1 FAM 430
BUREAU OF INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH (INR)
(CT:ORG-470; 08-21-2018)
(Office of Origin: INR/EX)
1 FAM 431 ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH
1 FAM 431.1 Responsibilities
(CT:ORG-436; 12-19-2017)
The Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Research:
(1) Serves as the Secretary of States principal
adviser on intelligence matters and coordinates and supervises all
intelligence-related activities in the Department;
(2) Is the Head of the Intelligence Community Element
(HOICE) for the Department of State, reflecting that INR is also an element of
the Intelligence Community (IC) pursuant to Section 3 of the National Security
Act (50 U.S.C. 3003);
As HOICE, is responsible for implementing Director of National
Intelligence (DNI) directives for the protection of national intelligence and
intelligence sources and methods
(3) Directs the Department's all-source and
independent research and analysis;
(4) Serves as the Secretary of States representative
to the IC, coordinates with the DNI and other elements of the IC, and ensures
INR participation in community intelligence analyses;
(5) Ensures that U.S. intelligence activities support
U.S. foreign policy priorities; are consistent with Chief of Mission authority,
laws, and Executive Orders; and do not undermine the foreign policy interests
of the United States;
(6) Coordinates and represents to the IC the
Departments requirements for intelligence collection and analysis;
(7) Maintains information management systems to ensure
efficient receipt, processing, and dissemination of intelligence;
(8) Facilitates requests to other intelligence
agencies from Department offices for declassification, release, or exceptional
use of information derived from intelligence sources;
(9) Determines whether a Department of State employee
(as defined in Executive Order 12968) may have access to Sensitive
Compartmented Information (SCI) according to Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) 704, Personnel Security
Standards and Procedures Governing
Eligibility for Access to Sensitive Compartmented Information and Other
Controlled Access Program Information";
(10) Serves as the primary reporting channel to the
Presidents Advisory Board (PIAB) and the Intelligence Oversight Board (IOB);
and
(11) Exercises responsibility for the following
Department regulatory publications:
Subchapter 1 FAM 430,
Bureau of Intelligence and Research, in Foreign Affairs Manual Volume 1,
Organization and Functions
Subchapter 2 FAM 110, Post
Organization (partial) in Foreign Affairs Manual Volume 2, General
The Chief of Mission Handbook, (contact INR for information)
11 FAM 300 (Classified) and 400 (Classified)
1 FAM 431.2 Organization
(CT:ORG-179; 01-18-2008)
An organization chart of INR is in 1 FAM Exhibit
431.2.
1 FAM 431.3 Authorities
(CT:ORG-404; 01-18-2017)
The following authorities apply to INR:
(1) Executive Order 12333, as amended;
(2) 22 U.S.C. 2656;
(3) 50 U.S.C. 3091 et
seq.;
(4) National Security Act of 1947, as amended;
(5) Intelligence Organizations Act of 1992 (Public Law
102-496);
(6) Presidential Directive, dated January 25, 1963;
(7) Executive Order 12048, dated March 27, 1978;
(8) Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act,
2004;
(9) ICDs and related guidance as promulgated by the
DNI for the protection of intelligence information and intelligence sources and
methods;
(10) Executive Order 13462, Presidents Intelligence
Advisory Board and Intelligence Oversight Board, dated February 29, 2008;
(11) Delegation of Authority No. 155, dated September
21, 1984 authorities under the Soviet and Eastern European Research and
Training Act (the Act);
(12) Delegation of Authority No. 208, dated November
30, 1993 functions of the Secretary under Section 804(a) of the Act, relating
to the Advisory Committee for the Study of Eastern Europe and the Independent
States of the Former Soviet Union; and
(13) Other authorities, as applicable.
