Definition of the IC
Leadership of the IC
Management of the IC
Members of the IC
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The Department
of the Treasury as a whole is primarily concerned with promoting
prosperous and stable American and world economies, managing
the government's finances, and safeguarding our financial
systems. Therefore, it is not (in its entirety) part of the
IC. The Department does, however, contain an office dedicated
to intelligence. That Treasury Department component (the Office
of Intelligence Support - OIS) produces intelligence both
for Department use and for sharing across the Community, qualifying
OIS as an IC member.
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OIS’s Contribution
to Intelligence
The Office of
Intelligence Support (OIS) is responsible for providing timely,
relevant intelligence to the Secretary and other Treasury Department
officials. To carry out its mission, OIS:
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Alerts the
Secretary and other senior officials to fast-breaking global
events.
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Obtains
intelligence reports pertinent to Treasury officials’ interests
from Intelligence Community collectors and production entities.
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Maintains
a continuous dialogue with IC agencies to ensure that Treasury
needs are reflected in collection and analytical production
planning.
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Serves as
an intelligence policy focal point for all Treasury offices
and bureaus.
In addition,
the Office participates in the preparation of National Intelligence
Estimates and other Community-wide intelligence products, developing
and coordinating Treasury Department contributions. OIS officers
also sit as Treasury members and advisers on designated national
intelligence committees and subcommittees.
The Office of
Intelligence Support was established in 1977 during the tenure of
Treasury Secretary Michael Blumenthal. It succeeded the Office of
National Security (ONS), which was set up in 1961 under Treasury
Secretary Douglas Dillon to connect Treasury with the work of the
National Security Council. ONS’s mission to represent Treasury within
the Intelligence Community began under a Presidential Memorandum
in 1971 during the tenure of Treasury Secretary William E. Simon.
In 1972, in response to the Murphy Commission Report to the Congress,
which stressed the importance of strong links between the Intelligence
Community and officials responsible for international economic policy,
Treasury became a member of the National Foreign Intelligence Board.
Today, Executive Order 12333 lists the Special Assistant to the
Secretary (National Security) as a senior intelligence officer of
the Intelligence Community.
The Special
Assistant and staff support the Secretary of the Treasury in his
roles as chief economic and financial adviser to the President,
head of the second-largest law enforcement department in the Federal
Government, and the official responsible for the integrity of the
country’s currency. As the focal point on intelligence matters for
the Department, the Special Assistant represents the Treasury Department
and maintains continuous liaison with other elements of the Intelligence
Community. The Special Assistant reviews and coordinates with appropriate
Treasury officials all proposed support relationships between Community
components and Treasury offices and bureaus.
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