Definition of the IC
Leadership of the IC
Management of the IC
Members of the IC
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The Department of Energy
is a cabinet-level agency whose mission it is to foster a secure and reliable
energy system that is environmentally and economically sustainable, to be a
responsible steward of the Nation's nuclear weapons, and to support continued
United States leadership in science and technology. Its Office of Intelligence,
as a member of the Intelligence Community, brings the broader Department's unique
capabilities and perspectives to bear on intelligence problems and challenges.
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DOE's Contribution
to Intelligence
The Department
of Energy’s Office of Intelligence (IN) is the Intelligence Community's premier
technical intelligence resource in four core areas: nuclear weapons and
nonproliferation; energy security; science and technology; and nuclear energy,
safety, and waste. Tapping the broad technology base of DOE’s national laboratories
and the international reach of the DOE complex as a whole, IN accomplishes
a three-part mission:
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To provide
DOE, other US Government policy-makers, and the Intelligence
Community with timely, accurate, high-impact foreign intelligence
analyses.
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To ensure
that DOE’s technical, analytical, and research expertise is
made available to the intelligence, law enforcement, and special
operations communities.
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To provide
quick-turnaround, specialized technology applications and operational
support based on DOE technological expertise to the intelligence,
law enforcement, and special operations communities.
DOE's
intelligence program traces its origins to the days of the Manhattan Project, when
the former Atomic Energy Commission was tasked to provide specialized analysis of the
nascent atomic weapons program of the Soviet Union. Since then, that program--like
the functions of the old AEC--has come to reside within DOE. It continues to
evolve in close concert with changing policy needs and the strengths of DOE’s unique
scientific and technological base, from the world
energy crisis of the 1970s—and consequent demand for intelligence
expertise in international energy supply and demand issues—to growing
concerns over nuclear proliferation in this decade.
Core Values of DOE’s Office of
Intelligence
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Take on the most critical, complex, and technologically challenging crosscutting
intelligence questions--and reward the risk-taking necessary to do so. To address
these seemingly intractable issues, IN analysts must push the envelope and surface
creative, non-traditional approaches.
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Bring intelligence directly to the policy process. IN analysts work
side-by-side with policy counterparts every day, and their efforts are connected to
concrete policy initiatives and objectives at every step.
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Value problem solvers and deal makers, individuals with a solid grounding in one
specialty but able and eager to reach out from there. IN's analysts are expected
to be at the nexus of several communities, making connections among the often radically
different cultures of policy process, intelligence and national security, and science
and technology.
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Maintain the flexibility to adapt to changing policy needs while staying anchored to
core capabilities. IN's small size and close connection to both senior policy
makers and DOE's national laboratories enable it to stay abreast--and ahead of--emerging
issues.
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Avoid extensive hierarchy filtering every product. IN analysts are hired for
quality, then given the broad latitude they deserve to create top-notch contributions
to the policy process.
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Embrace individuals who want to go places. Analysts are exposed to an
unusual breadth of players, from other intelligence agencies to senior policy officials
to DOE's national laboratories.
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Related
Links
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