1 FAM 432 PRINCIPAL DEPUTY ASSISTANT
SECRETARY FOR INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH
(CT:ORG-404; 01-18-2017)
The Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Intelligence
and Research:
(1) Serves as the senior deputy and advisor to the
Assistant Secretary;
(2) Has the authority to act on the Assistant
Secretarys behalf in his or her absence;
(3) Is responsible for the overall management of the
Bureau;
(4) In consultation with the Assistant Secretary,
plans and supervises the substantive work of the Bureau;
(5) Represents the Bureau in Department and
interagency groups;
(6) Oversees Bureau security;
(7) Supervises offices as determined by the Assistant
Secretary to include:
(a) Office of the Executive Director (INR/EX);
(b) Office of Opinion Research (INR/OPN);
(c) INR Watch (INR/WATCH);
(d) Office of Analytical Outreach (INR/AO); and
(e) Office of Technology and Innovation
(8) Supervises the Publications Staff, who:
(a) Standardize format, assure quality in INR
publications, and edit and produce all Bureau publications;
(b) Manage INR participation in IC and Department
websites, including content, production, and security for all sites; and
(c) Represent the Bureau on interagency boards dealing
with electronic publishing and information sharing.
(9) Supervises the Professional Development
Coordinator.
1 FAM 432.1 Office of the Executive
Director (INR/EX)
(CT:ORG-404; 01-18-2017)
The Office of the Executive Director (INR/EX):
(1) Advises the Assistant Secretary and Principal
Deputy Assistant Secretary on, and provides executive management and direction
of:
(a) Budget and finance;
(b) Human resources;
(c) General services;
(d) Communications;
(e) Administrative services;
(f) Strategic planning and performance management;
(g) Certain aspects of security; and
(h) Continuity of operations.
(2) Liaises with the Office of the Director of
National Intelligence (ODNI) on a variety of policy issues in the areas of:
(a) Human capital;
(b) Training and rotational assignments;
(c) Budget and financial management;
(d) Strategic planning and performance management;
(e) Security; and
(f) Continuity of operations
(3) Serves as the INR coordinator for internal
controls management, Department inspections and audits, and certain other
reporting requirements.
1 FAM 432.2 Office of Opinion
Research (INR/OPN)
(CT:ORG-309; 06-05-2013)
The Office of Opinion Research (INR/OPN):
(1) Employs comprehensive knowledge of global opinion
research, systematic social science research methods, and analysis of foreign
public and media opinion to inform U.S. policy and program decisions;
(2) Stays abreast of all public opinion research
worldwide of interest to U.S. foreign policy decision makers;
(3) Commissions and manages surveys of foreign public
and elite opinion around the world on major policy issues;
(4) Analyzes foreign media editorial commentary on
major policy issues;
(5) Produces written analyses of foreign public and
media opinion for senior policymakers and briefs results to officials;
(6) Collaborates with analysts in INR, other IC
agencies, U.S. Government experts, and outside experts on foreign opinion; and
(7) Represents INR in interagency committees on open
source issues.
1 FAM 432.3 INR Watch (INR/WATCH)
(CT:ORG-309; 06-05-2013)
INR Watch (INR/WATCH):
(1) Serves as the State Departments 24-hour/7
days-a-week intelligence center for monitoring, evaluating, alerting, and
briefing time-sensitive intelligence to Department and bureau principals; and
(2) Is the principal liaison to other IC operations
centers.
1 FAM 432.4 Office of Analytical
Outreach (INR/AO)
(CT:ORG-398; 09-13-2016)
The Office of Analytical Outreach (INR/AO):
(1) Organizes and funds analytic exchanges with
outside experts to inform the thinking of U.S. Government policymakers and
intelligence analysts;
(2) Arranges Executive Analytic Exchanges for newly
confirmed U.S. ambassadors and Department principals on key issues pertaining
to their assignments;
(3) Manages the IC Associates Program of recognized
experts to share their expertise with policymakers and analysts;
(4) Is the IC lead component for analytic outreach; and
(5) Manages on behalf of the Secretary of State the
Russian, Eurasian and East European Research and Training Program (Title VIII
of Public Law 98-164), and provides support for the advisory committee
established by Title VIII.
