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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.

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:

  • Alerts the Secretary and other senior officials to fast-breaking global events.

  • Obtains intelligence reports pertinent to Treasury officials’ interests from Intelligence Community collectors and production entities.

  • Maintains a continuous dialogue with IC agencies to ensure that Treasury needs are reflected in collection and analytical production planning.

  • 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.

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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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page last updated:  November 9, 2003