 Consider using DOD's full capabilities to support covert action Not started
24. 210 Place covert-action-experienced transition staff in NSC, CIA, ODNI, DOD posts Not started
25. 211 Order a 60-day review of all current covert action findings Day one Not started
26. 211 Modify or rescind current covert action findings after the 60-day review Not started
27. 211 Handpick ODNI front-office leaders including the DNI's Chief of Staff Not started
28. 211 Require senior IC officers to sign two-year mobility agreements Not started
29. 212 Add promotion requirements and 'Up and Out' rules at GS-14/15 and above Not started
30. 212 Seek OPM authority for voluntary separation buyouts in the IC Not started
31. 212 Maximize ODNI and CIA direct-hire and incentive authorities Not started
32. 213 Remove IC employees who abused their positions of trust Not started
33. 213 Audit all IC equities of past politicization and intelligence abuses Not started
34. 213 Revoke security clearances of former officials who speak to the press Not started
35. 213 Minimize IC public presence and investigate all leaks Not started
36. 214 Fire or prosecute suspected leakers and strip their pensions Not started
37. 214 Rescind Attorney General Garland's guidance limiting leak investigations Not started
38. 214 Hire additional counterintelligence and security personnel Not started
39. 214 Require a professionalism course in all National Intelligence University degrees Not started
40. 214 Restrict IC leaders' public and media appearances Not started
41. 215 Preserve FISA Section 702 as an essential intelligence tool Needs Congress Not started
42. 215 Have Congress review the PCLOB's 2023 report before FISA reforms Needs Congress Not started
43. 216 Impose stiffer penalties and mandatory investigations for political leaks Needs Congress Not started
44. 216 Tighten controls on intercepts collecting domestic political figures' communications Needs Congress Not started
45. 216 Enact an express prohibition on politically motivated use of intelligence authorities Needs Congress Not started
46. 216 Reform accountability of DOJ and the FISA Court Needs Congress Not started
47. 216 Keep cleared former intelligence officials subject to the Hatch Act Needs Congress Not started
48. 216 Prohibit the IC from monitoring domestic disinformation Not started
49. 217 Close loopholes in the Foreign Agents Registration Act Needs Congress Not started
50. 217 Consider ad hoc intelligence-sharing expansion with the Quad Not started
51. 217 Brief broader congressional committee jurisdictions on the China threat Not started
52. 218 Empower counterintelligence by EO or changes to the Counterintelligence Enhancement Act Not started
53. 218 Amplify NCSC's counterintelligence authorities without creating a new agency Not started
54. 218 Give the FBI added resources and authorities as lead counterintelligence agency Needs Congress Not started
55. 218 Update the Counterintelligence Enhancement Act to cover espionage at universities Needs Congress Not started
56. 218 Reinstitute the NSHEAB and National Security Business Alliance Council Not started
57. 219 Refocus NCTC on integrative tasks and end duplicative analysis Not started
58. 221 Shift priorities in the National Intelligence Priority Framework and restructure the PDB Not started
59. 221 Implement the IC Analytic Ombudsman's report recommendations Not started
60. 222 Adopt an 'obligation to share' policy with 48-hour cyber intelligence release Not started
61. 222 Require agency heads to report intelligence-withholding exceptions to Congress Not started
62. 222 Establish a real-time auditing capability for IC information sharing Not started
63. 223 Tighten definitions of information categories requiring classification Not started
64. 223 Significantly reduce the number of Original Classification Authorities Not started
65. 223 Impose stricter accountability at the OCA level and detailed classification guides Not started
66. 224 Add accuracy metrics and simplify the classification system Not started
67. 224 Create a faster, default-to-automated ODNI-run declassification process Not started
68. 224 Create a budget line item for modernizing declassification Needs Congress Not started
69. 224 Adopt Big Data, AI/ML, and commercial cloud tools for declassification Not started
70. 224 Task the DNI and Commerce Secretary with expanding BIS and SCIF capacity Not started
71. 225 Increase resourcing and training for cover in the digital age Not started
72. 226 Study Executive Order 14086 and suspend provisions burdening collection Not started
73. 226 Condition intelligence sharing with the EU on resolving data privacy dispute Not started
74. 226 Review and narrow the President's Daily Brief recipient list Not started
75. 226 Rotate PDB briefers from IC elements other than the CIA Not started
76. 227 Locate all PDB staff and production at ODNI Not started
77. 227 Require non-CIA officers to be at least half of the National Intelligence Council Not started
78. 228 Make the IC Chief Information Officer a primary member of the DNI staff Not started
79. 228 Order immediate reviews of post-quantum encryption implementation Not started
80. 228 Revise the National Security Memorandum's 2035 quantum risk goal Not started
81. 229 Refocus IARPA and CIA S&T on hard problems the private sector isn't solving Not started
82. 229 Task the PIAB and Intelligence Oversight Board with long-term national security advice Not started
83. 229 Reject calls to add new centers and layers to the ODNI Not started
84. 230 Integrate IC and DOD space assets and use Title 10/Title 50 authorities jointly Not started
85. 230 Build space intelligence alliances beyond the Five Eyes Not started
86. 230 Refocus space-related intelligence collection on threats in space Not started

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