1 FAM 432.5 Technology and
Innovation Office (INR/TIO)
(CT:ORG-404; 01-18-2017)
The Technology and Innovation Office (INR/TIO):
(1) Has responsibility for planning, managing and
directing INRs TS/SCI systems, networks, and websites to ensure efficient
receipt, processing, storage, and dissemination of intelligence and for
managing INRs IT systems as a strategic resource;
(2) Represents the HoICE as participant on the IC
Chief Information Officer (CIO) Council (CIOC), collaborating with and
influencing IC-wide counterparts on interoperability and the common IC
architecture and platform design and management;
(3) Provides all of INRs technology-related resource
management, program management, acquisition management, budget planning and
formulation, strategic planning, enterprise architecture, policy and
compliance, engineering, help desk, graphics and visualization, production and
communications, and security operations;
(4) Provides oversight of security matters with
Diplomatic Security on TS/SCI IT security systems and material; and
(5) Coordinates with IRM to provide comprehensive
support to Departmental users of TS/SCI systems.
1 FAM 433 DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY
FOR ANALYSIS and Production
(CT:ORG-383; 11-19-2015)
The Deputy Assistant Secretary for Analysis and Production:
(1) Ensures independent and deeply knowledgeable
analysis based on all sources of information informs policy;
(2) Manages a comprehensive program of current and
long-term analysis for the Department;
(3) Represents INR on IC bodies concerned with the
planning, coordination, and quality of analytic intelligence products;
(4) Ensures INRs analytic integrity and effectiveness;
(5) Supervises offices, as directed by the Assistant
Secretary to include:
(a) Office of Analysis for Africa (INR/AF);
(b) Office of Analysis for East Asia and the Pacific
(INR/EAP);
(c) Office of Analysis for Europe (INR/EUR);
(d) Office of Analysis for Western Hemisphere Affairs
(INR/WHA);
(e) Office of Analysis for Near East Affairs (INR/NEA);
(f) Office of Analysis for South Asia (INR/SA);
(g) Office of Analysis for Russia and Eurasia (INR/REA);
(h) Office of Economic Analysis (INR/EC);
(i) Office of the Geographer and Global Issues
(INR/GGI);
(j) Office of Analysis for Terrorism, Narcotics, and
Crime (INR/TNC); and
(k) Office of Analysis for Strategic, Proliferation, and
Military Issues (INR/SPM)
(6) Supervises the Bureau Director of Analytic
Standards and Integration; and
(7) Supervises the President's Daily Brief (PDB)
Liaison.
1 FAM 433.1 Geographic Analytical
Offices
(CT:ORG-383; 11-19-2015)
Geographical Analytical Offices:
(1) Produce timely, independent, all-source analyses
and assessments of regions, countries, and topics of policy interest to the
Secretary, other Department principals, and national security policymakers
throughout the U.S. Government;
(2) Provide and facilitate current intelligence
support to Department Principals, Assistant Secretaries, and their staffs;
(3) Draft intelligence analyses and articles for IC
analytic products such as the PDB, National Intelligence Council (NIC)
Estimates, and other IC analysis;
(4) Collaborate and coordinate with offices within the
ODNI, analysts in other IC elements, U.S. Government experts, and outside
experts on topics and countries; and
(5) Serve as the focal point for coordinating and
facilitating other IC agencies analytic support to Department bureaus and
offices.
(6) The geographic offices are:
(a) Office of Analysis for Africa (INR/AF), responsible
for sub-Saharan Africa;
(b) Office of Analysis for East Asia and the Pacific
(INR/EAP);
(c) Office of Analysis for Europe (INR/EUR), responsible
for European countries, including the Baltic States, but excluding other states
that were formerly part of the Soviet Union;
(d) Office of Analysis for Western Hemisphere Affairs
(INR/WHA), responsible for Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada;
(e) Office of Analysis for Near East Affairs (INR/NEA),
responsible for the Near East, including North Africa;
(f) Office of Analysis for South Asia (INR/SA); and
(g) Office of Analysis for Russia and Eurasia (INR/REA)
1 FAM 433.2 Office of Economic
Analysis (INR/EC)
(CT:ORG-309; 06-05-2013)
The Office of Economic Analysis (INR/EC):
(1) Produces independent, all-source analyses and assessments
of international economic issues, including economic growth and development,
economic security, trade, energy, and terrorism
financing;
(2) Leads the Bureau on sanctions issues; and
(3) Supports the NIC Committee on Foreign Investment
in the United States.
1 FAM 433.3 Office of the
Geographer and Global Issues (INR/GGI)
(CT:ORG-309; 06-05-2013)
The Office of the Geographer and Global Issues (INR/GGI):
(1) Produces independent, all-source analyses and
assessments on humanitarian crises and multilateral interventions;
international migration and refugee flows; the environment and sustainable
development; natural resource and energy issues; sovereignty and boundary
disputes and territorial claims; human rights and war crimes; democratization
and elections; and the activities of the United Nations and other international
organizations;
(2) Represents the Department on the U.S. Board on
Geographic Names, and consults with regional policy bureaus to issue guidance
on official foreign geographic names used by U.S. Government agencies;
(3) Advises the Department and other federal agencies
on geographic and cartographic matters;
(4) Produces maps, graphics, and Geographic
Information Systems analyses and products for the Department and other
customers and reviews maps and charts produced by other agencies;
(5) Serves as the U.S. Government Executive Agent for
information sharing with the international criminal tribunals for the Former
Yugoslavia and Rwanda, and with the war crimes Special Court for Sierra Leone
and Special Tribunal for Lebanon.
(6) Leads an interagency center that collects,
analyzes, and disseminates information that helps U.S. Government decision
makers and partners anticipate and respond to humanitarian crises worldwide;
and
(7) The Director of INR/GGI is the Geographer of the
Department of State and acts as the Geographer of the United States in issuing
U.S. Government-wide guidance on international boundary and related sovereignty
issues, by authority of OMB Circular A-16.
1 FAM 433.4 Office of Analysis for
Terrorism, Narcotics, and Crime (INR/TNC)
(CT:ORG-309; 06-05-2013)
The Office of Analysis for Terrorism, Narcotics, and Crime
(INR/TNC):
(1) Produces independent, all-source analyses and
assessments of trends in international terrorism, narcotics, and crime,
particularly as they affect U.S. security and diplomatic efforts;
(2) Works with major IC analytic centers concerned
with those issues; and
(3) Represents the Bureau on the Interagency
Intelligence Committee on Terrorism.
1 FAM 433.5 Office of Analysis for
Strategic, Proliferation, and Military Issues (INR/SPM)
(CT:ORG-309; 06-05-2013)
The Office of Analysis for Strategic, Proliferation, and
Military Issues (INR/SPM) produces independent, all-source analyses and
assessments of strategic, arms control, proliferation, and political-military
issues, including:
(1) Proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and
their means of delivery;
(2) International transfers of advanced conventional
weapons and weapons-related technologies;
(3) Bilateral and multilateral arms control
agreements; and
(4) Military conflicts and military balances in areas
of priority interest to Department customers.
1 FAM 434 DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY
FOR INTELLIGENCE POLICY AND COORDINATION
(CT:ORG-436; 12-19-2017)
The Deputy Assistant Secretary for Intelligence Policy and
Coordination:
(1) Coordinates between the Department, Chiefs of
Mission, the IC, and the National Security Council Staff (NSCS) to ensure that
intelligence collection and operational activities support, are informed by,
and are consistent with U.S. foreign policy, IC policies, and the Department of
States interests;
(2) Represents the Department to the IC, including its
senior collection requirements committees, and to the NSCS on matters relating
to the collection of technical and human intelligence, counter-intelligence,
and cyber issues;
(3) Represents the Department to the ODNI Foreign
Relations Committee, the Intelligence Policy Advisory Group (IPAG), the
National Counterintelligence Policy Board, and other entities responsible for
intelligence policy established by the ODNI or elements of the IC; and
(4) Supervises offices and staff as directed by the
Assistant Secretary, including:
(a) Office of Consular and Management Liaison (INR/CML);
(b) Intelligence Policy and Information Sharing Center
(INR/PSC);
(c) Office of Cyber Affairs (INR/CYBER);
(d) Office of Intelligence Operations and Oversight
(INR/OPS); and
(e) Office of Technical Collection Affairs (INR/TCA)
1 FAM 434.1 Office of Consular and
Management Liaison (INR/CML)
(CT:ORG-436; 12-19-2017)
The Office of Consular Management Liaison (INR/CML):
(1) Coordinates between the IC and the Department on
matters relevant to the consular function and the vetting of proposed
ambassadors to the United States in connection with requests for agrment.
Coordinates Department activities involving the issuance/revocation of visas
issued to persons believed to be a threat to U.S. national security; works with
the National Counterterrorism Center, the National Targeting Center, and the
Terrorist Screening Center to ensure appropriate information sharing; oversees
the Consular Affairs (CA) Watch; coordinates access to IC-produced reports by
CA and the Bureau of Diplomatic Security; and works with CA to ensure that
consular officers assigned abroad have appropriate access to SCI. Assists the
Office of Protocol and regional bureaus with agrment requests.
(2) Working with all relevant bureaus under the
direction of the Under Secretary for Management, serves as the Departments
focal point for issues relating to the IC and Department resources.
Facilitates the ICs interactions with the Departments management bureaus and
offices, including the Bureaus of Human Resources (HR), Budget and Planning (BP),
Diplomatic Security (DS), and Administration (A), the Foreign Service Institute
(FSI), and the Office of Management Policy, Rightsizing and Innovation
(M/PRI). It provides IC-related administrative and consular support to U.S.
diplomatic and consular posts, coordinates the Departments review of
management issues relating to the ICs overseas presence, advises the INR Front
Office, M, and other Department principals on the management aspects of
intelligence programs, and represents the Department on a variety of IC bodies.
1 FAM 434.2 Intelligence Policy and
Information Sharing Center (INR/PSC)
(CT:ORG-436; 12-19-2017)
The Intelligence Policy and Information Sharing Center
(INR/PSC):
(1) Coordinates other-agency approval for Department
use of intelligence, including imagery, in dmarches and other discussions with
foreign government, international and nongovernmental organization officials,
and the public; acts as INR's focal point for Cleared Language Requests (CLRs);
manages INR's participation in the IC's foreign disclosure and release process;
and acts on IC and DoD requests to use diplomatic reporting in analytic
products and with foreign governments, after coordinating with Department
policy bureaus.
(2) Supports the participation of INR's Assistant
Secretary, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, and Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Intelligence Policy and Coordination in the IC's Executive Committee
(EXCOM), Deputy Executive Committee (DEXCOM), and Intelligence Policy Advisory
Group (IPAG) and other intelligence policy fora. Coordinates the Department's
participation in the IC policy process, including the development of
Intelligence Community Directives (ICDs) and subsidiary guidance. Serves as
the Executive Secretariat for the State Intelligence Policy Board, should it be
convened by the INR Assistant Secretary.
(3) Facilitates the Departments review of Sensitive
Compartmented Information (SCI) that is subject to Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) requests; acts as INR's liaison to the Department's FOIA program on
matters requiring review for IC equities; and coordinates with the Department's
FOIA program to ensure that IC FOIA policies are consistent with the
Department's interests.
(4) Leads INR's participation in IC initiatives
relating to transparency, civil liberties, and related issues.
1 FAM 434.3 Office of Cyber Affairs
(INR/CYBER)
(CT:ORG-436; 12-19-2017)
The Office of Cyber Affairs (INR/CYBER) is responsible for
coordinating cyber operations and for all-source intelligence analysis focused
on all aspects pf "cyber," including internet governance, norms, and
cyber security. It provides cyber-related intelligence support to all
concerned Department offices and bureaus. It:
(1) Addresses cyber-related intelligence policy;
(2) Coordinates the Departments foreign policy review
of cyber-related operations;
(3) Represents the Department in the IC and other
interagency meetings addressing cyber-related intelligence policy issues;
(4) Analyzes the U.S. foreign policy implications of foreign
cyber activities; foreign reactions and responses to U.S. cyber policy and
activities; and the implications of cyber activities for relations between
countries; and
(5) Provides policymakers with expertise and
background on cyber issues.
1 FAM 434.4 Office of Intelligence
Operations and Oversight (INR/OPS)
(CT:ORG-470; 08-21-2018)
The Office of Intelligence Operations and Oversight
(INS/OPS):
(1) Serves as the focal point for the Department's
policy review of sensitive civilian and military intelligence operations and
programs, including counterintelligence and law enforcement activities;
maintains liaison on operational matters with the Central Intelligence Agency,
the Defense Intelligence Agency, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(2) Supports INR's participation on the National
Counterintelligence Policy Board and other national counterintelligence
executive-managed activities, including damage assessments conducted in
connection with espionage cases, and maintains the Department's official
records of such assessments.
(3) Supports the Secretary and Chiefs of Mission in
the exercise of their intelligence oversight responsibilities; coordinates
INR's engagement with the Office of Inspector General on intelligence oversight
matters; coordinates INR's engagement with the Intelligence Oversight Board
(IOB) of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board (PIAB); and acts as INR's
focal point for liaison with Congress, including the intelligence oversight
committees.
(4) In furtherance of its support to Chiefs of
Mission, assists the Foreign Service Institute by conducting the intelligence
oversight portion of the Ambassadorial Seminar; coordinates IC briefings for
ambassadors and ambassadorial nominees;
maintains INRs Chief of Mission Handbook and other guidance for Chiefs of
Mission on intelligence oversight matters; manages the Departments
Secret-level cable channel for
communications between the Department and Chiefs of Mission on intelligence
matters (the Roger Channel); and coordinate's INR's participation in the
Department's program to extend e-Intel's TS/SCI communications capabilities
overseas.
(5) Serves as INR's focal point for human intelligence
collection, requirements, policies and programs, including the development of
National Human Collection Directives (NHCDs) by the National Human Intelligence
Requirements Tasking Center (NHRTC) and, on behalf of the Secretary, issues
advisory taskings to Chiefs of Mission.
(6) Serves as the Department's focal point for
promoting diplomatic reporting, particularly as it is responsive to the needs
of the IC. Hosts INR/B, INR's focal point for biographic information on
foreign leaders.
1 FAM 434.5 Office of Technical
Collection Affairs (INR/TCA)
(CT:ORG-436; 12-19-2017)
The Office of Technical Collections Affairs (INR/TCA):
(1) Serves as the Department's expert on all aspects
of technical intelligence collection activities, prioritization, and resource
requirements; coordinates Department and Chief of Mission review of U.S.
technical intelligence programs, operations, policies, and relations with
foreign technical services; supports INR principals' participation in
Intelligence Community fora addressing technical intelligence collection issues
and Department policymakers' participation in NSC-led and other fora addressing
the foreign policy implications of technical intelligence collection proposals.
(2) Tasks technical intelligence systems on behalf of
INR analysts and Department policymakers; coordinates INR and Department-wide
assessments of the value of technical intelligence.
(3) Develops and represents the Department's interests
and intelligence information needs in interagency fora concerned with
requirements, collection operations, evaluations, and future architectures in
signals, imagery, and measurement and signatures intelligence, as well as open
source information; coordinates with the NSC, the Office of the Director of
National Intelligence, and other agencies to ensure that the Department's
foreign policy concerns are factored into the consideration of technical
intelligence collection activities overseas.
(4) Serves as INR's focal point for engagement with
the National Security Agency, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and
the technical collection elements of the Defense Intelligence Agency and CIA,
as well as the Open Source Enterprise, on technical collection issues. Leads
INR's Open Source Community of Interest.
1 FAM 435 THROUGH 439 UNASSIGNED
1 FAM EXHIBIT 431.2
BUREAU OF INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH (INR)
(CT:ORG-436;
12-19-2017)